Archive - 20 December 2010

Transport Minister Kong Cho Ha said Miros would gather detailed information fto get the real picture on how it happened

The ex-husband of model Daphne Eleanor Iking admitted having relations with a GRO from China.

The firm, with the support of Bank of China (BOC), has offered to acquire all of PLUS Expressway Bhd’s business undertakings for RM26 billion.

The daughter of the Kuantan MCA Youth chief was abducted in front of her house and found unharmed about 3km away.

Abdul Gani Patail’s silence on apparent evidence of his alleged links with Tajudin Ramli is fuelling suspicion.

Anwar was given two days to substantiate his allegation, says a rights committee member.

The KL High Court ruled that the audit firm must explain why losses faced by MIC's education arm were not discovered between 1995 to 2009.

COMMENT The strategy of the Sabah BN parties for now is ‘hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil'.

He alleges that the Umno-owned newspaper has defamed him in an article published today.

He will be going there as a speaker and would focus on the estimated 1,700 Indian voters.

The premier’s call to the media to promote ‘moderation’ rings hollow when Utusan Malaysia preaches the exact opposite, says Lim Kit Siang.

The 17-year-old, who was detained under the Emergency Ordinance, is free to go home, but remains under a restricted residence order.

UPDATED 8.05PM They were killed in a bus accident at Km15 of the Cameron Highlands-Simpang Pulai Road south of Ipoh today.

Juanda Jaya says claims that the National Fatwa Council had arrived at its decision unanimously are not true.

The government has not received any official complaint on misappropriation in the distribution of 1Malaysia notebooks.

A group of tertiary students is bidding to revive the student movement of the 1960s.

UPDATED 4.45PM S Ramakrishnan says Pakatan should include the abolition of several laws.

The Penang gov't will not allow Putrajaya to build nuclear plants in the state, says CM Lim.

The court says it has no jurisdiction to hear the application. Selvach has been admitted to the Ipoh Hospital with injuries.

Lawyer Rosli Dahlan was freed of graft charges by the court after the MACC failed to establish a prima facie case.

COMMENT One wonders how sincere our policy makers and law enforcers are in protecting Malaysian children against this practice.

The heavy blizzard in Europe which affected the travel plans of millions was among the mixed bag of news items today.

The floods in the Kemaman district have worsened, forcing the evacuation of 839 people up to 9 am today.

An era awaits no nation.

And it is in every voter's hands.

A constitutional expert says the National Fatwa Council’s decision not to accept non-Muslims Syarie lawyers goes contrary to Islam’s teaching.

The federal government is to make Penang the preferred hub in the region, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said today.

Its chairperson P Waythamoorthy has claimed to have found 24,000 supporting documents in the UK.

Its chairperson accuses protestors of lying, and says the division has five Indian committee members.

He accepts responsibility for a string of defections that have battered PKR's credibility.

UPDATED 2.40PM But Yusof Abu Bakar's sentence will run concurrently for 14 charges - six years in total.

FREE YOURSAY 'The very fact that Karpal had the courage to bring up this sensitive issue showed PKR, DAP and PAS have come of age.'

FREE VOXPOP 'I am all for the power plant if the gov't leads by example by building the plant in Putrajaya, next to the PM's office.'

FREE YOURSAY 'If HRP is confident of support then go ahead and stand as independents. Why ask Pakatan to make way for them?'

FREE YOURSAY 'Communal rights cannot be gained merely by the BN's loss. They are lost because of the abuses of those in ruling position.'