Archive - 3 February 2011

The bomoh allegedly owns 'hundreds of millions' of shares in the RM3.95 billion timber company Samling Global.

UPDATED 10.42PM Abdul Ajib, 64, who was Johor menteri besar from 1982 to 1986, leaves behind wife Ropeah Hassan, 60 and four children.

Police have denied robbing Chow Soo Meng, 36, when they arrested her at her shop in Sungai Buloh on Monday evening.

They will submit detailed reports on their respective constituencies when they meet the PM, says Sarawak CM Abdul Taib Mahmud.

The council would ensure assistance by various agencies were coordinated and given out without resulting in any wastage.

COMMENT In whose footstep does our PM's wife and self-declared 'First Lady' Rosmah Mansor follow? Evita Peron? Imelda Marcos? Leila Ben Ali?

Taiwanese nationals will soon be allowed to visit Malaysia without a visa, in a bid to increase the number of tourists and boost foreign exchange earnings.

The number of flood victims in Pahang has increased to 2,167 people as at 8am today as compared to 2,081 recorded yesterday.

Khalid Ibrahim says Sarawakians have not gotten what rightly belongs to them under Taib, and this needs correcting.

The Seri Muda state assemblyperson was detained by police briefly this morning, before he posted bail under one surety. He faces a sedition charge related to his blog post.

Never since the set up of Parliament and the state legislative bodies in the country has anything of the sort had ever occurred

COMMENT For all their differences, there is a curious symmetry to be seen in their latest outpourings.

FREE YOURSAY 'Even if the woman is dealing in contraband goods, the police have no right to behave like...'

FREE VOXPOP 'When has the race of a judge anything to do with the ability to discharge his duty with utmost integrity and competence?'

FREE YOURSAY 'Even with the aid of all his aides, Najib is going to have a very hard time finding suitable retorts to Anwar's jibes.'

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