Archive - 14 February 2011

Penang DAP's Youth wing plays safe with carnations, while opponent Gerakan makes Valentine's Day sweet.

SODOMY II A doctor took swabs from Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan’s mouth because the latter claims he was asked to perform oral sex.

UPDATED 8.30PM He remembers the meeting and that Karpal Singh was not there but Lim Kit Siang was there but not who else was there.

 

The commission is calling 36 witnesses but has left out Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand who has said it was a likely homicide.

Egypt faces uncertainty as there is no successor for its president who has just stepped down and he says Sarawak must avoid that.

 

 

A man who was clad in a woman's gown was found dead, believed murdered at noon on Valentine’s Day at Lorong Love in Georgetown.

UPDATED 10.35PM Supporters get behind embattled Ong after the local Umno division works on his exit.

Najib Abdul Razak said today that extremist understanding of religion rather than difference in beliefs is a cause of tensions in a country.

Picked up in raids early today, they will be charged with flouting Syariah laws on the eve of Feb 14.

Taib Mahmud is expected to seek the dissolution of the 71-member state assembly in the middle of March.

Former PRS leader Tedwin Ngumbang does not mince his words after the Sarawak chief minister backs the party’s sacked leader Larry Sng.

Norazimah, who has been charged in court, was arrested at her home in Jinjang late last night.

They may enjoy it just like local workers if the private sectors minimum wage model is implemented, said human resource minister.

Seat allocations among Pakatan components being finalised, but PKR is facing a problem with local partner Sarawak National Party.

The framework is aimed at enhancing and strengthening the syariah element in Islamic financial institutions.

UPDATED 5.15PM Lee Lan is allowed to address the commission, but her appeal to have three DPPs removed is denied.

Despite a ruling that they were to be treated like anybody else, they left through the detainees' entrance, away from press cameras.

UPDATED 6.05PM SODOMY II Among the questions raised by Sankara Nair is why police investigator Jude Blacious Pereira was also allowed to fill medical report form.

The Sarawak CM has amassed enormous wealth, while the indigenous communities live in squalor.

UPDATED 5.19PM There 22 HRP activists are released after a night spent in lock-up.

COMMENT Many, who watched the tumult in Egypt, have asked whether such change can happen here too.

UPDATED 9.48PM He says former US ambassador John Malott should be banned for writing lies about the country.

The Coalition against Free Trade Agreements wants all discussions to be delayed immediately pending a thorough cost-benefit assessment.

The Islamic party is now eyeing mixed constituencies that are seen to be traditional PKR seats, saying the "old formula" does not work.

Issues affecting the community in Sarawak have always been brought to the attention of the state government, Wong Soon Koh says.

He was charged in a Kangar court with two counts of accepting bribes amounting to RM12,500.

UPDATED 2.11PM Its leaders and NGOs rejoice with Egyptians on toppling Mubarak and call for free elections to install the new government.

Events out of Egypt must have given him nightmares.

One daily predicts that the Sarawak polls will be held in late March or early April.

A united opposition can throw BN out of Sabah, so stop wasting time, the man who brought Umno to Sabah tells his good friend.

COMMENT This pretends to be rocket science that taxpayers and MP apparently cannot hope to comprehend.

Pahang Legislative Assembly's speaker says he has notified the Election Commission (EC) of the vacant Kerdau state seat.

COMMENT We can learn three lessons from the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia.

UPDATED 3.50PM TEOH RCI Lawyers for Teoh's family want the hearing postponed and question the independence of three DPPs assisting the commission.

FREE VOXPOP 'If Christianity is linked to immorality, then by logical conclusion, Islam is linked to world terrorism.'

LIVE REPORTS SODOMY II He says Saiful was 'calm' when he was being examined, adding that this was not normal.

FREE YOURSAY 'There are wedding, funeral and even treasure-hunt convoys. Do they all need police permits?'