Archive - 18 February 2011

UPDATED 11.10PM The EC has fixed Feb 26 as nomination day and March 26 as polling day, for both the Kerdau and Merlimau seats.

This is to ensure fairness towards media owners who have invested hundreds of millions, says its president Dr Chua Soi Lek.

About 50 pro-Mahasiswa faction students held a procession at UPM, in protest at the university’s handling of the campus elections. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Pro-Mahasiswa faction discussed the UM elections rulebook, which they blame for the drama that took place yesterday.

The prime minister stressed that it was important for him to ensure that his interactions with his online friends remained meaningful.

He said the state BN had always made thorough preparation in facing the opposition onslaught in the election.

MIC president G Palanivel’s shock re-appointment of S Murugesan as party secretary-general has raised eyebrows among party insiders.

UPDATED 7.25PM The country registered a growth of 7.2 percent in 2010, up 8.9 percent compared with the 1.7 percent contraction in 2009.

UPDATED 7.30PM An incensed Selangor speaker says the High Court’s decision to fast-track the hearing is akin to “justice hurried is justice buried”.

Parit Buntar MP Mujahid Yusof Rawa slams Umno’s efforts to destroy harmony and divide the different races in the state.

UPDATED 5.55PM The PM has accused the opposition of using stall tactics to prolong the issue and exploit it in the coming general election.

Ketuanan Melayu , Ketuanan Islam or Ketuanan Rakyat are just carrots used to lead the youth on a political chase to nowhere.

UPDATED 6.25PM The High Court in Shah Alam rules for assemblyperson Badrul Hisham Abdullah that the notice of his seat being vacant is unlawful.

Parti Rakyat Sarawak's half-page ad in Borneo Post denouncing Sng's claims to popularity takes the row to the public domain.

He should let his Maker be the ultimate judge.

Since ROS acted swiftly on approvals for the parties Kita and MMSP, HRP is expecting the same treatment, or it will take legal action.

SODOMY II UPDATED 6.40PM The DNA specialist agrees with the possibility, but the results would have to be read as a whole and not just on one locus.

He goes ballistic over the reasons given for the rejection and challenges the minister to remove private security for homes.

Muhyiddin Yassin said the matter was agreed to at the meeting of the cabinet last week, and would be expedited.

Pahang BN chairman Adnan Yaakob said all the four members were winnable candidates.

TEOH RCI UPDATED 2.25PM The forensics officer says he did not lift fingerprints at the scene because the prints had insufficient 'characteristics'.

Suaram and GMI want former premier's voluntary support for demand that Internal Security Act be abolished.

The reduction in toll rates at the PJS2 toll plaza of the NPE was among the mixed bag of items in the news today.

Opposition parties and NGOs engaged in a heated debate two nights ago but managed to agree that multi-cornered fights must be avoided.

PRS leaders meet PM and BN chairperson Najib Abdul Razak to explain why they do not want Sng to defend the seat.

Martyrs are not born but created, as shown in the running battle between native rights champions and logging companies.

The two countries sign a long-delayed free trade pact today that they say will double bilateral trade to $15 billion.

An Umno leader is wringing his hands over what he feels is speaker bias in the legislative assemblies of Pakatan Rakyat-ruled states.

DAP supremo shoots down Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein's claims that the IPCMC can't resolve police abuse of power.

FREE YOURSAY I wonder who was running the country then ... the police or him? The ISA if used as intended would have been good for the country's security then.

FREE VOXPOP He claims he was forcibly raped but when he also says that he had been sodomised many times on different occasions, it immediately indicates that he is either lying or was a willing party.