Archive - 2 March 2011

'The 1Malaysia NGO shows that there are a lot of wealthy people in Malaysia,' says MCA president Chua Soi Lek.

Yayasan 1Malaysia urges the removal of this category to reduce the present preoccupation with ethnic affiliation.

TEOH RCI Panel approaches a varsity to ‘animate’ whether Teoh jumped or was pushed using computer-generated imagery.

TEOH RCI The pathologist who did the first post-mortem on Teoh Beng Hock, says there were no marks on the neck then.

MERLIMAU Deputy Minister in PM’s Department says ‘talks’ are organised by ‘machinery’ who are ‘supporters and alumni’.

UPDATED 8.15PM MERLIMAU Criminal charges against former transport ministers arose from their personal conduct, says MCA chief.

He will come bearing gifts by way of ‘communal titles’, but the intended recipients in Tongod, Sabah, had previously rejected the offer.

The Gerakan chief is speechless when we expose him, but then he goes on to tell lies again, says the Penang chief minister.

KERDAU The polls debutante admits he has a busy schedule, but says that he’s happy with how he is being received by voters.

UPDATED 6.50PM SODOMY II This will be the first time Anwar will take the stand in this trial. [VIDEO INSIDE]

MERLIMAU However, there is confusion as to who issued the ‘directive’ at Sime Darby’s Kempas Estate.

If he is averse to the ‘land-snatch’ debate with Sarawak PKR's Baru Bian, then DAP's Chong Chieng Jen will step up to the plate.

It is a work of art and there is nothing objectionable in it, says former Penang BN gov't exco member Toh Kin Woon.

‘The bigger the hat, the smaller the ranch’.

The Kelantan state assembly was today told that Kota Bharu town is dirty because of its rapid population growth.

INTERVIEW UPDATED 5.05PM But it is in no way against the interests of Malays, says CEO Johan Mahmood Merican. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.45PM Lawyer Augustine Anthony says all the six pleaded not guilty and were released on RM2,000 bail each.

UPDATED 5.13PM The deadline to pay traffic summonses at a discount has been extended for 10 days from yesterday, says the home minister.

LIVE REPORTS Zabidin says there is a dispute over how the evidence is obtained.

Activist with Chinese Assembly Hall and former Suqiu leader Ngan Ching Wen dies of pneumonia in a KL hospital.

Here are a couple of scenarios for how the Sarawak polls could play out nationally.

COMMENT Only the voters can restore some integrity to our electoral system which has now become a total farce.

EC chief's admission he's no expert in identifying election offences earns him more brickbats from civil society.

The government's stand in sourcing for funds from there may also have backfired, particularly for the RM26 billion KL financial district project.

Almost the entire focus was on outstanding traffic summonses and the consequences for offenders.

MERLIMAU Gangs of youths tried to disrupt Anwar Ibrahim's ceramah as two more car windows are smashed in this Malacca constituency.

KERDAU UPDATED 3.15PM The pro-settlers group alleges that the federal government has been supporting an illegal scheme all this while.

TEOH RCI UPDATED 3.30PM A lawyer hints that Teoh Beng Hock’s chest could have fractured when shielded with a directory and hit with a hammer.

MERLIMAU ANALYSIS But it’s difficult to overcome both the formal campaign and psychological warfare waged by BN.

MERLIMAU Enthusiastic crowds were at his events, even if his jibe against the PM’s wife fell flat.

MERLIMAU The constituency’s largest mosque echoes CM Mohd Ali Rustam’s message through its broadcast ceramah.

UPDATED 2.25PM Najib Razak can expect to be pressed on people-smuggling issues and the progress of a FTA during his three-day visit to Australia.

FREE DAY 5 What's happening in the by-election campaigns in the state constituencies of Kerdau and Merlimau?

A PAC member points to the trend of charging leaders like Chan Kong Choy under laws with the lightest sentence.

FREE VOXPOP 'Let global citizens unite and tell our governments that dictators must be held accountable for their actions.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Can you believe it that a cell which is so dirty that there was only one strand of hair found, and that belonging to Anwar?'