Archive - 23 March 2011

'I don't think the existing PBB will do that. However, if it is the former PBB members or leaders, then I have no idea,' the leader says.

Seri Kembangan assemblyperson Ean Yong Hian Wah rebuts allegations of irregularities against Selangor DAP and Teoh Beng Hock.

Hard-hitting remarks on MCA and its chief by de facto law minister show he's arrogant and suffering from delusion.

UPDATED 7.45PM The man who first exposed the identities of the people behind the sex video agrees with their call for a royal commission of inquiry.

Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said today the threshold for foreign ownership of local banks remained at 30 percent but this cap may be reviewed on rare occasions.

Malaysia's economy will expand by between five and six percent in 2011, spurred largely by strong domestic demand, the central bank forecast today.

TEOH RCI Agency officer Mohd Anuar Ismail admits that ‘groundwork should be done’ before the operation was conducted.

UPDATED 7.01PM 'Datuk T' says Johari Abdul wanted RM100,000, plus RM7 million for seven Pakatan MPs brought to watch the video.

Its management has released a statement “to clear any misconception about our hotel”.

Tokyo today warned that radioactive iodine over twice the safe level for infants had been detected in its tap water.

UPDATED 6.40PM 'Datuk T' or 'Datuk Trio' is codename of three datuks - Rahim Thamby Chik, Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Shuib Lazim. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Taib says he has told the BN not to rely too much on the weaknesses of the opposition, following a stalemate on the seat negotiation between Snap and PKR.

Police and members of the public say that the crime rate in the city has declined following several initiatives taken by the force.

UPDATED 6.15PM The defendant says Shazryl Eskay claimed to be 'close to Anwar' and took him to meet the then-DPM.

PJ Utara MP Tony Pua accuses Transport Minister Kong Cho Ha of deliberately blocking legal action against PKA's former directors.

TEOH RCI UPDATED 6.55PM It says British pathologist Dr Peter Vanezis will testify next Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Sarawak chief minister has said before that he will quit the post, so no one is holding their breath waiting.

TEOH RCI UPDATED 4.20PM MACC officer Mohd Anuar Ismail says he prepared his investigation diary ‘a month or two’ after Teoh’s fatal fall.

Malaysia is one of the world's largest producers of the solar panels - but these cannot be sold locally, according to a directive from Mida.

ANALYSIS Malaysiakini looks into the real reasons the CM’s ‘carrot and stick’ strategy apparently fails to woo Chinese voters.

UPDATED 4.27PM It's a plot to buy over opposition MPs, say PKR's secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution and MP Johari Abdul.

Incentives for civil service retirees shared the spotlight with the latest developments in the sex video case.

UPDATED 4.20PM A senior PKR MP says he was shown the video by the duo on Monday. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Jelutong MP says the media had failed to discern between his ‘subtle insults’ and serious comments on the issue.

UPDATED 3.52PM In announcing the dates from Kuching, EC chief Abdul Aziz says the campaigning period will be 10 days.

UPDATED 1PM The home minister 'won't allow' claims that the police are complicit in the sex video scandal.

The nuclear power issue is ticking away like a time-bomb.

State party head Baru Bian says the channel of discussion remains open and that issues can be resolved.

COMMENT The problem lies with those who influence the children from day to day, and some of those who are entrusted with our religious affairs.

Bishop Paul Tan says fear that Christian use of ‘Allah' would spawn confusion infringes their freedom and imputes shallow faith to Muslims.

FREE VOXPOP 'Did you feel the searing pain of Teoh's family, wife and unborn child upon learning of his tragic demise?'

The villagers win a rare reprieve from the state government, thanks to the looming election in Sarawak.

SODOMY II UPDATED 1.20PM KL High Court judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah rules that the arrest was lawful and thus reverses his decision.

FREE YOURSAY 'Someone actually invited a group of people for a porn show, but the de facto law minister says it was not a crime?'

FREE YOURSAY 'We, the public, will decide whether it is authentic. ... Why set up a commission? The Sarawak polls will be over by then.'

LIVE REPORTS The judge reverses his ruling - three disputed items can be admitted as evidence. [VIDEO INSIDE]