Archive - 9 April 2011

‘KDN officials are now going through the process of stamping all the 30,000 Bibles with the words ‘Invalidated by KDN’,' says Idris Jala.

He is confident that he will not finish last in the three-cornered fight for the Padungan seat.

Police have recorded statements from 16 people, including family members of Selangor Customs assistant director Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed.

It is believed that two headmen were front men of a group with gangster connection from Sibu.

SWAK POLLS He said the BN government had reduced poverty in Sarawak to merely three percent currently compared with 60 to 70 percent 20 years ago.

A school history textbook places lopsided emphasis on Islam while downplaying the other races's role in the nation's defence and growth.

An RCI was usually set up to enquire into matters of unarguable public importance, commonly involving or implicating public institutions.

Malaysia might be considered a safe country, free from most natural disasters, but that might not be the case for very long.

He says the matter of a sex video allegedly involving him was being raised intentionally to divert attention from the sex video allegedly involving Anwar.

ANALYSIS Where free flowing information is near non-existent, the natives can be forgiven for being convinced that the YB is their saviour for all times.

Sarawak CM Abdul Taib Mahmud has credited himself for solving the Bible impasse that has gripped the Malay-speaking Christian community.

S'WAK POLLS Opposition rallies get even bigger, most notably in SUPP boss George Chan's stronghold.

He blasts Nazri for calling for an RCI on the sex video ‘to establish prostitution’, saying the minister needs a crash course in law.

The verbal war over whether sex video can be used as evidence in the Syariah Court intensifies.

He is prepared to entertain a request to meet Customs union representatives over a corruption probe faced by the department.

The event will be held at the mall area of the Sepang Circuit from noon, where the F1 drivers will spend about 20 minutes.

He pledges a personal donation for the setting up of the private school, which costs about RM13 million.

He may be a new face at the polls but Prof Dr Sim Kui Hian is no stranger to the demands of public life.

S'WAK POLLS A key factor would be its ability to really fathom the needs of the locals.

FREE DAY 4 What's happening in the state election campaigns around Sarawak today? [PHOTOS INSIDE]

FREE YOURSAY 'Taib has already 'bankrupted' Sarawak by his corrupt ways, like plundering its timber resources.'

COMMENT Both sides must drop the worthier-than-thou attitude in talks about seat-sharing when parliamentary polls come round.

ANALYSIS Although Pakatan won four out of five seats in Kuching, SUPP is not giving up.

S'WAK POLLS Pullouts in four major newspapers highlight BN’s achievements.

FREE VOXPOP 'The Customs has every right to protest. After all, what their officers were caught with is only chicken feed compare to defence contracts.'

S'WAK POLLS Muhyiddin takes potshots at Pakatan’s battlecry, saying the PM has said change is not sufficient enough.