Archive - 27 April 2011

TEOH RCI A witness reveals that there was intense coaching of MACC officers and even a cover-up directive, prior to the inquiry.

TEOH RCI The inquiry finds that a MACC man lied about when he left the building and that he was absent from work after clocking in. 

It will spend RM600,000 to put up 56 billboards in all state constituencies for its campaign to abolish the ISA.

Pemandu has conducted a lab on minimum wage and a solution on the modus operandi and quantum is expected to be out by year’s end.

Though it involves a gov't agency, a state exco member said that the plan has not received a final approval from the state.

UPDATED 7.45PM Family and PKR rally around as second clip from sex video screened to select media on March 21 is put on the Net.

“We are very happy and thankful to Allah for it could resolve the issue that preoccupied the minds of Muslims,” he says.

Deputy Education Minister Wee Ka Siong said the mistakes occurred due to lack of time in compiling the contents and printing the books.

City police chief Zulkifli Abdullah says the IPs, which were forwarded to the AG’s Chambers on Friday, were returned to the police yesterday.

The country must secure the return of the two Malaysians detained in Guantanamo Bay, says a human rights lawyer.

UPDATED 7.15PM Another short clip of the infamous sex video has made its way onto the Internet.

UPDATED 5.45PM Malaysian Venture Capital Management Bhd says it has invested RM5.5 million into Tam Tam Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Tricubes Bhd.

BREAKING NEWS This will be the second time Anwar gives a statement on the  sex video after it was screened last month.

'Most of the people were not even BN supporters. They were probably paid to 'buat kacau',' says an SUPP leader.

It denies a news report that it will launch the proposed '1Malay, 1Bumi' movement at a rally this weekend.

The Papagomo.com blog that features a short clip of the sex video, also carries links to the political party’s website.

Penang CM Lim Guan Eng asks DPM, BN leaders: Is it wrong to oppose Hitlerian racial supremacy, or does the constitution permit racial dominance?

The cable laments the pervading mindset in Malaysia where ‘forced labour’ is deemed acceptable.

The answer is that the state assembly needs the upcoming sitting for debate on a land deal involving the previous BN government.

Sibu Election Watch says those they quizzed never mentioned they were there to collect ‘wages’ from SUPP.

COMMENT The ‘votepap’ and ‘fakeSDP’ Twitter accounts have been circulating a video about the opposition SDP and its ‘gay agenda’.

Hundreds of thousands of devotees flocked to pay their last respects at his temple to a man revered as a living god.

Taxi driver in a predicament over the duplication of his IC, with another person having been issued a card with the same name and number.

Zahid Hamidi is making the call because an unnamed 'political movement' has failed to uphold Malay rights.

Mohd Khir Toyo says it is a reaction to Chinese attempts at eroding the special rights of the bumiputeras.

UPDATED 3.10PM Eskay, one of the ‘Datuk Trio’ , ‘willingly surrendered’ his DNA sample today. [VIDEO INSIDE]

They claim to be caught in the crossfire between the anti-graft agency and Customs Department.

The the hearing of a judicial review against the Home Ministry's ban on '1Funny Malaysia' and 'Perak Darul Kartun' has been postponed. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The UM student body challenges the administration on its selection of six students to ask prepared questions at Wen Jiabao's talk.

Each of the eight men and two women aged between 20 and 60 was concealing between 800g and 1kg of the drug in their shoes.

FREE YOURSAY 'How could the Home Ministry approved such a brigade?'

The visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to Malaysia was among the mixed bag of items in the news today.

This is one ‘phishy’ project.

UPDATED 4.15PM This GE will see straight fights in GRCs, except for Tanjong Pagar GRC, which PAP won uncontested.

8,000 signatures have been collected appealing to S'pore president to spare life of another M'sian ordered to hang.

When Abdul Taib Mahmud leaves politics, Umno will make serious moves into Sarawak, foresees a political scientist.

UPDATED 3.15PM The two factions in PKR led to a lot of local power-broking among would-be candidates.

Airing the full recording would clear the air about his purported U-turn on claims linked to the Altantuya murder.

FREE VOXPOP 'Tell us, which witness either medical, forensic or the police said that 'Male Y' is Anwar?'

FREE YOURSAY 'EC and MACC should take immediate action. No wait! The EC chairperson did say he is not familiar with fraud rules in elections.'

FREE YOURSAY 'We have tolls on land, in the sky and on the Internet. Now they are charging 50 sen per e-mail. What is the point when I have Gmail?'

FREE YOURSAY 'How can our confidential data be given to a private company? Can we sue the government if...'

Sabahan Yong Vui Kong is on death row in S'pore. He writes his final letters in the next 11 weeks.