Archive - 9 June 2011

Ismail Sabri says any action to protest the abolition of the diesel super subsidy for lorries would be 'unfair' and 'uncalled for'.

It is 10 percent more for long distances and 15 percent for short trips, says the Northern Region Lorry Transport Association.

The Subang Jaya rep says the ethnicity in the birth certificate was picked by the NRD officer and it's not accurate.

The Foreign Ministry skirts, however, the question of whether taxpayers' funds were used for both Najib's official business and his personal pleasures.

It also urges police to be rational as it will be a peaceful gathering of participants armed only with courage and spirit for electoral reforms.

Wanita PKR challenges Umno leaders to deny that they are not behind the expansion of the Obedient Wives Club to Sarawak.

Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua says this after the temples in SS19 receive a legal notice from landowner Selangor Dredging Berhad.

Kuala Selangor parliamentarian Dzulkefly Ahmad claims the instructions were handed down by the premier and his wife.

It confirmed that it is currently investigating Sarawak CM Abdul Taib Mahmud over allegation of timber corruption.

The party will launch the second phase of its tour in Tanjong Karang, the home base of S’gor Umno deputy chief Noh Omar.

Nurul, Surendran and Sim air dismay at Hannah Yeoh and hubby’s failed attempt to free their ‘new arrival’ from the straitjacket of race. 

The new PAS No 2 claims he could win the Chinese-majority seat as proof his party now appeals to non-Malays too.

UPDATED 5.55PM They voice concern that peace would be threatened and businesses of traders would be disrupted.

Shahabudin Md Noor, 37, says he and his Thai wife can finally breathe a sigh of relief knowing his children will be able to lead normal lives.

His sister-in-law, who stays in Bala's house, found the front gate ajar at 6.30am and the car missing.

UPDATED 3.50PM He is furious about a fake email sent in his name, saying he confirms the person in the sex video to be Anwar Ibrahim. [VIDEO INSIDE]

A top Utusan editor, Zaini Hassan, says the time is ripe for Umno to take over from PAS in establishing an Islamic state.

UPDATED 11PM If the cabinet committee meeting on June 22 approves the proposal, the freeze on foreign workers will start July 1.

HEADLINES Documents under the OSA need to be declassified, and the cabinet also has to give the green light, says the de facto law minister.

Party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng maintains that DAP is proud of the couple for practicing the party's Malaysian Malaysia and Malaysian First spirit.

UPDATED 4.40PM Landscape artist Nasir Ismail says he collected the payments in cash from Shamsuddin and Khir.

A Nigerian student has died during a drug raid. Police says West Africans seem to be replacing Iranians in the illicit trade.

UPDATED 3.35PM Post-mortem results suggest three youths were shot point-blank by cops.

COMMENT Yayasan 1Malaysia puts forward ideas for new scholarship policies aimed at reducing the disappointment felt by young Malaysians and their families.

The Selangor initiative suggests a quota of only 30 percent of the 24 local councillors posts to be open for election.

UPDATED 12.15PM A notice sent to the party's treasurer-general late yesterday said someone had successfully applied for an injunction to block the sale.

INTERVIEW The community's pragmatic voting record has suffered a lack of coordination. [VIDEO INSIDE]

FREE VOXPOP 'Dropping the charges against Shamsuddin only to keep his mouth shut. There doesn't seem to be any explanation for this action.'

FREE YOURSAY 'It looks like an electronic media, sounds like an electronic media, but it is not an electronic media.'

The 800 boatpeople will be granted immunity from KL's harsh immigration laws, eliminating the threat of caning.

FREE YOURSAY 'From all the negative comments here, Dr M must surely deserve the award for M'sia's favourite villain.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Kudos to Hannah Yeoh and Ramachandran. She and her husband are exemplary citizens.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Is Malaysia the only country in the world that would rather have its people remain as a collection of races instead of coming together as one people?'