Archive - 30 June 2011

Felda has spent RM3.5 billion from a total of RM6.5 billion loan it received from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister’s Department Ahmad Maslan said.

Its national vice-chief says the deputy chief minister had given ‘unsatisfactory and inconsistent answers’ on Penan issues.

Kuantan anti-Lynas groups are claiming that the scope of the suggestions is narrow as expected.

Umno's Abdul Rahman Bakri is accused of making RM80,000 in false claims when he was Sungai Ayer Tawar assemblyperson.

Lokman will be taking Saifuddin to court for alleging the former had suggested "burning down the PKR headquarters". [PHOTOS & VIDEO]

But the CM is annoyed with police chief Ayub Yaakob for obtaining the injunctions without speaking to him first.

PARLIAMENT Deputy speaker Wan Junaidi insists that Parliament is independent of regulations made outside.

UPDATED 7.05PM However, only seven of them are present at the Kajang district police station this evening. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.50PM The EC says it regularly reminds the media to give equal access to all parties but cannot compel them to do so.

Lynas boss Nicholas Curtis insists there are no engineering issues which would make the plant unsafe.

UPDATED 6.30PM The corporation is confident that the completion and commission of the Gebeng plant will be achieved before the end of 2011.

The Election Commission doesn't want a second opinion from international election observers because foreign criticism will hurt national pride.

UPDATED 7.06PM But since demonstrating is an ‘irresponsible’ means to an end, Umno will not take that route, says the PM.

UPDATED 4.10PM S Ambiga says she is hopeful they can get the police to assist them to ensure the July 9 walk is peaceful. [VIDEO INSIDE]

COMMENT The deal is an attempt to tackle human trafficking and people smuggling rather than addressing the needs of refugees.

UPDATED 7.50PM The EC's Wan Ahmad Wan Omar says the new system allows voters to see which other voters are registered to their homes.

Lynas is hit by renewed claims that its rare earth processing plant in Gebeng is 'dangerous'.

UPDATED 2.25PM It didn't find any non-compliance with international radiation safety standards.

UPDATED 3.10PM PAS deputy president pledges that its members will be orderly, despite threats from various groups.

Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh stands firm by her letter to the Lynas executive chairperson demanding an open meeting with Kuantan stakeholders.

While Bersih in KL is facing police harassment, similar protests planned in Australia is expected to proceed without a hitch.

UPDATED 5.25PM The PAS environmental committee will soon file a legal application in KL to stop the controversial and hazardous Lynas rare earth project.

A historic train service from downtown Singapore to Malaysia faces its final run today as part of a multibillion-dollar territorial settlement between the two neighbours.

UPDATED 4.05PM In a scathing attack on the rally, Wan Ahmad says it is to build momentum for Pakatan's Putrajaya bid. [VIDEOS INSIDE]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says he may not approve the controversial proposed refugee swap between Australia and Malaysia.

Malaysia Airlines will not allow babies in first class on its A380 planes, defending the policy after receiving complaints from well-heeled passengers about noisy infants.

Police continue with crackdown on Bersih, arresting two PKR reps in Perak.

PARLIAMENT UPDATED 1.25PM The MPs turned up in Parliament decked out in the distinctive yellow of Bersih.

Police have threatened to arrest those attending the Penang state government's events in Sungai Nibong and Seberang Jaya tonight.

PARLIAMENT UPDATED 11.50AM He says the House has to rely on the decision made by the judiciary.

UPDATED 2.55PM Thirty Parti Sosialis Malaysia members are currently being held in three police lock-ups around the state.

PARLIAMENT De facto law minister Nazri says sections under the Police Act are to be retained 'for the time being'.

Suara Anak-Anak Malaysia tries to prevent a rights group from handing in a memo seeking the release of remanded PSM activists.

FREE VOXPOP 'We salute you for your standing up for free and fair elections. It is a basic need. Without it, we might as well abolish elections.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Hisham has perfected the art of lying whilst in a stupor. What is happening certainly does not...'

FREE YOURSAY 'Umno and Perkasa are showing unruly behaviour with their threats of violence, bloodshed, and arson. Yet the office that got raided is Bersih's.'

FREE YOURSAY 'For an assembly to be illegal, you must have actually held the assembly. Where does it say in the law that expressing support for a future ‘illegal' act is illegal?'

Its newly-appointed DG says the move is a way of handling complaints on the presence of phantom voters.

The PBS president says this after the PM meeting with Sabah BN leaders in Kota Kinabalu yesterday.