Archive - 1 July 2011

The Sessions Court heard the cost increase from RM400 million to more than RM1 billion was based on the 'variation order' clause.

This brings to 18 the total number of people detained in Perak since Monday, for wearing and distributing T-shirts promoting the rally.

The report however is expected to be tabled for discussion by the cabinet 'very soon', says Information, Communication and Culture Minister Rais Yatim.

Again, it's about Bersih and this time it's a call from Klang police, which he sees as harassment of Pakatan leaders.

The Election Commission will benefit from Bersih 2.0's initiative in calling for electoral reform, so it should not demonise it, says Seputeh MP.

Upon testing, Malaysiakini finds that EC's new system cannot detect other voters registered to a person’s home address as claimed.

Muslims at Friday prayers in KL are told Bersih rally is haram as it only promotes the wants of individuals at the peril of society.

UPDATED 6.20PM Info Minister Rais Yatim says he has no idea if such a directive, stipulating restrictions on coverage of the July 9 rally, exists.

UPDATED 5.45PM Lawyers who are professional should act rationally not emotionally, and not hamper peace and harmony, the prime minister says.

A Filipino politician and a South Korean student intern appear to be victims of a plot to demonise the Bersih 2.0 rally.

It's not anarchy the ralliers want.

Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof is in Bangkok at the invitation of Thailand’s election commission to monitor the country’s election.

UPDATED 7.17PM The police force is no longer interested in negotiating with leaders of the July 9 rallies.

UPDATED 8.25PM Eight were arrested in a George Town march demanding the CM's resignation. [PHOTO GALLERY]

A blogger has exposed that two addresses in the state constituency of Seberang Jaya, Penang, are shared by 88 and 64 voters respectively.

She is suing her former business partner Nor Azman Abdullah and Malaysiakini for alleged slander.

The list piles up as police rope in at least two more opposition leaders for wearing the yellow Bersih 2.0 T-shirt last night.

UPDATED 6.25PM Both parties have two months to work on a settlement following the defamation suit filed by the S'wak CM.

Muslims who intend to participate in the July 9 illegal rallies are advised to repent because such rallies are prohibited in Islam.

The multibillion-dollar land swap also marks the end for a historic train service between the city-state and Malaysia.

UPDATED 5.05PM TV footage of police violence is taboo but it's all right to show protesters heckling and vandalism.

Singapore today took over a historic train station and large tracts of railway land from Malaysia as part of a multibillion-dollar deal.

The constitution dictates that the King must step in to save the rakyat and democracy, says constitutional law expert Abdul Aziz Bari.

Two banknote firms linked to Australia's central bank and six of their former employees were charged today with bribing Asian officials.

A PAS ceramah in Kepala Batas last night nearly turned unruly when about 100 police personnel suddenly popped up.

Deputy Minister Ahmad Maslan says Felda is in sound financial shape and can repay its loans on time.

The Bruno Manser Fund 'suspects' that the donation may have been funded by Sarawak CM Taib Mahmud.

COMMENT Amidst the frenzy of draconian measures, many Malaysians have begun to wonder: Has Malaysia descended into a state of lawlessness?

UPDATED 12.44PM He allegedly received a bribe linked to a contract to print RM5 polymer notes. [VIDEO INSIDE]

FREE VOXPOP 'The people who approved this will be long gone when something bad eventually happens.'

A rash of legal actions is being planned against the Sarawak government over licences granted for the extraction of timber from NCR land.

FREE YOURSAY 'The Election Commission should not care about who forms the government. Do your job, EC, and leave politics to  politicians.'

FREE YOURSAY 'It would be good if Umno members are also for free and fair elections too. They should come out...'

FREE YOURSAY 'What law has Gopeng MP Dr Lee Boon Chye broken by wearing a yellow T-shirt in the market? It was not even a Bersih T-shirt. It was just a yellow T-shirt.'