Archive - 31 July 2011

Prime Minister Najib Razak tonight checked into Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) for a minor surgery on his left knee tomorrow.

Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein today said that the government's decision to extend indefinitely the biometric registration of legal foreign workers did not mean that it was nodding to employers' demand.   

Suhardi Mat Isa who was reported to have acted as the late Baharudin Ahmad who died in the July 9 Bersih rally has agreed to give his statement to the police on the incident.     

Holding the rally there would have avoided 'loss of life or damage to property', he says.

Goodies aside, Palanivel tells BN to stop the hacking away of its hold on the Indian community within the coalition.

Selangor’s move to revive village head elections is smooth and proves indelible ink is ‘cheap and effective’.

A rift between the PM and his deputy in M'sia can have significant repercussions on the stability of the top leadership, Najib noted. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 7.01PM UKM's Shamsul Amri Baharuddin says Malaysians need to look at the bigger picture.

KS Jomo laments that despite warning signs from past difficulties, Malaysia's economy continues to be unnecessarily FDI oriented.

COMMENT Generally, Wahhabis delight in polemics, have no patience with second opinions, are chauvinist in their interpretations.

 

Lim Kit Siang slams an overbloated PM’s Department created not out of merit, but to trade favours.

The disparity within the Malays, bumiputera, Chinese and Indians themselves is on the rise and needs to be tackled, says Nor Mohamed Yakcob.

They say the student community is firmly against the rare earth plant, while a Kuantan watchdog says Lynas has failed promised disclosures.

The investigation papers have been handed over to MACC-Putrajaya, says its outgoing K'tan director Nasaruddin Mohd Nor.

Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says they will be taken to Christmas Island before they are flown to Malaysia three days later.

Many Malaysians were there, like me, for a first-hand experience. And came back awakened.

The recently -released PSM deputy chief was sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for chest pains twice, on July 15 and a day later.

It serves to fight for the rights of workers, and protect employees against the exploitative nature of capitalism.

 

The following accounts were recorded by Bernama journalists who witnessed what happened on July 9.

Hours of daily grilling by Special Branch officers have failed to 'brainwash' Choo Chon Kai to forsake his beliefs.

The RM1.08 billion PKFZ corruption trial involving former transport minister Dr Ling Liong Sik will start tomorrow.

COMMENT Archbishop outlines six goals he hopes the ties would promote but several fly in the face of past and recent experience.

FREE YOURSAY 'What has doing away with vernacular schools got to do with our standard of English?'

FREE YOURSAY 'One real person fighting for justice like Ambiga Sreenevasan is worth more than 1,000 Indian ministers in Umno's cabinet.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Kit Siang, you are a Malaysian hero, and don't let them tell you otherwise.'