Archive - 4 August 2011

The raid sets 'a dangerous precedent and makes a mockery of the sanctity of religious places', says the council of churches.

UPDATED 8.55PM A witness in the murder case of cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and three other individuals, told the High Court in Shah Alam today that he saw four men throwing things at several locations in Banting in September last year.

Penawar, an organisation comprising former Umno elected representatives, today denied reports in a blog that the organisation had requested Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to step down.

Cuepacs president Omar Osman said the union hoped the government would pay out a one month bonus before Hari Raya.

S'gor exco Hasan Ali says 12 Muslims had participated in the dinner, and further investigations are under way.

Stephanie Foray, a 30-year-old civil servant, had arrived in Malaysia on May 10 and boarded a ferry later that day to Tioman island.

PAS has run of issues that it has resorted to claiming the existence of a move in Umno to topple party president Najib Abdul Razak, said Umno permanent chairman Badruddin Amiruldin.

UPDATED 7.05PM The party says this shows that Pakatan is unable to secure the rights of minority groups.

They are refuting a statement by former minister Kadir Sheikh Fadzir that Umno has no longer allowed for differences of opinion.

The ore will be concentrated at Mount Weld before it is exported to Lynas' advanced materials processing plant in Kuantan.

PKR legal bureau chief Latheefa Koya and two Suara Keadilan staff were questioned by police over the alleged claim in a Suara Keadilan article. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It was not even able to bear 50 percent of the land acquisition cost, says former deputy SG Abdul Rahman Mohd Noor.

UPDATED 6.23PM A staggering 1,400 postal votes were inserted into Batu Maung state constituency, held by PKR's Abdul Malik Kassim. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The lawyer claims in his application that an interdivisional memo dated April 13 this year was issued by the sultan’s personal secretary.

The youth arm of Malay rights group Perkasa wants the authorities to probe Israeli link claim as it is a 'threat to the country'. [VIDEO INSIDE]

He can't believe that after the eight admitted to involvement in human smuggling, they get away scot-free.

 

A restaurant cleaner was sentenced to spend two years in a Singapore jail after he broke into his former workplace and stole a cash register containing just S$2 (US$1.6), a media report said today.

Malaysia records a trade surplus of RM7.60 billion, making it the 164th consecutive month of trade surplus since November 1997.

'There were about 900 ballot papers including those for army personnel and their spouses.' [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3.55PM The proxy survey to the Global Corruption Barometer shows a slight drop from 51 percent the previous quarter.

Contributing to the nosedive is the speed in which the public shared information about heavy-handedness by police, says Pemandu.

INQUEST UPDATED 4.10PM ‘The 10 percent incomplete is why he went out on the ledge,’ says ASP Zuhairi Mohamad.

UPDATED 2.35PM Razman Zakaria claims his arrest prior to the Bersih 2.0 rally is a violation of Article 9 of the constitution. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.40PM 'Najib, Rosmah are seen as a liability to the BN, as they are impacting negatively on BN’s chances in the coming polls.'

The EC is again struggling to spin an imaginative yarn over new evidence of it registering PRs as voters.

Faizal Halim Rustam, 37, was splashed with the liquid while reading a newspaper at a shop in the 8.30pm incident.

Mustapa Mohamed will lead a delegation to the six-day Asean Economic Ministers (AEM) meeting, beginning Aug 9, in Manado.

CNN denies that its recent interview with Najib arose from lobbying by an international public relations company.

Members of the new pro-human rights NGO are incredulous over the government’s continued use of emergency rule.

FREE VOXPOP 'Their evidence is crucial to the truth of the allegations, the accused's state of mind, and the defence of political/ criminal conspiracy.'

The police action is based on the portal’s story on PAS deputy president Mohammad Sabu’s claim that he was rammed by a police vehicle. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3.06PM Jais officers entered the Damansara Utama Methodist Church compound.

UPDATED 2.10PM Court dismisses the activist's bid to initiate a judicial review over her deportation from Sarawak last April.

'In light of serious questions raised last week, CNBC has withdrawn the programme ‘World Business’ indefinitely'.

FREE VOXPOP 'Pakatan, there is no time to lose. The least of your problems lie with choosing the right candidates.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Not many of us could claim the honour of facing the battles Wan Azizah has fought and survived...'

FREE YOURSAY 'It has now come to the point that we should look at NRD records and go back 30 years or so to scrutinise each and every IC issued.'

INTERVIEW ‘Lies can be believed. To me, that’s the tragedy,’ says PKR president Wan Azizah. [VIDEO INSIDE]