Archive - 19 August 2011

The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) has confirmed that only the Pure Creamery Butter-Golden Churn produced by Ballantyne Food Pty from New Zealand is non-halal.

Umno today sacked Juliana Awang Tambi who contested on a Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM) ticket in the Sarawak election on April 16.

The High Court in Shah Alam ordered the producer of TV3's prime-time news, Buletin Utama , to explain a news item which a lawyer in the trial of the murder of cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and three others claimed was a personal attack on him.

Police do not intend to propose to the government a ban on acid sales despite the cases of the chemical being used as a weapon.

The National Space Agency (Angkasa) has refuted blog and Facebook postings which attributed the agency as saying that the moon will circumbulate the Kaabah while the sky will turn bright blue in Mecca early today.

The allegation by certain parties that the raid was masterminded by Umno is illogical and a wild accusation.

UPDATED 8.25PM The next GE can be held anytime and is not bound by the work of the select committee on electoral reforms.

Malaysian reaction to local tycoon Tony Fernandes’s purchase of newly-promoted Premier League club Queens Park Rangers (QPR) ranged from patriotic support to indifference, to jibes on fan forums.

The Court of Appeal here today ordered Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) to pay special damages of seven months’ remuneration to its former enforcement director Capt (Rtd) Abdul Kudus Ahmad after allowing his appeal to declare his dismissal by the council eight years ago invalid.

Night market trader Welmi Abdul Latif told the Coroner’s Court in Kota Kinabalu today that the Mercedes Benz driver, who was involved in a collision with former Batu Sapi member of parliament Edmund Chong last year, told her to bear witness that Chong had rammed his motorcycle (superbike) into the Mercedes Benz.

Corporate Malaysia must break free from practices of backroom deals, says ex-finance minister Anwar. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.55PM The communications body is accused of trying to harass media to suppress facts on what's unfolding in country. [VIDEO INSIDE]

EC must ensure an electoral roll free of flaws before implementing biometric system - if it wants to restore public trust, says Proham.

SODOMY II Lawyer Sankara Nair says Anwar will take the witness stand on Monday. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 4.05PM RM29.6 billion for PM's Dept under 9th Malaysia Plan is four-fold jump from the 8th Plan.

The wing is caught on the back foot following investigative reports by Harian Metro, but insist phantom and clone voters ‘truly exist’.

UPDATED 5.48PM Its sec-gen claims that Malay politicians are 'selling the dignity of Islam' to gain the vote of Christians. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng says he has no time for extremists like Umno, which tries to politicise every issue.

NRD had issued a duplicate IC to an impostor in 1990 and 2004, says an officer's witness statement.

UPDATED 5.05PM Selangor PAS Youth urges the state government to investigate claims that ‘Umno’s hidden hand’ was behind the raid.

Learn to engage different opinions by peaceful means.

Mahathir Mohamad has expressed concern over the unity among Muslims, saying they are now divided into three factions.

UPDATED 2.45PM Pakatan says government's minimum wage plan is 'non-commital', but it is already formulating what this figure should be.

UPDATED 4.10PM The EC chooses to exclude itself from the disputes surrounding the establishment of the committee on electoral reform.

UPDATED 2.31PM Lim Kit Siang slams army chief Zulkifeli Mohd Zin for attacking whistleblowers for their duty, instead of ensuring a clean process.

UPDATED 6.15PM Home Ministry sec-gen Mahmood Adam denies 6P programme is political agenda and wants PKR Wanita chief to provide proof of her claim.

UPDATED 3.50PM ‘It’s not fair to highlight our mistakes,’ the EC chief bemoans to the media.

UPDATED 2.35PM Ghauth Jasmon says the academic staff association are wrong - there were only 76 resignations, not 146.

The police will set up a task force to probe the suspected arson incident at the Penang DAP headquarters.

'It has to be studied first... at times the allegation is true, sometimes (it is) not true,' says the former premier.

COMMENT If electoral reform issue flip-flops stop, PM could go down in history as the man ‘who restored democratic elections to his people'.

Squeaky clean electoral rolls must be the bottom line for the parliamentary select committee on electoral reforms, says Sabah's deputy chief minister.

The newspaper was asked to come to court to explain an article which allegedly was a personal attack on defence lawyer Manjeet Singh Dhillon.

Fresh from a court victory over a charge of defamation, Tan sticks by his claims that Felda has been bled dry.

EC’s move to ‘clean’ the roll after irregularities were highlighted raises the question - can it simply do so?

UPDATED 11.25AM Police acted in bad faith by detaining us in connection with a small ceramah last night, says Teja assemblyperson Chang Li Kang.

UPDATED 11.55AM The judge also warns parties concerned not to make statements outside court. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Malaysians must not lose out in the out-of-court settlement with Tajudin, an ex-top cop says in a letter to the PM.

This, he says, is a signal for the gov't to stop silencing artists because the art community around the world is watching.

Armed Forces chief Zulkifeli Mohd Zin 'does not understand' loyalty in the context of country and people.

 

FREE VOXPOP 'His Herculean task is to clean out the proverbial Aegean stables. He has as much hope of succeeding as a snowflake in hell.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Justice and democracy in Malaysia shall not be cowed by racism and religious bigotry.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Now that EC admits it is human error, the next question is how many such human errors still in the system?'

FREE YOURSAY 'You are disloyal to the country if you condone election fraud by your personnel.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The lower rank officers joined freely to serve the nation, not Umno. You have wronged them and you are the one who betrayed them.'

A Ministry of Finance Incorporated company MRT Co will assume project and asset owner of the infrastructures effective Sept 1.