Archive - 26 August 2011

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department G Palanivel tonight said that the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu), National Institute of Public Administration (Intan) and the Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) would be put under
his charge.

Malaysia has expressed its recognition of the National Transitional Council (NTC) as the legitimate interim government in Libya.

Malay rights group Perkasa today suggested that an Islamic affairs ministry be set up to tackle all issues related to Islam which are becoming increasingly challenging.

Catholic prelate calls Asri an ‘emancipator’ and praises nominal Muslim Morgan’s ‘candor’ in setting things in perspective. 

The leak on YouTube and pro-Umno blogs has breached Jais' investigation into claims of proselytising, says Bar president Lim Chee Wee.

The new unit is to ‘save’ poor Muslims from having to give up on their faith to achieve a better quality of life with their families.

Ex-MACC commissioner tells Gani Patail to step down to allow probe over graft allegations involving a construction giant.

UPDATED 6.50PM They will again descend on Putrajaya if the gov't insists on dividing up their land. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It has become common for a retiring chief justice to have his term extended for six months after the mandatory retirement age.

Leading Bollywood actor Salman Khan is to have surgery in the United States to correct a facial nerve disorder that leaves him in excruciating pain, he said in an article published today.

Malaysia has not moved from its Tier 2 in the 2011 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report issued by the US State Department.

UPDATED 4.55PM It seems PAS Hulu Langat MP Che Rosli Che Mat stands alone in condemning PKR's Fuziah Salleh on Lynas, with PAS Pahang backing her.

It hopes that through the much more friendly approach, the corporation would work out the loan repayment structure.

Home Ministry says the decision was made after a careful evaluation, including taking into account the last increase in 2005.

Its Penang coordinator Ong Jing Cheng says the group has received 86 calls pertaining to information and complaints about the police.

EC is told to send its proposed amendment within the next two months. 

 

Alor Setar mayor Mat Noh Ahmad says the proposed half an hour break is to allow Muslim traders to perform the prayer.

Kuantan MP has served letters of demand on TV3, a journalist and a politician over a news piece on the Lynas plant.

SODOMY II Anwar's decision to testify from the dock has taken many by surprise, with some questioning the wisdom of such a move.

UPDATED 4.30PM SODOMY II Samples handed over to chemist some 100 hours after alleged sodomy should have deeply degraded, says DNA expert Dr Brian McDonald.

It has a vast array of assets to bring to bear, including surveillance aircraft, eavesdropping by the NSA and tips from defectors.

Teng Hock Nan slams calls for the CM post to be given to Umno should BN win, as Najib has assured Gerakan over the matter.

R Munesuaran, 29, is charged with three counts of murdering his three children aged between two and five in Kluang.

However, its publicity chief Tony Pua says the party won’t pop the champagne until the measures are implemented.

Zaki Azmi, who is to retire next month, says he has not interfered in cases involving Umno.

A Malaysian-born Sydney-based neurosurgeon who failed to get help for one of two prostitutes who died at his Sydney home after taking cocaine during a sex session has been sentenced to at least five years and three months in jail, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reports.

PKR says this shows that what is seen as Malay disunity today is a result of the dirty political game by Umno leaders.

UPDATED 1.15PM New rule that copies of MyKad be attached to voter registration forms is unfair, says Pua.

We must guard against symptoms of authoritarianism.

Consumer body slams Berjaya Corp chief Vincent Tan and Berjaya Land EO Francis Ng for 'distorting facts' on rejected hill project.

COMMENT The present blanket ban is completely illogical, certainly discriminatory and a serious violation of human rights.

Court rules that the Sedition Act is constitutional and that Shuhaimi Shafiei had used the wrong procedure in his application.

FREE VOXPOP 'Is it likely that Spad will make an exception for Chinatown? Why should it be any different to other cases?'

State's plan to revive development of Penang Hill will destroy the island, says Penang party chief Dr Teng Hock Nan.

EC should re-assert its independence and implement some of Bersih's demands without waiting for the PSC.

UPDATED 1.55PM Ex-MAS chairperson alleges that in its ordinary meaning, the airline lost RM8 billion during his tenure.

A number of Malaysians living abroad have found themselves registered as voters - without their knowledge.

While the woman did concede there were others who have embraced Christianity, she had remained faithful to Islam.

COMMENT The UK ‘celebrates’ the 100th birthday of the 1911 Official Secrets Act this week.

FREE YOURSAY 'If the prosecution cannot prove that Anwar's DNA was from his sperm, the whole evidence is useless.'

Parliament rushed into this clearly for the benefit of the outgoing chief justice, despite vehement opposition, says Karpal.

UPDATED 11.20AM High Court judge Akhtar Tahir also wants MP N Gobalakrishnan to explain himself.

FREE YOURSAY 'All East Malaysians living in West Malaysia should be allowed to vote as postals voters for their respective constituencies in Sabah and Sarawak.'

FREE YOURSAY 'EC chief's logic is stupefying. Indelible ink does not deprive anybody of his right to vote.'

FREE YOURSAY 'When Nurul reported about threats to kidnap her daughter, you claimed she was fishing for sympathy.'