Archive - 30 September 2011

He says that as the education minister, it was his duty to implement the Education Act and the National Education Policy.

Police have arrested a mental patient for allegedly threatening a deputy public prosecutor (DPP) with a pistol in Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Terengganu on Sunday.

The film development bidy will not block efforts by any party or individual who produce films using their own funds.

The selection criteria is not aimed at creating disharmony but to ensure the survival of the party, says DPM Muhyiddin Yassin.

The accuracy of a telecommunication company’s call records was challenged in the High Court in Shah Alam today in the trial of the murder of cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and three others.

The new deputy speaker of the Sarawak state assembly Roland Sagah Wee Inn and seven newly appointed assistant ministers took their oath of office before Yang Dipertua Negeri Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng today. 

UPDATED 8.40PM Najib Abdul Razak says that Lim Guan Eng cannot run away from what he did as there is an audio recording of the statement.

Conventional system does not create jobs nor increase trade, nor spin-offs into other businesses, nor help to spread wealth equitably, he argues.

UPDATED 8.10PM He says the repeal can only take place next March because its replacement laws are still being drafted.

UPDATED 7.55PM PM Najib said he was merely inspiring bumi businesses to be more independent from gov't help.

Utusan Melayu employees will be paid 36 months of arrears under a  collective agreement just concluded between Utusan management and the National Union of Journalists Malaysia (NUJ).

Court of Appeal President Md Raus Sharif says the judge retains the discretion whether to agree with the sentence to be imposed or otherwise.

UPDATED 7.35PM But Justice Dr Prasad Sandosham Abraham says the Shah Alam MP is only entitled to a nominal sum.

The government seems to have put paid to chances of the public service announcement getting national TV coverage.

He calls for a standard Islamic management as the benchmark for Islamic practices.

UPDATED 4.04PM Bar Council president Lim Chee Wee says that laws covered under hudud are essentially under federal, rather than state jurisdiction.

 

 

The UN-backed ITU has appointed Impact to provide cybersecurity assistance and support to its 193 member states and other organisations.

It's excuse is different from BN's - those who donate to Pakatan fear harassment by the government, says political scientist Terence Gomez.

UPDATED 2.56PM PAS Youth says Khairy Jamaluddin should continue to support hudud in the upcoming sitting in October if he is 'serious'.

Criticism has grown over detentions, often unexplained, apparently aimed at stifling dissent or that target criminals.

UPDATED 2.10PM Guan Eng says he wishes to 'fully apologise' to the Johor sultan over his remark on the state's crime rate. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar says in an interview in NST that he has the interests of his rakyat and foreigners living in Johor at heart.

Ex-EC chief says the excuse was such reform would encourage rash of parties just wanting to milk the funds available.

UPDATED 2.35PM The state is forcing homeowners to pay commercial scale premiums. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Kelantanese keep PAS in power as they support its Islamic policies, and by default, the 1993 hudud law, the party says.

Malaysian Insider apologises to ex-MAS chief Tajudin Ramli for posting a baseless and defamatory article on him.

UPDATED 1.10PM People can express opinions freely there, says deputy info minister Maglin Dennis D’Cruz.

COMMENT The Criminal Procedure Code provides for even a day-old DPP to initiate action against Abdul Gani Patail, argues the writer.

The fire at the Pulau Bukom island site, 5.5 kilometres south-west of Singapore’s main island, started on Wednesday afternoon.

A total of 136 people, including eight Malaysians, were rescued in 53 human trafficking cases from January to August this year.

UPDATED 7.26PM An Aussie official says that the complaint is viewed seriously as it falls under UN conventions.

History has a habit of playing strange games, one of which is the fact that the Islamic party was born in Penang during British colonial rule.

FREE VOXPOP 'As a high-profile career politician, Penang CM Guan Eng will do well to remember this.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The constitution is highest and ultimate authority that should be respected by all with no exception.'

FREE YOURSAY 'But unless hudud is resolved, it appears that Pakatan can't even keep its house in order.'