Archive - 4 November 2011

The High Court hearing the murder case of cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and three others, was today told that there were no DNA reports on 30 bone specimens, said to be likely of humans, that were sent to the Chemistry Department for analysis.

'What will happen to us when people decide they will walk naked on the streets?' asks the former PM, who chuckles when asked for his view.

Former Pempena financial controller Lim Khing Tai says this was done because Awana Dubai had yet to have a bank account.

UPDATED 7.35PM The ex-PM says this should identify if the have-nots are left behind due to teaching the subjects in BM.

She defends the organisers of Seksualiti Merdeka, and says she was invited to launch the event in her personal capacity.

Deadline to verify 42,000 'dubious' voters in EC list ended 'quietly' yesterday without the affected voters being informed, says MP Fong Kui Lun.

UPDATED 7.15PM The gov't has allowed an option to students under PPSMI to continue in English in the wake of protests.

UPDATED 7.45PM In what is believed to be a test case, four applicants get leave to challenge a syariah law barring them from dressing as females.

The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) plans to stop giving expenses loans to students of higher education institutions to reduce the increasing burden.

About 30 Perkasa members protested at Masjid Negara after Friday prayers this afternoon. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Can DPM close the door on a review of teaching science and maths in English abolition without cabinet approval, asks DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang.

An occasional railway commuter today filed a civil suit in the High Court in Kota Kinabalu seeking an order to prevent the relevant authorities from closing the crossings along the railway track from Tanjung Aru to Tenom in the interior side of Sabah.

Former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is scheduled to be called as the crown witness in the trial.

Judge Ghazali Cha orders that the freeze on the property be removed and the assets be returned to the respondents.

But Pertubuhan Islam Gabungan Amal president Sabarudin Ahmad says the DAP is conspiring with the workers to damage his reputation.

UPDATED 6.55PM The cabinet appeared to have passed the buck to the attorney-general on whether to appeal the court ruling.

The Home Ministry says claims by an individual that insiders are able to speed up the amnesty application are untrue.

We have witnesses to prove Wong Bee Fong was obstructing policemen from performing their duties, says OCPD.

Islam does not tolerate anything outside heterosexuality, but LGBT people should be assisted, not derided, says its chief Abdul Rani Osman.

Judge John Louis O’Hara makes the ruling after allowing the application by Khazanah and three others to strike out the suit.

The ‘West Australian’ says that it has now come to know that Prime Minister Najib’s daughter was not in Perth at the time.

UPDATED 3.15PM Just as a forum in conjunction with the event was to begin at the Annexe Gallery, police moved in and ordered all present to disperse.

The deputy education minister charges that the stance of the three BN partners would weaken and erode the Malay language.

The government should not bow to pressure because education involves the interest of a majority of students and teachers.

Managing director Syed Zainal Abidin says the new model, tentatively called 'P3-21A', is to be a totally new car.

The landowners claims only a small number of affected folk, not the majority, have agreed to the land acquisition.

COMMENT The event should not be viewed as a transgression against Islam but a simple demand for fundamental human rights.

'We support Ambiga in welfare matters but not in actions that go against religion,' says PAS spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.

UPDATED 4.50PM A huge crowd was to gather at Komtar this afternoon to condemn the CM Lim - but no one showed up.

UPDATED 6.30PM Malaysian Bar president Lim Chee Wee says the incident happened between 1am and 1.30am this morning.

They are paying the price of ignoring warnings concerning its climate vulnerability and the incapacity of its soggy foundations to handle flooding.

Pro-PPSMI parents continue with their mission and have garnered 140,000 FB supporters.

The party is opposing calls to teach Science and Maths in English, saying that this is not part of Pakatan policy.

FREE YOURSAY 'Does DPM Muhyiddin Yassin think we are stupid? To say that no one complained is telling a lie.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Muhyiddin would not have sung this song of praises if not for the heavy beating in the last GE.'

FREE VOXPOP 'It took more than a week or so to discover the PM's daughter was not in Perth and to deny the allegation?'

Bishop Paul Tan opposes mistreatment of the ‘queer’ but cautions against move to legitimise ‘unconventional’ sexuality.

FREE YOURSAY 'Vigilante groups would be formed. Before the people realise it, dictatorship is at their doorstep.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Their sexual choices are the least of our concerns when billions of taxpayers' money are being squandered.'