Archive - 29 November 2011

The PSC on electoral reform believes there is some basis to the 'Project IC' scam in Sabah that must be addressed.

He said this would set aside Malaysia as a country based on the sovereignty of the Malay rulers and Islam as its religion.

He makes a clarion call to the Wanita, Youth, and Puteri wings to defend the sovereignity of Malays at all costs.

 

PSC chairperson Dr Maximus Ongkili says two of the six public hearings had been completed and the committee was happy with the feedback.

The flood situation in the east coast states is reported to be returning to normal, although several parts of Kelantan remain submerged in flood waters since only four evacuation centres in Pasir Mas and Tumpat are still open.

The KL International Airport 2 (KLIA 2), the new low-cost carrier terminal, will handle 45 million passengers when it commences operations in April 2013, says Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd managing director Bashir Ahmad.

Proton Holdings Bhd expects to seal a joint-venture agreement with Mitsubishi Motors Corp to produce Mitsubishi sedan models at its Tanjung Malim plant by year-end.

The Rembau MP however says he understands that the gov't may feel that it is not yet the right time to allow such freedoms.

PARLIAMENT Historically, pro-BN rallies are always allowed by the police and the Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011 does not address this, said Lim Guan Eng.

A computer crimes analyst informed the High Court in Shah Alam today that 11 mobilephones which formed a part of the case exhibits in the murder trial of cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and three other individuals, were sent to him for analysis. 

UPDATED 6.55PM As such, says a veep, all leaders and members will have to triple their efforts to prepare for the polls.

PKR veep and lawyer N Surendran says today’s Bar Council march showed that all that was required were rules for how police should act.

Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd (TGE), a locally incorporated company, is set to pioneer electricity generation from geo-thermal sources, a renewable energy option found in Sabah.

PARLIAMENT The Dewan Rakyat was informed that the EPF only provided loans to asset-rich government linked companies.  

UPDATED 5.38PM PARLIAMENT An opposition walkout regardless, the Bill was passed in the Dewan Rakyat after less than four hours of debate.

Haggling with the state government over financial aid has netted them RM40 more a month than they had expected.

In what direction is Islam heading?

A court in Sydney has found an Indonesian-born woman guilty of being an accessory after the fact to her son’s murder of her Malaysian lover.  

UPDATED 5.20PM PARLIAMENT Pakatan is fuming because only three of its MPs were allowed to debate on the Bill.

They should think about the repercussions of the provisions on the people’s right to assemble, says the Bar Council. [VIDEO INSIDE]

PARLIAMENT Abdul Rahman Dahlan says it was the BN backbenchers who met with the relevant ministers to request the changes.

Umno should not be over-confident in winning the general election although the party has managed to register 3.4 million members.

PARLIAMENT Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim wants the bill be withdrawn and a parliamentary select committee set up to review it.

Feedback from all stakeholders will be presented to the government before drafting the bill, promises the deputy minister.

Let us march for freedom as did all our forefathers.

Still, Malaysia’s ‘absent voters’ resist being silenced.

A Penang Gerakan leader says Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is surrounded by ‘clowns’ who hinder him from carrying out reforms.

Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng has been reappointed as the Yang Dipertua Negeri of Sarawak for two more years from Dec 5.

Netizens have launched a campaign to remind MPs that the netizens' vote depends on how they vote on the Assembly Bill.

 

 

INTERVIEW Saifuddin Abdullah says some members believe in transformation, and some change after directives. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Bar Council says its version of the Peaceful Assembly Act takes a significantly different approaches from the Bill drafted by the gov't.

Village elders say alcoholism and drug use are on the rise and anger is rising over encroachment on native lands.

They include six specific amendments which will see reductions in notification, appeals and response periods.

He urges the Land Public Transport Commission to intervene with funding, resources and review the social routes.

UPDATED 1.10PM Human Rights Watch wants the Bar Council’s ‘Walk for Freedom’ to proceed without disturbance.

'If they insist to join (the march), they are intentionally violating the law,' says KL CPO Mohamad Salleh.

The 2011 Umno AGM will kick off with a pre-council meeting this afternoon where Najib is scheduled to deliver an important message to the delegates.

FREE VOXPOP 'As a minister, Shahrizat must come clean on TV and in Parliament. Her constituency is not Umno but all Malaysians.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Why do we need Arab spring when we have our monsoons to cleanse Malaysia of unscrupulous politicians?'

FREE YOURSAY 'PM, if only you do half of what you said, I think the majority of Malaysians would have supported you.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Assemblies in designated areas are for BN and cohorts, non-designated areas are for the rest.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘Please tell me, if the police have discretion to decide and people have rights, which of these two principles takes precedence?'