Archive - 15 December 2011

UPDATED 11.54PM The projection that M'sians will earn a GNI per capita of RM48,000 is based on faulty assumptions.

The agriculture minister says the wild accusation was a conspiracy by the opposition to link him to sensitive issues.

A bill to raise the retirement age in the private sector to 60 years will be tabled at the next session of Parliament if it is accepted by representatives of employers and employees.

After announcing that he quit PKR yesterday, its former Bukit Gelugor chief submitted his membership application form to Gerakan.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today dismissed an application by the government for stay of an order to surrender property worth more than RM32 million to Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) and eight others.

Good ethics and humility will grant them success in politics, and not visits to the bomoh, Dr Mahathir tells politicians.

‘It's up to him. PAS has never stopped any leader from leaving to join Umno,' says veep Mahfuz Omar when asked about speculation Hasan will quit.

It files a defamation suit against Batu Buruk rep Dr Syed Azman Syed Ahmad Nawawi and three others over an article published in the PAS organ.

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is offering a 30 percent discount for Malaysians to travel to five European destinations from the KL International Airport (KLIA).

The parliamentary select committee hears how the media had been prejudiced against and unfair to the opposition during elections.

Outstanding state debts to the federal government from 2006 to 2010 stands at RM82.530 billion, the Dewan Negara was told today.

Teoh Beng Hock's sister laments that questions police put to her were unrelated to her report against three MACC officers implicated in the RCI.

UPDATED 5.50PM The PAS sec-gen lashes out at party leaders who are dancing to the tune of PAS’ arch-enemy.

FREE Tomorrow, Dean Johns will join Malaysiakini editor Steven Gan in a public forum on ‘Role of Media in a post-BN M'sia’.

Johor MIC claims that Indian support for the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the state has risen from a low 45 percent in 2008 to more than 75 percent now. 

'More witnesses will be called. We are still investigating to settle this high-profile case,' says DIGP Khalid Abu Bakar.

COMMENT According to the MACC head the compaint concerned abuse of a public loan, so the case is for the police.

The founders of Google, Twitter and Yahoo! have expressed concern to the US Congress over legislation intended to crack down on online piracy.

UPDATED 5.55PM   Corruption a root cause of deforestation in developing countries, including Malaysia, says Transparency International-Malaysia.

Dr Toh Kin Woon is not allowed to represent Bersih 2.0 when making submissions at the PSC meeting in Penang.

UPDATED 3.10PM The party hopes to make the NFC scandal a landmark issue to topple the BN in GE13.

SODOMY II Lawyer for Anwar submits that Saiful had inserted plastic in his own anus to cook up the complaint.

Director-general of higher education Prof Dr Rujhan Mustafa says it is needless for students unhappy with the law to stage any protest.

As a regulating body, the Board of Computing Professionals will only stifle an industry that has fared well thus far, says DAP's Tony Pua.

UPDATED 5.54PM It calls Zulkifli Wahab a traitor and accuses him of consorting with Pakatan. [PHOTO & VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 2.20PM A clarification by Makkal Osai has put the Karpal-Ramasamy dispute to rest, says a special DAP 'reconciliation' committee.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Malaysia as part of a global tour to mark the queen’s diamond jubilee.

Brickfields police chief ACP Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid said the students were released at about 10pm yesterday.

'Going to jail will only strengthen the resolve of the opposition, and I will spearhead the clamour for reform.' [VIDEO INSIDE]

The loss of a whopping RM1,077 bil in the past decade puts M'sia in top five nations with the highest illicit capital flight.

UPDATED 1.55PM SODOMY II That will be the day High Court judge Mohamad Abidin Mohd Diah delivers his judgment.

UPDATED 1.15PM It dismisses a PAS application for leave to challenge and halt passage of the bill. [VIDEO INSIDE]

 

 

The situation in the flood-hit areas of Pahang has improved, with only 30 evacuees still remaining at relief centres in two districts.

Untrained attachment teachers are crying foul as their new contracts require them to be in school on Saturday and Sunday.

FREE YOURSAY 'Whatever happens to Anwar, we are grateful that the circus is ending. Maybe the BN thinks that this move will end Anwar but...'

MCA Kedah chief dismisses it as being merely meant to woo non-Muslim voters, after some unpopular moves in the state.

FREE YOURSAY 'Najib is not known to be a risk-taker ever since he was elected as an MP at the age of 23. He is more of a fence sitter.'

COMMENT Guan Eng’s court victory over Utusan must forge new tactics in dealing with malevolent media.

FREE VOXPOP 'If this sort of journalism was practiced elsewhere, Utusan would have gone to the cleaners long ago.'

LIVE REPORTS After two years, the trial ended today with a final round of submissions. The judge will deliver his decision on Jan 9.

FREE YOURSAY 'It's vintage Mahathir to create a diversion by dismissing the charges as a mere smear campaign.'

FREE VOXPOP 'I thought the police said there had been no misappropriation? However, they must have heard the public outcry.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Either way, it will cost BN votes. If the opposition leader is jailed, a lot of fence sitters will vote Pakatan Rakyat...'