Archive - 16 December 2011

Attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail said, once the EC came up with the draft, it would discuss the matter with the chambers.

After scrutinising complaints from a group of NGOs, the MACC complaints committee found that it did not have elements of corruption.

Issuing temporary licences is not the best solution to the suspension of City Liner bus services in Selangor, said Peninsular Malaysia Transport Workers Union (TWU) secretary-general Zainal Rampak.

UPDATED 8.25PM The novel has been a bone of contention as the Indian community claims that it contains offensive words.

An operation carried out by the Health Ministry has failed to find any evidence that used or recycled cooking oil is allegedly sold in the market, said its minister, Liow Tiong Lai.

The United Borneo Front is joining hands with other Sabah and Sarawak parties to take on BN in the next GE.

Kedahans are alarmed that the price of mackerel has increased sharply from RM3 to RM10 per kilogramme and even RM12 per kg in some areas, over the past month, believed to be due to insufficient supply of fish in the market.

The Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, regrets that incidents of two Friday prayers in a kariah (congregation) are still happening.

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng says the staggering outflow of illicit capital has made Malaysia the ‘king of black money’.

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has obtained the Selangor government’s approval to go ahead with the suspended overhead cable-laying project to link the Mahkota Cheras main intake transmission plant.

After his defamation suit triumph over Utusan Malaysia , the Penang CM now wants to sue the Umno-linked NST for slander. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 7.05PM Awang Adek Hussin's statement that the IRB will not accept photocopies of the BR1M form has drawn a backlash.

UPDATED 5.15PM 'Photographs of my tawaf were doctored. Where is morality and ethics? Slander is a grave sin.'

It appears Gerakan is viewing with much disdain the move by Lim Boo Chang, who quit all posts in PKR two days ago.

Hasan Ali and Nasharudin Mat Isa are said to be inciting unrest within PAS.

He hopes to contest for the Jerlun parliamentary seat again if he is nominated as a candidate for the coming 13th general election. 

FREE The power company is sceptical of the proposed alternative to run the lines along Ipoh Road.

Negri Sembilan MCA chief Dr Yeow Chai Thiam today defended his remarks which sparked a verbal battle with party arch-rival DAP.

If an elected representative quits his party, the seat must be declared vacant and a by-election should be held, says Penang Gerakan.

The appeals of two police personnel convicted of the murder of the Mongolian woman has been set for case management on Feb 10.

Kita chief Zaid Ibrahim says using Singapore-based consultants to recommend the navy procurement compromises defence secrecy.

It has awarded licences to develop two marginal fields this year, and will double that number in 2012.

Party veep Nurul Izzah Anwar wants the Selangor and Kedah governments to exhibit greater commitment to academic freedom.

He surfaces in KL to give a ‘candid talk’ at the Oxford and Cambridge Society Malaysia’s ongoing ‘Small Bites, Big Ideas’ series.

Singapore is to carry out a major review of its transport network after a breakdown trapped thousands of commuters underground.

UPDATED 2PM He defends his position and calls on everyone to stop ‘sensationalising’ his candidacy in the next GE.

A saga to 'finish off' a formidable character.

The event saw the average citizen airing disappointment with the ruling regime for being sidelined.

PAS ulama council joins Youth wing in backing the Selangor exco member, despite suggestions that he should leave the party.

‘I will defend my seat... the only one I surrender and bow down to is Allah,' says the Malay rights NGO Perkasa chief.

The academician feels all parties in the peninsula are stuck with fighting for a specific community and DAP is no different.

Balkis made the headlines after Selangor MB Abdul Khalid Ibrahim alleged that there had been misappropriation of Balkis funds.

INTERVIEW Society is quick to point out waste management woes without realising they are part of the problem.  

Despite calling me a US agent, Mahathir quietly appealed to the president of World Bank for financial help, reveals Anwar.

Orang Seletar from eight villages are furious with the land grab in the Iskandar project. [VIDEOS INSIDE]

Villagers can sue TNB, for it does not have express consent to enter their land as required by law, says a technical panel.

FREE VOXPOP 'National PAS sec-gen Mustafa is the right person to speak out against Hasan Ali and Nasharuddin.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Eh, wait, the protest is organised by Perkasa, you say? Oh, okay then, no problem.'

FREE VOXPOP 'If it was like the Teoh Beng Hock case, they would leave no stone unturned to get to the bottom of the matter.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The prosecution is having its cake and eating it too - not having to prove force, and a cooperative witness to testify against the defendant.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Why has not Bank Negara come out with the result of its investigations into the illegal transfer of funds?'

A senior MACC officer refuses to comment on the Taib Mahmud probe during a Transparency International forum.