Archive - 28 December 2011

The cost is being borne because the three - the minister, the religious department head and syarie chief prosecutor - are civil servants.

Exploring new methods resulted in numerous invitations to communicate with youths online, says the PM.

The publication of a logo with the script ‘Allah’ written on it can cause tension and confusion among the public, says the Home Ministry.

MRT Corporation (MRT Corp) has inked a deal with the owners of 21 plots of land in the Jalan Inai area which is affected by the MRT  project.

Selangor MCA Public Services and Complaints Bureau deputy chairperson Kelvin Chong Seng Foo says he was threatened five times.

Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Rahim Bakri says the new driving curriculum would enable learner drivers to learn to drive and take a test in an automatic car.

The Taiping MP was warned of ‘three methods’ of execution in a letter addressed to his parents’ house in Ayer Tawar, Perak.

Johor PAS will make way for PKR and DAP in six mixed-race seats.

Judge Mohd Nasir Nordin handed down the sentence on Rostam Razali, from Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

UPDATED 5.15PM Letting producers and importers do the censoring is not right, for it can disrupt our Eastern values, says the PAS women's wing.

The authorities have yet to respond satisfactorily over the conflicting accounts on Felda’s chief. [VIDEO INSIDE]

 

Matrade deputy chief executive Zakaria Kamarudin says the 2011 total trade volume is expected to go ‘beyond RM1 trillion’.

Its secretary-general, Mustafa Ali, says BN will take the opportunity of the Chinese New Year to endear itself with the Chinese community.

UPDATED 4.10PM The meeting between Hasan Ali and top party leaders took place in Kota Baru last night.

Over the past 10 years, Malaysiakini has without fail picked a newsmaker as we bring the curtain down on the year.

A former imam was given a four-year jail sentence and caned for misusing zakat funds, though he had returned the money later.

 

UPDATED 3.55PM Justice Abdul Malik Ishak is no more a fit and proper person to hold office for keeping mum on plagiarism allegation, says the veteran lawyer.

A Singapore casino operator is suing five high-rollers to recover S$7.5 million in alleged debts, media reports said today.

INTERVIEW The constitutional law expert says he has yet to seriously consider whether to leave the academic world to become a politician.

Organisers of Sunday's Dataran Merdeka gathering want attendees to don the masks to show outrage against the 2011 injustices.

UPDATED 7.10PM 'A lot of people pray that I should be acquitted. I will reiterate my innocence during the tour,' says Anwar.

COMMENT A total of RM66.6 billion in 2009 alone was due to activities involving bribery, theft, kickbacks and tax evasion.

 

Keshvinder Singh claims all Perak DAP state reps were told to go to a tailor linked to Nga Kor Ming's wife for their official attire.

UPDATED 7.45PM The situation in flood-hit areas in Sarawak, Pahang, Johor and Sabah has improved, with a reduction in the number of evacuees as at 6pm.

COMMENT My former Primary English School Tumpat schoolmates found me on Facebook and I came to their reunion.

Chegubard claims that it was set up by an ‘enemy within’ to trap him over disgruntlement from last year’s party polls.

FREE VOXPOP 'Hey, I did not take bribes. I just took a big discount on the land.' Khir Toyo does have a sense of humour.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘Even if Malay genome is different from Chinese or Indian genome, we are more alike than we are different.'

FREE YOURSAY 'She is holding the trump card and ever ready to spill the beans if she is pushed to the corner by her peers.'

Withdrawing his clarification published earlier by Malaysiakini, Eu says he prefers not to engage in a war of words.