Archive - 2 January 2012

Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil denies that she has tendered her resignation to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

It wants the gov't to review its recent decision to allow foreigners to work in sectors where locals are already employed.

The purported rally outside the KL court complex on Jan 9 will jeapordise public order, warns the deputy police chief.

Domestic Trade Minister Ismail Sabri said the opposition should just play the ‘check and balance’ role and not the detractor role.

PKR claims its one-time ally Raja Petra Kamaruddin was hired to discredit Anwar Ibrahim ahead of the Jan 9 Sodomy II verdict.

UPDATED 5.31PM Haris Ibrahim is livid about Raja Petra's NST interview that he says goes against his, and MCLM’s, beliefs.

DAP publicity chief blasts the defence minister for forgetting that he and two other MPs have already accepted the invitation for a meeting.

Police will set up a special task force to investigate blog postings on the alleged police brutality in UPSI yesterday.

This follows the discovery of what is believed to be pig skulls and pork outside the Al-Falah Mosque in Johor Baru last week.

An MCA politician aiming for the Bagan parliamentary seat criticises Penang chief minister for being too busy to handle issues in the constituency.

UPDATED 4.15PM Safwan's mother-in-law says the students’ actions should be an example for all. [VIDEO INSIDE]

COMMENT Shadow play in Malaysia is alive and well in the hands of present day politicians.

UPDATED 3.50PM Mohd Safwan Anang’s lawyer says police only took statements from his client today, thus denials of assault claims by the Perak CPO are premature. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3.30PM Muhammad Safwan, victim of an alleged police assault during the New Year sit-in in Tanjung Malim, points the finger at the cops.

Did Raja Petra forget the many strange and suspicious events following the release of the so-called Anwar sex video, asks PKR veep N Surendran.

UPDATED 1.05PM The embattled P Ramasamy is again under fire, now for temple land taken by the Hindu Endowment Board.

They'll do anything for money, even hide rape of girls.

FREE YOURSAY 'Time and the rakyat will judge Anwar, not RPK. If Anwar turns out to be bad, then we will replace him too.'

UPDATED 1.01PM The ex-Perlis mufti says the student sit-in crackdown on New Year's day is a ‘national tragedy’.

COMMENT It appears the notion of a receptive time to hold the next general election is an elusive thing to Najib.

FREE VOXPOP 'Shahrizat is not resigning because all the Umno leaders are doing the same and many are one thousand times worse than her.'

FREE YOURSAY 'I'm totally speechless. How can these harmless university students be treated in such a brutal way?'

FREE YOURSAY 'RPK is feeling homesick. He just wants to come home without going straight behind bars. In the end, he sold out his principles.'