Archive - 3 January 2012

Sabah Umno's nod to forming RCI on illegals hailed

Upko has hailed Sabah Umno's support for the establishment of a RCI into the longstanding issues of illegal immigrants and Project IC in Sabah.

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Top comedians Afdlin, Harun join Umno

For Afdlin Shauki, he joined the party out of his admiration for Najib Abdul Razak's leadership.

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Investigation on UPSI prostest almost complete

When completed, the paper will be submitted to the public prosecutor's office for further action, says Perak police chief.

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More lodge reports against Jan 9 rally

More organisations and individuals have lodged police reports against the planned '901 Free Anwar Campaign' in KL on Monday.

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S'poreans helping Pakatan distribute flyers

A group of neighbouring nationals were involved in distributing opposition party flyers in Kampung Saujana Baru, Pasir Gudang.

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Anwar downplays RPK attack

UPDATED 7.23PM ‘I’ve known him since I was imprisoned. He has helped us a lot, for which I thank him...’ says the PKR de facto leader.

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Pakatan prepared to face Anwar's jailing

UPDATED 7.10PM 'If I am jailed, involved in an accident or get shot... we have discussed the situation and have contingency plans.' [VIDEO INSIDE]

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Students have 'evidence' of police brutality

UPDATED 7.03PM Their lawyer cites photographic and video evidence showing the students being ‘trampled on and kicked'.

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Water cannon launched at hospital, admits officer

BERSIH INQUIRY UPDATED 8.45PM The FRU officer did not know that Tung Shin was located nearby when it happened.

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Sacked UPSI student stays put in college

UPDATED 11.16PM The rose among the thorns in the New Year sit-in says she was only given verbal notice and will not leave until she sees it in black and white.

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Brickbats over display of Lynas document

Those inspecting the document have to deal with the imposition of ‘unreasonable’ conditions, say anti-Lynas campaigners.

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NFC: Focus on main players, less on Shahrizat

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Truth matters and Theory R

Truth must always be revealed by the ‘Other’.

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MCA's leadership dilemma

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Perak BN candidates may be renominated

Perak MB says some of them actually could have won but because of the political tsunami that had occurred, they were defeated.

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Ibrahim Ali: Street demos no longer relevant

UPDATED 5.01PM Issues students champion pale in comparison with what I fought 40 years ago, he says. [VIDEO INSIDE]

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Why Perkasa will not query abuse of zakat

UPDATED 5.05PM Its focus is on pertinent national issues, leaving the remaining matters for other NGOs to pick up, says president Ibrahim Ali.

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Tricubes unit bags RM6mil contract

Its subsidiary has been awarded to maintain the police force's computerised mobile management system.

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'Protesters wrong, land belongs to us'

Refuting allegations that it had seized a plot of temple land in Butterworth, the Hindu Endowment Board says it owns the site.

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MCLM suffers another blow over RPK remarks

UPDATED 3.47PM Potential GE candidates Malik Imtiaz Sarwar and Sreekant Pillai distance themselves from MCLM.

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Nga to sue blogger for RM10mil

Ahmad Sofian Yahya has failed to apologise for a posting that alleged abuse of power by Perak DAP's Nga Kor Ming.

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Let 2012 be a year of less religion-racial extremism

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The bloody Sunday violence against students

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Perkasa dares Anwar to attend prayers with Saiful

Perkasa VP Zulkifli Noordin seeks Allah's answer on who's lying over the sodomy case. All parties are invited.

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Anwar begins 'tour de force' ahead of sodomy verdict

He will visit eight states in a six-day tour beginning in Johor and ending in a courthouse rally on Jan 9.

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Looking for the good in Raja Petra

COMMENT 'I have no interest in his feud with Anwar but exile, ego and eagerness for attention can affect a person’s psyche...'

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Kulim liquor ban: Sabotage against Kedah gov't?

NONE Kulim state rep Lim Soo Nee says the decision was made solely by the district office, without informing the Kedah gov't.

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Four family members killed in brutal attack

UPDATED 4.57PM Police say it is believed that the four were attacked with both blunt and sharp objects by more than one person.

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'Absent voters' case: Decision on Friday

UPDATED 3.16PM As both sides make their final submissions in the KL High Court, some 700,000 Malaysians await the ruling in the landmark case.

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MCLM man to contest as 'pro-Pakatan' candidate

RPK’s claims has not affected Dr Nedunchelian Vengu’s determination to run in his home constituency of Kapar.

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Azmin: Who's RPK to dictate to us?

UPDATED 1.35PM His comments are ‘irrelevant’ as RPK does not have the right to chart PKR’s future, says the deputy president.

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Pakatan show of force on Sodomy II verdict day

UPDATED 1.07PM It is mobilising thousands of supporters when the High Court delivers its verdict on Jan 9. [VIDEO INSIDE]

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UPSI student sacked from residential college

Legasi Mahasiswa Progresif secretary Siti Nurul Piteriah Abdul Halim has been expelled from Aminuddin Baki residential college.

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Is Felda venture listing in the interest of settlers?

COMMENT There should be no clampdown on public discourse on the highly questionable move to list Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd.

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Ex-RMAF sergeant to petition Agong for justice

He is disappointed that the attorney-general has dismissed his 17 police reports against the air force as “baseless”.

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Zaid 'shocked' by RPK's attack on Anwar

zaid ibrahim UPDATED 11.40AM The Kita chief says RPK is 'on the wrong side' for attacking the opposition leader.

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Looking back at UPSI's eerie, bloody Sunday

NONE i-WITNESS As UPSI student leader Adam Adli began to address the crowd, sirens blared and the police arrived.

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Student protester's car damaged outside UPSI

Muhammad Safwan, the student injured at the UPSI sit-in, says his windscreen was smashed while he was in hospital.

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'Puan Mariam, we are proud of him too'

FREE VOXPOP 'Puan Mariam has made a courageous stand and sets an example for many others to follow her...'

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DAP moves closer to PKR with new Malay recruits

COMMENT The parallel developments of a less Chinese dominant DAP and a less Malay dominant PKR could eventually lead to their merger.

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Raja Petra has lost the plot

FREE YOURSAY 'Now it appears you would be allowed to return to M'sia with all charges dropped. Umno has got you.'

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Anwar not fit to be PM, but Najib is?

FREE YOURSAY 'RPK, if you are sincere, please name the man fit to be PM, rather than provide your open-ended guesses.'

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Varsity sit-ins are no threat to public order, get it?

FREE YOURSAY 'There was no provocation from the students to deserve this kind of treatment from the police.'

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