Archive - 25 January 2012

A journalist was slightly hurt and lost RM48,000 when she was robbed of her car and valuables by a knife-wielding man.

Political differences do not prevent the two state governments from helping each other in attracting tourists to visit the states.

The government is to consider a proposal to impose mandatory jail sentence on reckless drivers who cause deaths.

The land office has always conducted monitoring activities through Google to overcome the problem, says MB Ahmad Said.

The case involves a constable who has been ordered to enter his defence on two counts of causing hurt to A Kugan.

The Cityliner stage bus service operator will resume operations in stages from today, Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) says.

A rubber tapper found dead yesterday is believed to have been hit by his own home-made fish bomb and drowned in Sungai Keladi, near Chetok in Pasir Mas.

The High Court will decide this Friday whether former transport minister Dr Ling Liong Sik needs to enter his defence.

'The notice of appeal was filed at the Court of Appeal’s Registry in Putrajaya, this morning,' he said at the Jalan Duta Court Complex in Kuala Lumpur.

The company’s status has changed from that of a private limited to public limited company, following approval by the CCM on Jan 18.

Dang Wangi police chief ACP Zulkarnain Abdul Rahman said the scratch marks were confirmed by the doctor who examined the girl.

Ambrin Buang says the words ‘kucar-kacir' (chaotic), ‘in a mess’ and ‘misappropriation’ were ‘used by other quarters’.

Anwar Ibrahim's lead counsel Karpal Singh says the trial judge’s secretary has informed him that the written judgment is not yet ready.

The NGO says the protest by five students of Kuin is within their democratic right to publicly express opinions about issues.

Police detained 24 men for cockfight gambling not far from the Sandakan police headquarters in a raid last Sunday.

Hitting back at columnist Andrew Hornery, an Umno-linked blogger attempts to make a link between him and Pakatan Rakyat.

UPDATED 4.26PM Hornery claims Kapp's publicist HAD pitched details of Rosmah's shopping spree to fashion writers.

Fifteen deaths were recorded on the ninth day of the 25th Ops Sikap yesterday, raising the overall number of fatalities to 108 since Jan 16.

UPDATED 5.10PM The human rights commissioner says the standards of senior officers should be much higher and that they must know their facts. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3PM ‘The premier must cut off all ties with the Malay rights group, or his bid to promote moderation will be nothing but a political scam.’

Nyipa Anak Tingang wins an injunction against forest plantation giant Pusaka KTS, which has interests in Bintulu, Belaga and Baram.

A coalition of 20 Indian NGOs urges police to act against the 'aggressors' who disrupted the ABU ceramah in Shah Alam last Saturday.

UPDATED 5.35PM Shah Alam police chief says those detained were not part of the incident.

The firm’s executive director Wan Shahinur Izmir Salleh says the use of the term in press reports had created ‘perceptual confusion’.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission would be able to help clear the air if public figures are accused of corruption, says a news report.

Ambrin Buang hopes his explanation would help solve the crisis that has hit the project since the release of his audit report.

 

Civil servants must combat corruption.

INTERVIEW He says the Proto-Malays, Semang and Senoi are torchbearers of the modern human race. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Past wisdom must not be accepted unquestioningly.

FREE YOURSAY ‘DAP will be in Penang for a long, long time. So why waste your money advertising about your achievements?'

The Ipoh Barat MP urges Azmi Khalid to resume the panel's investigation and table its findings in Parliament in March.

FREE YOURSAY ‘I implore the police. Please be seen to be fair so that the rakyat's confidence in you can be restored.'

FREE YOURSAY 'AirAsia should publish very clearly the final price (taxes included) the passenger will have to pay.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Rosmah, can you hear the challenge from Down Under? All Malaysians are eagerly awaiting you to defend the honour of frugal Malaysian shoppers.'