Archive - 1 February 2012

He says if Malaysian overseas electors voted for a particular party they liked, they did not have to bear the consequences of their votes.

A chemistry expert told the High Court in Shah Alam today that there were no DNA profiles of four accused in the murder trial of cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and three others on the exhibits seized during the investigation of the case.

The move comes after a watchdog group GFI said in a report that Malaysia lost RM1.03 trillion between 2000 and 2009 to such outflows.

Lim Kit Siang presses the PM to honour his undertaking to ‘leave no stone unturned’ in pursuing justice for the political aide.

A female student has suffered bruises and vomited after she was believed to have been attacked over 'Facebook misunderstanding.'

The Atomic Energy Licensing Board has approved the TOL for the controversial Lynas Advanced Materials Plant in Gebeng, Kuantan.

The suspects have been arrested in a joint crackdown over a US$13 million phone scam that targeted mainland Chinese credit card holders.

The Terengganu government has denied that the value of equipments stolen from the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium was worth as much as RM50 million as reported by a newspaper yesterday.

A freak storm lashed four mukim in Kulim, damaging 57 houses - including 28 where the roofs were blown away yesterday evening.

Malaysia stands to lose between RM800 to RM900 million annually if illegal logging is not controlled, said Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) president Paul Low Seng Kuan today.

UPDATED 4.50PM Hasan’s allegation that DAP will join hands with Singapore’s PAP is outrageous, berates Lim Kit Siang.

UPDATED 8.30PM Eight people drowned, 11 others were rescued while six more are still missing, all foreigners, after their boat capsized off Teluk Semayong waters, Sedili Besar, near Kota Tinggi this morning.

UPDATED 6.58PM Fashion journalist Patty Huntington reveals all to attest to her report about Rosmah’s expenses.

Electing your mayor will result in a check-and-balance on City Hall's ever-growing expenditures, says Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar.

ANALYSIS Analysts believe that weariness with BN will enable Pakatan to win enough seats to prompt unrest within Umno.

The Kedah MB is now diverting the issue by referring to the Private Higher Educational Institutions Act on the KUIN suspensions, says student body.

UPDATED 7.05PM 'This old man hasn’t stopped yet? He should stay at home and take care of his grandchildren.'

 

Focus on cleaning up the electoral process instead of being bogged down with procedural issues, he tells the Election Commission.

Journalists should stand up for integrity.

UPDATED 7.46PM NGOs hold a walkabout in a bid to save heritage buildings in the city. [PHOTO GALLERY]

While affordable housing schemes are good, Employees Provident Fund (EPF) money should not be used to fund these projects, the DAP insists.

Lardac’s appeal in its suit over wrongful termination of refurbishment works for the F5E and 5F aircraft is scheduled to be heard tomorrow.

Economics is also about morality.

'I'm ready to give a detailed explanation on the suspension of the five Kolej Universiti Insaniah students,' says Azizan Abdul Razak.

It's 25 times bigger than the army and police.

The Penang CM sees the incident as provocation designed to stoke racial and religious sentiments ahead of the 13th GE.

Teachers must not fall for the lies spread by certain quarters who are trying to topple the government, says Perlis MB.

The former state exco member member was speaking in Bangi at one of the first stops in his nationwide roadshow.

The Youth wing expects Guan Eng and Nor Mohamed to thrash out whether abolishing tolls will make Malaysia bankrupt.

While Perkasa is in trouble for distributing ‘white ang pow’, the Islamic party has won rare praises with its green lion.

UPDATED 7.35PM A pupil was killed while four others including a teacher were hurt in a lightning strike at the SK Mazuin school field in Kuala Kangsar, yesterday.

Opponents take their campaign against the attempt to restructure Malaysian healthcare services online.

If the PAS government of Kelantan keeps siding with wealthy timber tycoons, then its welfare state pledge is shaky.

The ruling on whether Lynas will be given the go-ahead for the controversial Gebeng plant is expected within days.

COMMENT Is the Barisan Nasional right in saying that a public declaration of assets would endanger the lives of ministers?

FREE YOURSAY 'Personally I do not trust Shamsubahrin. Somehow his story does not add up, and he can just jump ship at a click of a finger.'

INQUEST FRU field commanders deny any clashes took place around KLCC. Instead, ‘the situation was calm, there were no disturbances'.

FREE YOURSAY 'If Rosmah did purchase the dresses for IFF, she could just have said so when cornered by the press.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Kudos to PKR Rawang state representative Gan Pei Nei for responding immediately to this issue.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Collin Tiew represents MCA, so by extension MCA supports Perkasa. If he acted on his own, then he should be disciplined.'

COMMENT The state exhibits extreme care for the sensitivities of the majority race and expects everyone to be respectful of these but...