Archive - 27 February 2012

A picture of American singer Erykah Badu was published with her upper body displaying two tattoos with the word "Allah" written in Arabic.

Zamil Ibrahim, the Kedah chairman of Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (Kita), who claims to have become the president of Kita, said today he will send a complete report on the new management of the party to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) on Wednesday. 

It has resigned from a consortium exploring Indonesia's East Natuna gas project, considered the biggest untapped gas reserve in Asia.

Tricubes Bhd, the enabler of the 1Malaysia email account, saw its nine-month pre-tax loss widened to RM2.94 million as at Dec 31, 2011 from RM225,000 pre-tax loss in the same period in 2010.

A full accounting is needed for the RM100 billion “black hole” caused by Mahathir Mohamad’s financial scandals of 22 years.

The talk 'rasulallah sebagai ikon' (the prophet as an icon) was given by by reality TV show Imam Muda winner Muhammad Asyraf Mohd Ridzuan.

Using baseless corruption allegation to launch character assassination against an innocent person is a major crime, says Najib Abdul Razak.

Bukit Gelugor Umno division vice-chief Novandri Hasan Basri claims ‘pro-opposition media twisted’ the incident.

He regrets that while the Lynas plant is an environmental issue, racist and vulgar statements were hurled against him.

UPDATED 6.25PM ‘It was inches away, you don’t want to measure, it was very unpleasant,’ she says. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The court fixes March 21 for case management of a suit filed by a group of retired ATM personnel against former Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew.

UPDATED 8.10PM The federal government will introduce a new mechanism to regulate financing for all political parties to reduce corruption.

UPDATED 6.05PM The state BN working committee urges police to investigate if the CM was in any way involved in the fracas yesterday.

UPDATED 7.10PM The group’s steering committee chairperson Wong Tack says they will join forces with Bersih 2.0 to hold another gathering.

It says usage of false hadis is forbidden as this will be a big lie on the Prophet and betrayal against the Islamic doctrine itself.

UPDATE 7.50PM The PM says he is heeding the call by the MACC advisory board, and agrees it will have access to such documents.

If Shahrizat's family goes down for the NFC, an ex-top cop says the AG will have to charge a slew of high profile people as well.

UPDATED 7.15PM An Anti-Corruption Service Commission will be established, says Najib Abdul Razak.

'If they’re not satisfied, it’s up to them. We’ll carry on with our duty, if not, why else did we investigate?' says the CCID chief.

UPDATED 7.30PM Saari Sungib testifies today that during his time under ISA he was even directed to explain why he did not support Umno.

COMMENT I believe that it’s only when civil servants show courage and integrity that the rakyat can hope to get justice and fair play.

Abdul Alek Soelystio, the owner of Jakarta-based 'Kopitiam', claims he had registered intellectual property rights to "kopitiam" in 1996.

Tony Pua points out that the RM250 million soft loan agreement allows 'landed property' purchase and not luxury condos.

The MIC welcomes the announcement by Najib Abdul Razak to increase the quota for Indian students to pursue courses at matriculation colleges.

UPDATED 11.31PM The PKR leader says he was with several people when the alleged incident was said to have taken place.

Envoys and the PSC have failed overseas M'sians.

NUJ president says violence against journalists doing their job is inexcusable, and wants decisive action from cops.

‘The matter is fixed on March 5 for both striking-out applications,’ says Lim Kian Leong, the lawyer for ex-MAS chairperson Tajudin Ramli.

UPDATED 2.05PM ‘The 10 are important for the state’s administration,’ says party sec-gen Mustafa Ali. [VIDEO INSIDE]

COMMENT What most Malaysians may not have realised is that the one cardinal rule associated with political debates is, ‘Don’t Screw Up’.

NUBE slams Human Resources Ministry for ‘condoning the unlawful actions’ of the bank, and PM Najib Abdul Razak for his passive attitude.

UPDATED 6.30PM Police escort Nurul Izzah and Nik Nazmi from Felda Lepar Hilir 1 after their talk was disrupted.

UPDATED 10.14AM He was hit while trying to defend the CM during Penang’s protest. [VIDEO INSIDE]

FREE VOXPOP 'Umno thinks that all civil servants are Umno servants. I wonder what the civil servants think about their positions.'

UPDATED 9.36AM Cops say they would have sent a team to monitor the gathering had they been given prior notice.

The PKR retreat, possibly the last before the GE, devoted a significant amount of time on how to detect electoral fraud.

FREE YOURSAY 'They don't seem to have learnt from the Bukit Merah rare earth plant, and the suffering of the people...'