Archive - 28 March 2012

The Perak government may declassify documents pertaining to the tin ore project to point out the alleged hypocrisy of the opposition.

Umno information chief Abdul Shukor Idrus says the speaker should be impartial and responsible when presiding over the assembly sitting.

'For decades Umno has not allowed the smart ones to join the party. That is why many doctors have joined PAS,' he laments.

Muhd Sakereen Basri, 22, sustained injuries in the back and thighs caused by shards from the broken bowl in the incident at 1.15pm.

Cuepacs has called on a special commission tasked with making a comprehensive and holistic revamp of the civil service to review the structure of salary increase for all grades of public servants.

Senator S Nallakaruppan is seeking to initiate an impeachment process against Anwar Ibrahim for allegedly lying to Parliament.

The higher education minister says the move would undermine the spirit of competitiveness among students and burden the government.

Wee Ka Siong says he never said he was punched and refuses to confirm if a 65-year-old retiree is the alleged assailant. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 8.10PM Bersih has been urged to study the committee’s report first before deciding on another rally.

Melaka Air will start its maiden flight from the Malacca International Airport in Batu Berendam to Penang on April 6.

The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister refutes an MP’s claim that money was taken from fuel subsidies to fund cash aid.

The three-member panel was not satisfied whether Dr Tan Kee Kwong had indeed uttered the said words to Suara Keadilan.

UPDATED 9.15PM It cites the EC's inability to deliver ‘clean’ electoral rolls, even though polls are likely to be called soon. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 6.39PM The new tax will widen the base of taxpayers to include the poor, says Anwar. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 6.35PM Malaysia has enough legal measures to act against any movement threatening Muslim's faith, he says. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Road Transport Department (RTD) director-general Solah Mat Hassan today announced that ‘mysikap’, the department’s computerised system, would be fully operational from June onwards. 

This is over a ‘malicious’ accusation that he had sold a plot of land approved in 2006 for a mosque in Bayan Mutiara.

Actor Farid Amirul Hisham Wu Abdullah, better known as Detective Lim in the police TV series ‘ Gerak Khas ’, is a free man now as the Court of Appeal here today upheld his acquittal on a charge of stealing two books from an MPH Bookstores outlet three years ago.

Election Commission chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof says the electoral roll for the first quarter of this year will close on March 31.

Investigations into the share agreement between Malaysian Airline System Sdn Bhd and AirAsia Bhd are still ongoing, says the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC).

Justice Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera set the date after the suit came up for case management today.

Bruno Manser Fund praises Rio Tinto's decision to drop plans for aluminium smelter in Sarawak.

UPDATED 3.50PM A senior citizen accused of attacking Wee Ka Siong dares the deputy minister to take part in a ritual.

UPDATED 4.14PM The members must explain issues to the grassroots rather than joining demos, says former Wanita Umno chief Rafidah Aziz.

It will cost only RM401 million for the gov't to buy back the highly lucrative KL-Putrajaya highway. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3PM Its head says anything other than graft will have to be referred to the relevant agency.

BN regime is mining the people's credulity.

UPDATED 7.33PM A group of vendors in KL hit back at the newspaper for implementing its direct subscription drive.

Tony Pua says he received notification that the ministry will begin the roadshow at the Health Management Institute. [VIDEO INSIDE]

To do so it will have to overhaul its image to tap into the spillover from the booming tourism market in Singapore, just a 45-minute ferry ride away.

Hulu Besut villagers report seeing sect leader Ariffin Mohamad visiting his followers fortnightly and that there are now more residents in the area.

State PAS commissioner Azizan Abdul Razak says if DAP wanted top contest more seats, they would have to negotiate with PKR.

PARLIAMENT Deputy Minister Mashitah Ibrahim says it isn’t just non-Muslim NGOs that have stirred up religious disharmony.

The move to get a new company to take over the scandal-ridden feedlot project is seen as a clear bid to cover up wrongdoing.

'Sarawak is short of power for aluminium at the moment and can only accommodate one (project) at a time,' says CM.

Ridhuan Tee says the Chinese education group has no intention to integrate and push for a national agenda.

Discrimination only penalises students.

Syed Ismail Syed Azizan is independent and will be the best person to investigate the claims, says Robert Phang.

Rescued by police, four Chinese nationals claim they were confined to the workplace and owed RM10,000 each by their employers.

ANTIDOTE He insists that elected representatives are ‘the bosses’ during the five or so years after each election.

Knowing they cannot fight two mega-projects coming up in southern Johor, they want aid to cope with difficulties when they are relocated.

KLSCAH sec-gen says he witnessed the incident from a metre away and the man did not attack Wee Ka Siong at all.

‘I believe with proper engagement and proper discussion with the people, these things can be resolved, he says.

Permatang Pasir assemblyperson Salleh Man denies the speculation, saying 'Umno boys' took photos of him and posted them on their blog.

A woman and a girl become the latest victims of an acid attack while waiting for a bus at the 16th mile, Rawang yesterday evening.

FREE YOURSAY 'Pakatan would be naive if they followed the rules and conventions which the BN neither respects nor promotes even before they can get power.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Only now do BN reps know what it is like when you are treated unfairly by a Dewan speaker.'

Tell a powerful story about a real-life subject in a photograph, and be ‘Malaysiakini Photojournalist of the Year'.

FREE VOXPOP 'There are many questions in the mind of rakyat. If there is truly nothing to hide then set up the tribunal.'

FREE YOURSAY 'How can the MACC probe when the ACA was also named by the CCID. Why beat around the bush? Just form the tribunal.'

Additionally, the federal government will allow Grand Saga Sdn Bhd to collect toll for another 15 years.

The Catholic prelate says Hasan Ali has got to go the full distance in claims about Christians proselytising Muslims.

Abdul Shukor Idrus may be called to explain massive losses suffered by Selangor Agricultural Development Corporation.

The PSC on electoral reform has agreed on 16 issues and is racing against time on five others as its April 2 deadline looms.