Archive - 30 March 2012

Selangor police chief Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah said the police had interviewed 25 witnesses, following four reports lodged over the incident.

The police have detained one of two men on suspicion of snatch theft and splashing acid on two women at a bus stop in Rawang last Tuesday.

The government cannot be viewed as practising double standards in its rules towards the printed and digital media, he says.

Its chairperson, Ismail Mohamed Said, said the allocation was part of the government’s agenda to empower national education.

Sky Aviation, an Indonesian airline, today inaugurated its twice-weekly flights between Tanjung Pinang in the Riau Islands of Indonesia and Malacca.

Petronas should consider giving some form of payment to fishermen in Paka and Kertih, the locations for the national petroleum company’s operations in Terengganu, Paka assemblyperson Zakaria @ Mohd Ariffin Abdullah said.

Lawyer S Kanawagi today pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM12 million in Linggui Valley Orang Asli trust fund.

UPDATED 8.15PM Sacked PAS member is saddened organiser dropped 'Christianisation' from the original title on the 'urging of irresponsible parties'.

A group of cartoonists will host a sketching and colouring contest for children as well as adults tomorrow.

In the counter-claim filed on March 8 at the High Court, he claimed that Shahrizat had launched a personal attack on him.

One group raps the CM for his alleged sale of mosque land while the other praises the deputy CM and hits out at some DAP assemblypersons.

The police are expected to zero in on the suspect who placed firecrackers under a toilet bowl cover in a toilet at the Sri Rampai LRT station.

UPDATED 7.45PM Two large banners stitched together with 40 pieces of cloth and bearing the settlers' signatures were carried by the protesters. [VIDEO INSIDE]

At least 309 cases have been reported in five states including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat, says the Indian Health Ministry.

Anwar wants S Nallakaruppan's defence in the 2009 defamation suit he filed against his one time tennis partner thrown out.

Suaram director urges the government to honour the right to life as proclaimed in the Declaration of Human Rights.

Selangor speaker Teng Chang Khim's Blackberry blunder has tarnished DAP's image as a democratic party, says Sungai Pelek rep Yap Ee Wah.

Removing the offensive words is just not enough when the contents remain untouched says the bishop, as words continue to contradict action.

PARLIAMENT Hisham says four cases are still under probe, ‘no further action’ on six cases and one remains unspecified.

UPDATED 4.15PM The 'blue form' includes an oath by the person signing it not to sue Felda over the FGVH listing, says Anak.

With the evaporation of Umno’s earlier confidence of a sure win, Najib is expected to hold off the speculated June polls.

UPDATED 4.20PM The gov't disbursed RM609mil over 11 weeks during PM's and deputy PM's official visits nationwide.

PKR veep N Surendran says the injuries sustained by the suspect are inconsistent with the alleged injury from falling off a motorcycle.

UPDATED 5.18PM The unidentified addresses were largely in KL, which has the highest proportion at 27%, states the report.

UPDATED 4.50PM Educate voters on changes in the electoral system, suggests the National Institute for Democracy and Electoral Integrity.

UPDATED 4.05PM Complaints abound over Prai's uncollected garbage, amidst the state's 'Cleaner Penang' campaign, and a RM54 billion revenue.

The new law governing Rela is to be tabled at the next session of Parliament, says Deputy Home Minister Lee Chee Leong.

UPDATED 2.05PM Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia targets 5,000 youths to rally at Dataran Merdeka on April 14 for the loan scheme to be scrapped.

Matters of religious conversion of inmates are done through the Islamic Affairs Department, and not through an inmate, it says.

Noh Omar insists the aim is to increase local beef production and tendering for a new company is to ensure its continuity.

In two weeks, applicants will have to pay US$20 more for tourist, business and student visas than the current US$140.

Raja Ashman Shah ibni Sultan Azlan Shah, a son of the Sultan of Perak, passed away early today following an asthma attack.

He's short of moral authority to talk on finance portfolio.

Son of ex-ARE labourer Lai Kwan, Cheah Kok Leong, 29, who was born with congenital defects, passed away last night.

UPDATED 11.05AM Best move for Shahrizat is to quit her Wanita post and work from behind to help Umno, says Abdullah.

It urges the federal government to listen to the people's voice,as based on its finding the plant is potentially hazardous to human life.

FREE VOXPOP 'Can't we see it is a business model problem? It does not matter who was in charge and who is given the project - it is bound to fail.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The PSC must make sure key changes are implemented so that M'sia can boast of a clean and fair election.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘It is not power that corrupts but fear. The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it.'

Allocation for HIV and Aids awareness programmes has exceeded the RM40 million set aside for 10 years from 2003, says the deputy health minister.

State Umno Youth chief Shaik Hussein Mydin dares the CM to sue him for graft allegations in the Bayan Mutiara land deal.

MCA bore the bulk of the election expenses for MCA-Umno coalition up to the federal elections of 1955.