Archive - 31 March 2012

Penang Umno today gave Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng two weeks to reply on the sale of the mosque and school sites in Bayan Mutiara.

'It is important to tackle this issue with urgency by forming an RCI as the issue could turn into a crisis.'

'We know the general election is approaching, everything can be manipulated or twisted to become a political issue.'

The gov't must have the courage to take on big tycoons in re-negotiating lopsided contracts with the IPPs, he says.

UPDATED 7.30PM He says measures like cutting waste will allow the Pakatan government to write off the debt in 3 years.

'How much? I will not announce it today. Just wait, we will make the announcement later,' he said at Felda Triang 3.

He has vowed to continue exposing alleged fraud in NFC in the wake of a police report made against him and two others.

SUPP president Peter Chin says he would seek an amicable solution by discussing the matter with both the education and finance ministries.

Shamsul Iskandar apologises said that Jamil Khir had stopped the sodomy case of Anwar Ibrahim from being taken to the Syariah Court. 

It rejects the claim of the government’s involvement in seeking support from Israel for MGA’s bid for the International Gas Union presidency.

Malaysian students enjoy a better educational system than their counterparts in countries like the US, UK and Germany.

Resources from the voluntary corp should instead be allocated to the police force, says Bar president Lim Chee Wee.

Four PSM activists were detained by the police this morning while on their way to a protest in Teluk Rubiah, Lumut in Perak.

An equal rights commission should be pushed for to study discriminatory laws and policies with the aim of purging them.

Latheefa Koya says the defendant’s lawyer in a Hong Leong lawsuit should observe ‘proper etiquette’ and not sensationalise the matter.

'Positive results can also be seen from the Global Peace Index, which positioned Malaysia as the safest country in Southeast Asia.'

UPDATED 2.31PM The minister said polls were near and disgruntled students could make their case by the ballot box rather than the streets.

The team comprises two MPs, an EC official and three officials from the Malaysian embassy in Burma.

COMMENT While Najib flails away in quest of a resonant slogan, Anwar says it's big business versus the ordinary man.

The S'gor Umno No 2 thinks BN will capture 36 out of 56 seats, falling short of a two-thirds majority in the next polls.

The daily assault on the party by the mainstream media is proof that it is growing stronger, says its deputy head in Sabah.

However the question of whether he is the next Johor MB if the opposition wins has not been raised by the top. [VIDEO INSIDE]

FREE YOURSAY 'Nearly every foreigner has a MyKad and the right to vote. Sabah is now the foreigners' best choice...'

The court papers on the purchase of two Scorpene subs include details of payments, kickbacks to top gov't officials.

FREE VOXPOP 'Lai Kwan, you are the embodiment of unconditional love, patience, forbearance and faithfulness.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Noh Omar, we are not playing ‘masak-masak' here. Before you even think of new bids, you have to clean up the ‘cow dung' left by NFC.'

COMMENT How would a new gov't make the drastic changes needed to break the nexus between business and politics.

Jerai MP Mohd Firdaus Jaafar says the PM and DPM spent RM610mil in three months during their ‘official tour' of the states.

UPDATED 8.05PM 'Be the leader of a responsible government that practises what it preaches,' says MCCBCHST.

FREE YOURSAY 'Either MACC investigators are so incompetent as to habitually conclude their investigations with insufficient evidence or the AG is...'