Archive - 6 April 2012

Petronas today refuted an allegation that a leakage of ammonia gas in Kerteh at 8.30pm yesterday occurred at one of its plants at the Petronas Petroleum Industry Complex (PPIC).

Burglars broke into a house belonging to a member of the Selangor royal household in Bukit Tunku in Kuala Lumpur  today and escaped with a Mercedes Benz and valuables.

The Shah Alam High Court was told today that ex-lawyer N Pathmanabhan’s motive to get rid of Sosilawati Lawiya and three others was because he did not have sufficient money to clear a cheque for RM3 million that was to be paid to the cosmetics millionaire on Sept 9, 2010.

A vendor from a mall nearby was nearly hit on the head with a stick by a man wearing a 'Perkasa' T-shirt.

The Sarawak Health Department has issued a 14-day closure order on a private children learning centre in Bau District and a pre-school in Limbang as a move to curb Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD).

The reserves were sufficient to finance 9.4 months of retained imports and was four times the short-term external debt, it says.

Puspal says the account number for receipt of the documents submitted by KLPac was the same as one issued two years ago.

Melaka Air in collaboration with Firefly today launched its first flight for the Malacca-Penang-Malacca sector with promotional return tickets priced from RM19.90 until December.

Save Malaysia Stop Lynas says the board put up contradictory information on its website about the procedural requirements for Lynas.

Justice Abdul Malik Ishak says the panel had given careful thought to submissions made by either side in the context of the evidence in record.

We have never questioned the position of lslam as the religion of the federation, says interfaith group MCCBCHST.

UPDATED 6.26PM A Pro-Mahasiswa spokesperson has alleged that it was done to force the students to attend a deputy minister’s political speech.

The operator, displaying 1Malaysia Duta Car Park signboard, is still collecting RM4 each from motorists who park there, claims Segambut MP.

The victim, U Thamotharan, made a police report at the Gombak police station after his car was smashed by three unidentified men at 3pm. 

UPDATED 6.25PM Police sources say that it could not be confirmed how the man escaped and police are now viewing the CCTV recording at the court complex.

UPDATED 6.27PM The minister in PM’s Dept submits report prepared by the Pakatan PSC members to the cabinet.

And the party should not rejoin until the gov't cancels the RM2.3 billion rare earths project, says DAP's Guan Eng.

'Only the names (of Quek and Anwar) were mentioned but not their roles, so what is the relevancy?' asks Judge Hadhariah Syed Ismail.

The PM’s third ‘live’ interview in the last 12 months is seen as shoring up the Chinese community’s support for the coming general election.

Ampang PKR division publicity chief Mohd Isa Saidi claims he was sacked after he urged Azmin to leave the party.

Pakatan will go all out to alert the people about Umno stoking racial and religious tensions on its mosque land allegation.

UPDATED 2.05PM GMI is to protest against PM Najib Abdul Razak for failing to abolish the draconian law in March as promised.

His statement that the venue for the planned rally is not gazetted reflects BN’s failure to be sensible, says Zaid Ibrahim.

UPDATED 2PM Hindraf de facto leader P Uthayakumar had invited Pakatan leaders to explain its 100-day plan to uplift the Indian poor.

COMMENT No country in the world calling itself a democracy uses all government facilities and institutions to blatantly campaign for it in elections.

COMMENT The civil society movement submits its rebuttal to the parliamentary select committee’s report, submitted to Parliament on April 3.

The NGO coalition’s three key demands must be met before the GE13 can be held, says the party’s sec-gen Guan Eng.

UPDATED 4.20PM Ean Yong Hian Wah believes his early morning attack was ‘politically instigated’. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.34PM What kind of attorney-general prosecutes without control over investigations, asks Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo.

This is the conclusion drawn in the United Nations’ so-called ‘World Happiness Report’ recently released at its headquarters in New York.

Mohamed Isa Samad reiterates that none of the 500,000 hectares of settlers’ land would be utilised for the proposed listing

UPDATED 6.20PM ‘According to Article 114, EC members are appointed by the Agong,’ says Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.

The chief justice should be correcting judiciary's ills and rebuilding public confidence in its independence instead, says party veep N Surendran.

FREE VOXPOP 'It's high time for someone from the Treasury and the Finance Ministry to explain and tell the truth, is it not?'

COMMENT Having his appeal rejected, only the president now stands between the convicted drug dealer and the hangman.

COMMENT Over the long haul, it would be wiser for PSM to stay within Pakatan's ambit rather than removed from it.

COMMENT For many voters, matters of principle that Pakatan supposedly represents is secondary to vanquishing the ruling coalition.

FREE YOURSAY ‘What about the ballet movie that came out last year - Black Swan . Why was it not banned?'

FREE YOURSAY 'It is unforgivable how this is permitted when the computer should have rejected any duplication.'

Penang up the ante - once the bill is passed, the state government will seek a court judgment on whether it is ultra vires.

UPDATED 2.10PM However the Info Dept and Ministry are mired in confusion over the media ban on 'soft' men.

Investigators believe that some money may have been funnelled to Umno officials through a HK-incorporated company.