Archive - 9 April 2012

EC chief's remarks on preparations for the 13th general election has sparked speculation that the polls could be held in June this year.

UPDATED 11.59PM He laments that the Chinese community is not buying into his transformation agenda.

Muhyiddin Yassin says the proposal, if implemented, will only cause immense hardship to parents in educating their children.

Dr M also refutes claims that he played a role in Samy’s shocking defeat in Sungai Siput during the 2008 general election.

A Malaysian Communications and Mulimedia Commission (MCMC) deputy director (content and enforcement) claimed trial in the Sessions Court in Shah Alam today to abetting his wife and a private company managing director in corruptly receiving RM250,000.

Esso station operators in the Klang Valley claim that their businesses have been affected when they did not receive petrol and diesel supplies from the oil company lately.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and telecommunication companies (telcos) have been asked to find a way to tackle the dissemination of undesired information to consumers through the short messaging service (SMS).

The Appeals Court has granted another postponement of the hearing of the appeals in two civil suits involving Tajudin Ramli and Celcom.

EC chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof says the EC had received the recommendations after they were passed by the Dewan Rakyat on April 3.

A tour bus driver claimed trial at the magistrate’s court in Bentong today to a charge of causing death by negligence of two Indian national tourists in Genting Highlands last month.

UPDATED 5.40PM The incident, which allegedly involves a minister’s son, will be investigated according to the law.

Casino operator Genting Singapore PLC is planning a second issue of perpetual securities worth about US$397 million and could use the proceeds to expand into Japan and South Korea, a senior executive said today.

UPDATED 6.25PM Ismail Omar says many people have come out to make allegations and he is not alone, but it must be backed by facts and evidence.

He says this is the first he is hearing about a claim that he had received timber licences from his brother, the Sabah chief minister.

COMMENT MPs don’t only represent those who vote for you. You don’t represent only the majority. You represent all.

UPDATED 4.55PM Himpunan Hijau sees red over the firm's attempt to silence the public outcry against the rare earth plant.

UPDATED 6.10PM PM told to order Foreign Minister Anifah Aman and his elder brother Musa, the Sabah CM, to take leave.

A commotion broke out in the Perak state assembly sitting today which ended with Chan Ming Kai (PKR-Simpang Pulai) being ordered out.

UPDATED 6.35PM Its strategy director Rafizi Ramli says if NFC fail to commence repayment, the government should auction off their assets.

The 10 banners were promoting Hindraf's invitation to Pakatan leaders to attend a public meeting in Klang on April 22, its leader says.

Ismail Omar refuses to reveal police preparations for Bersih 3, promising to reveal more only in the near future.

UPDATED 5.10PM ‘We are still investigating, especially on the money trail,' says the department's chief Syed Ismail Syed Azizan.

UPDATED 3.40PM The amendments aim to maintain Umno-BN's iron grip on students and universities.

UPDATED 5.43PM MP Mahfuz Omar wants to know why this occurred, despite official clarification that this is above board.

UPDATED 6.50PM Tony Pua wants to know if beef from NFC is safe for consumption, citing a copper poisoning case.

UPDATED 3.10PM ‘I did not take even a single ringgit from the Malaysian government’, he says regarding a rumour.

Abolishing the higher education fund will weaken the economy, warn several economists and academicians.

UPDATED 2.55PM They demand that PM Najib Abdul Razak fulfil his promise to abolish the ISA. [PHOTO GALLERY]

The Umno vice-president, however, says the BN would not adopt the opposition tactics of using slander against the opposition leaders.

UPDATED 6.50PM After eight months, the trio who ‘pressured' the aide into committing suicide are yet to respond to MACC's queries.

PARLIAMENT UPDATED 3.40PM ‘People will realise these are subsidised goods that are not to be misused for profit.'

The sultan's private secretary says, however, that a royal tahlil and a special prayer would be held on the night of April 19 in Kuala Kangsar.

PARLIAMENT UPDATED 5.15PM The amendment comes with a catch: political party members will be barred from contesting campus polls.

ISA FOCUS The campaign took a turning point in 1998, with Anwar Ibrahim's sacking and subsequent arrest under the ISA.

Why aren't moderate Malays speaking up?

Malacca CM Mohd Ali Rustam says all the students complained of pain in their body after lightning struck the camping area at about 5.30pm.

The Gerakan chief adds that he will not be contesting at the next general election as he wants to work on his party ‘full-time’

His senior private secretary says the MB was not in his office in Kota Darulnaim and was resting at his home in Pulau Melaka.

'If we can champion the causes of the public, we will receive better response,' says Amanah Merdeka president Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.

Sabah DAP publicity secretary Chan Foong Hin says if true, it is one of the largest probes undertaken by the MACC.

The quality has gone down so badly that no Malaysian has been admitted to Harvard for two years in a row, says DAP.

FREE YOURSAY 'It borders on insanity what these people could still think of themselves after what they have done to their own people.'

FREE VOXPOP 'It is not a humongous task to actually clean up the electoral roll. But is the Election Commission willing to go for it?'

COMMENT Absent a niggling bone of contention, the path is clear for a Hindraf-Pakatan electoral understanding.

FREE YOURSAY 'What has Shahrizat got on Najib that even her ministerial post cannot be passed on to others?'