Archive - 19 April 2012

The coming 13th general election will have a minimum 10-day campaigning period, EC chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said today.

UPDATED 11.15PM In a rare move, both sides of the House agreed to scrap a section from UUCA (Amendments) Bill.

PKR said it will mobilise at least 50,000 people to join the Bersih 3.0 rally at Dataran Merdeka next Saturday.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Jamil Khir Baharom said the cost for Malaysians to perform the Haj this year would remain at RM9,980 for the first-timers and the Haj quota for Malaysia will also maintained at 28,000 people.

UPDATED 8.10PM A 'Selangorku Bersih' programme will be launched to ensure that the electoral roll in the state is clean, says MB Khalid Ibrahim.

The High Court in Temerloh set May 9 to hear the submissions from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) pertaining to the status of the nine witnesses for the trial involving former Umno supreme council member Mohamad Norza Zakaria.

The higher education minister explains that he was asked a question and his response was abbreviated to keep within 140 characters.

Umno Youth’s Community Complaints Bureau today settled assessment arrears to Kuala Lumpur City Hall amounting to RM5,766.50 for the memorial home of national icon P Ramlee, which is being occupied by his daughter-in-law Suria Bakar.

'For as long as they are not in power, they will continue to say that the Election Commission (EC) is not clean,' says the Independent MP.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and Just World Movement president Dr Chandra Muzaffar have disagreed to settle out-of-court a RM10 million defamation suit brought by Anwar.

Former Perlis speaker Mahmud Hashim, 89, passed away at 11.45pm at his house in Kampung Darat, Beseri near Kangar last night due to old age and nerve complications.

Umno information chief Ahmad Maslan reminded the Kedah govt not to introduce policies with potential to deviate from parliamentary democracy.

Deputy Minister in the PM's Department Ahmad Maslan sarcastically brushes off claims that Umno had a hand in Dataran Merdeka attack last night.

Under the new law, an employee will only be retired at 60 years of age and if his services are required, it may be extended for four more years.

Some 200 gather at the gates of Parliament, demanding an immediate end to their years of struggle for citizenship.

Microsoft Corporation has won a civil lawsuit against Vital IT Marketing Services Sdn Bhd.

Penang MIC chairperson PK Subbaiyah was cremated at the Berapit cemetery in Bukit Mertajam this afternoon.

COMMENT Violent assault on protesting students will stir popular resentment towards the attackers and their perceived sponsors.

UPDATED 4.24PM The KL police say its officers reached Dataran within six minutes of the attack. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The previous BN administration is also the cause of the chronic traffic woes on the island and mainland, says Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

Alor Gajah police chief Supt Umar Ali Saifuddin Shaharudin told Bernama that the post-mortem revealed she succumbed to severe neck injuries.

Douglas Uggah Embas says under the amendment, the environment DGl would have the power to order that rewards be given to informers.

The former prime minister was discharged at 1030am after minor surgery to remove nasal polyps on Tuesday, according to a statement.

UPDATED 3.35PM A student group is livid over the minister's remark that protesters should not be asking for sympathy.

UPDATED 4.10PM PAS has ordered its Unit Amal, a maroon-uniformed welfare group, to provide security for the students at Dataran Merdeka.

Documents on the 1948 massacre seem to be missing from the thousands of declassified colonial-era files.

UPDATED 3.44PM Kumpulan Europlus president Chan Ah Chye will become instant multi-millionaire by disposing of his shares, says PJ Utara MP.

Replying to criticism that Penang has not provided affordable housing, the CM proposes to raise the minimum price limit.

Many MPs are not around but they are rushing through with eight major Bills, says an incensed Seputeh MP Teresa Kok.

Penang PAS Youth wants him to resign or vacate his post to allow its state commissioner Salleh Man to take up the post of MAIPP president.

UPDATED 5.25PM ‘This is an indication that democracy is not strong in the thoughts of some leaders, including those in Pakatan,’ says ex-mufti.

The economy has passed the turning point in its drive to reach high-income status but fiscal reforms will only be pushed through gradually.

UPDATED 2.07PM Such calls are merely to distract from the progressive Security Offences Bill 2012, says Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.

UPDATED 1.15PM The home minister says such claims can be spread through SMS and media to stoke public anger.

UPDATED 12.55PM April 28 Bersih sit-in is not a security threat as it  has 'little traction' with the people, says the government.

UPDATED 5.05PM ‘Although I don’t agree with their views, I condemn the attack... I hope for a probe, don't point fingers.’

Former transport minister Ong Tee Keat fires another salvo at his successor Kong Cho Ha for discontinuing his reform agenda on PKFZ.

The Election Commission can act only when an election campaign is on, but local councils can do so now, says its chief.

‘Najib's proposal to review the law is admission that it is outdated.. it is only right charges against me be dropped.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Why should sensitive official matters be handled by a private lawyer? And who's paying their legal bill?'

FREE VOXPOP 'DBKL is like the Umno civil service. Letters take about two weeks to reach the intended addressee.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘Now is the time to set the expiry date for Umno-BN. April 28 will be a new dawn for our nation's political awakening.'

In the seventh ‘Middle Malaysia' podcast, media consultant Oon Yeoh speaks to Liew Chin Tong, a DAP political strategist.

It is unhappy that despite its willingness to back Pakatan, the opposition has not considered it for even a single seat.

Student groups want Ahmad Said to review his decision to withdraw scholarships of those at Bersih 2.0 rally last July.

The students protesting against the PTPTN have linked their issue to that involving former MAS chief Tajudin Ramli.

Assailants set upon the students in the wee hours this  morning, beating up several of them, with one sent to hospital.

With passage of the Bill, the territorial sea limit of Malaysia will be 12 nautical miles for all purposes, says the Minister in PM’s Department.