Archive - 24 May 2012

UPDATED 6.10AM Stones and eggs were again thrown at a PKR ceramah, causing one senior citizen to suffer head injuries. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It bans the book titled ‘Allah, Liberty and Love’, as it contravened teachings of the Al-Quran and Hadith.

The national service (NS) training programme in future might be made compulsory to all secondary school leavers, said NS Training Council chairperson Dr Tiki Lafe.

Vehicle registration number WWW1 created a record by receiving a RM520,000 bid, the highest ever for a vehicle registration number, surpassing the previous record for MCA1 which was sold at RM300,100.

'Any publication that ridicules Islam will touch on the sensivities of Muslims even if the author is also a Muslim,' says Jamil Khir Baharom.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak will chair the first roundtable conference to discuss the Indian economic empowerment initiatives, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department G Palanivel said today.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has ordered businessman Low Thiam Hoe and Mekuritek Sdn Bhd to pay RM28.59 million each to Hong Leong Finance Berhad (HLFB) for failing to repay a syndicated loan facility amounting to RM445 million, 14 years ago.

A retired air force brigadier-general, a corporate figure, an academician and a social media expert have been appointed to key positions.

UPDATED 7.55PM However, the anti-Bersih traders decide to call off their planned street market. [PHOTOS & VIDEO INSIDE]

The threat will be carried out if they not released or charged in court, the condition set for breaking their fast. 

The Kedah Umno Youth movement today demanded the resignation of Azizan Abdul Razak as the Kedah menteri besar for failing to explain the issue on the planning of four projects worth almost RM37 billion which were alleged to have been made without going through open tender.

The PKR president says the government failed to explain how the damages were assessed and whether there were witnesses.

Ezra Zaid says since the Home Ministry has not banned the controversial book, it can be lawfully sold.

UPDATED 5.25PM Five years after the original Hindraf rally, a spin-off group hopes to recapture the same spirit with a major rally on May 27.

MCA Youth urges the community not to politicise demand for Chinese independent high school in Kuantan, Pahang.

INTERVIEW He says the protests are likely because Ambiga is being targeted for her race, religion and gender.

UPDATED 4.15PM ' We don’t want unscrupulous people to use our name to raise funds,' says Subramaniam Pillay.

The Court of Appeal upholds a Kuala Lumpur High Court decision to award Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad RM60,000 in damages.

He was referring to the daily’s front-page today with the headline ‘Karpal perjuangkan PM bukan Melayu’.

The NGO also called for the suit against the Bersih leaders to be withdrawn and action be taken against Home Minister.

 

Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching says that a group of about 30 people started pelting stones and taunting the security detail at the event.

He is being investigated under Section 505 (b) of the Penal Code for making a statement conducing to public mischief.

PODCAST Media consultant Oon Yeoh talks to Zairil Khir Johari, Penang Institute CEO and political aide to Lim Guan Eng.

UPDATED 4.30PM The Kuala Lumpur High Court will deliver its decision or clarification on Mkini Dotcomi’s application on June 22.

Its president hopes that the announcement is not just ‘feel-good' rhetoric' in anticipation of the coming general election.

PKR seeks to meet IGP regarding seeming inaction over a PKR-MIC brawl in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya on May 2.

However Azizan Abdul Razak, 72, and a state assemblyperson since 1995, said that the final decision was for the PAS central leadership to make.

DAP's Lau Weng San questions the logic of forking out money on two luxury cars to protest alleged Bersih losses.

UPDATED 2.05PM Penangite Asrul Wadi Ahmad, 26, says he was hit by a tear gas canister on his face. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It is High Noon as two anti-Bersih groups meet with a pro-electoral reform group this afternoon. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 2.54PM The Petaling Jaya Utara MP says Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin’s assertion during a debate ‘lacked credibility’.

The DPM is roasted for backing a study alleging that non-affordable housing has driven out 18,000 Malays from Penang.

Tassapon Bijleveld, CEO of Asia Aviation Public Company Limited (AAV), says that the issue is being carefully considered.

Malaysiakini traces the events leading to the stand-off between police and 200 anti-Ambiga protesters on May 19.

The Penang Malay Congress says that Tunku's presence in opposition politics did not have an impact on Malays, whether at federal or state level.

FREE VOXPOP 'You begin to wonder how this person gets a car dealership and a trader's licence when the people who...'

Roslan Ahmad stresses that the crowd had been kept under control and the accusations are just to smear Umno.

UPDATED 5.50PM The opposition leader’s RM10mil suit over Wee’s defamatory words during the 2007 Machap by-election will be settled out of court.

FREE YOURSAY 'Khairy Jamaluddin, we want facts, not your opinion. Once we have the facts, we can form our own opinion.'

FREE YOURSAY 'With his warped sense of right and wrong, it is a wonder people are even listening to Ibrahim Ali.'

UPDATED 1.15PM Department of Special Affairs says the teachers should also teach their students to do likewise.

Malacca DAP says the state police chief has agreed to the proposal from Pakatan and will be calling the meeting soon.

UPDATED 3.05PM 'We received information that 500 copies of the translated edition of the book have been printed.'

His intention in joining PAS is to take part in the Islamic struggle and to uphold democratic principles, says Fauzi.

The loans for FGVH shares were forced on settlers, with one bank pulling out of it and the other expected to follow soon, says Anak.

'The move gives us a bad name and we disagree with it,' says a group of hawkers doing business along Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman.

FREE YOURSAY ‘A Samad Said, this type of ‘samseng' culture does not appear overnight and is not confined to the Malays.'