Archive - 4 June 2012

A witness told the Coroner’s Court in Kuala Lumpur today that there were no bruise marks and blood stains on the mouth and body of taxi driver Baharudin Ahmad who died during an illegal assembly on July 9 last year.

Hong Kong held a candlelight vigil today to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, in stark contrast to mainland China where activists said hundreds of people were detained.

The Selangor government is giving a 20 to 25 percent discount on assessment rates to low-cost flat dwellers in the state.

UPDATED 8PM Suhakam only focuses on human rights abuses, but we have 10 terms of reference, says panel chief Hanif.

UPDATED 8.30PM The Bersih probe panel chief says it has access to 73 hours of unedited police videos which will be reviewed.

UPDATED 8.20PM PAS' big rally last Friday at Dr Mahathir's former stomping ground in Alor Setar doesn't worry him.

The High Court in Alor Setar fixed July 19 for hearing of an interim injunction application to refrain the Kedah government from demolishing the Madrasah Salihiah, a religious school, pending disposal of the suit filed by its original heirs.

UPDATED 8.20PM The duo are former Chief Judge of Borneo Steve Shim and Petronas senior GM Medan Abdullah. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 7.40PM He argues that monitoring the movements of immigrants was a difficult task in the 1990s.

Perak PAS Youth today lodged a police report against a Malay language newspaper for publishing two caricatures.

But holding back until after September would give Najib more time to shore up flagging support among Chinese voters.

Capital expenditure freeze has resulted in high non-revenue water rates, says Selangor BN's Mohd Zin Mohamed.

 

Dr Mahathir Mohamad blogs that there are opposition figures, favoured by foreign powers, who are given special privileges by the law.

Liow Tiong Lai argues that the number is for his new official car, and that the bidding was handled by his ministry's officers.

'We will contest in Batu Kawan against the DCM and Bagan against the chief minister, says its vice-president Huan Cheng Guan.

UPDATED 5.10PM It is ‘detrimental’ to the industry and only a liberalised gas market can provide impetus for investments.

Only authoritarian nations set the date at the last minute, says the PAS head, noting this is how their governments try to keep power.

Lim Guan Eng says the BN government is pursuing economic development ‘at the expense of the environment and people’s health’.

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein says the police would act impartially and according to the law to maintain order.

Some 40 cybertroopers and the mainstream media will be engaged to help the state BN publicise its programmes and strategies.

More than 1,700 of them have grown up to become stateless persons - and PKR wants the Home Ministry to explain.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to Malaysia AKM Atiqur Rahman says FTA negotiation talks are expected to start in the near future.

The Indian government is offering special scholarships for children of Indian descent in Malaysia to pursue courses in Indian varsities.

Crown prosecutor Kara Shead said the jury would hear that Hazairin's wife, Nita, was having an affair with Mohd Shah, her co-worker.

The opposition leader pledges to quickly abolish the loan scheme, if Pakatan Rakyat is voted into Putrajaya.

COMMENT One should be convinced by now that the BN leadership has neither the political will nor the capacity to reform or ‘transform’.

COMMENT 'We, the people, should not worry too much, for soon the Ketuanan Melayu polity is going to face a litmus test, the Scorpene test.'

COMMENT Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Guan Eng jointly laud the development theories of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.

INTERVIEW PKR deputy president Azmin Ali claims it was a police officer who told him to address the crowd at the Dataran. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 1.40PM He espouses the virtues of non-violence and calls for all to play a gentleman’s game come GE13.

The S'gor Umno deputy chief calls the campaign to clean the state electoral roll an abuse of power and urges the public not to cooperate.

Failure to take part in the Scorpene inquiry in France is as good as admitting guilt, says Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo.

A Penang Island municipal councillor lashes out at an MCA adviser on the barring of two journalists from a press event.

COMMENT Moonwalking is a step that is apparently moving forward which actually is a backpedal taking you nowhere.

Alis inspire the next epic blockbuster.

The DAP notes this is ‘unusual’ in light of the premier’s claim that listing Felda Global would turn it into a global player.

Proham has told the EC a panel should be set up to put a time-frame on implementing the PSC’s proposed reforms.

FREE YOURSAY 'Umno demonises the Chinese and MCA puts up a feeble attempt to ‘defend' the rights of the Chinese.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Get very real, DPM. If indeed Umno is in such good condition, call for an election now and watch Putrajaya fall.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Sponsoring events like this is graft. Najib might as well say his friends sponsored his daughter's wedding.'

FREE YOURSAY 'I say this with conviction because I know from history that Umno-BN are sore losers. Can Najib reassure us...?'

FREE YOURSAY 'Surely Najib in his speech must mean the disruptions caused by the Perkasa goons and others.'