Archive - 13 June 2012

He refused to comment on PAS' call to members involved in the GE to forgo their pilgrimage this year.

Opposition from the Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAS) workers’ unions and the negative public perception are among the factors for the termination of the agreement on the share swap between MAS and AirAsia (Tune Air).

Budget carrier AirAsia is moving its strategic planning centre to Indonesia from its Malaysian headquarters, it said today, as it looks to expand its regional operations.

The compulsory retirement age of private sector employees will be raised to 60 under the Minimum Retirement Age Bill 2012 tabled for first reading at the Dewan Rakyat today.

A babysitter has been charged with the murder of a baby girl under her care.

PARLIAMENT Kong Cho Ha says the Human Machine Interface (HMI) is ‘performing well’ and that ‘there has not been any incident until now’.

As part of the package, it will have to bear the cost of dredging works at the port, the Transport Ministry says. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 7.55PM Some took the opportunity to pick on the PM and his wife, with names such as ‘cincin dan beg beg’.

UPDATED 5.40PM Except, the ex-PM posts in his blog today, ‘I am afraid of the fabrication of charges so as to put me behind bars'.

The Tribunal for Consumer Claims Malaysia today ordered AirAsia to refund a Medan, Indonesia one-way fare worth RM646 to a private secretary to a minister.

Sabah State Reform Party (STAR) chairperson Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said he will contest in the Keningau parliamentary constituency in the coming general election.

MPPP councillor Ong Ah Teong asks if the minister is willing to force Penangites to abandon the third vote even if the court rules that it is valid.

The wing asks if the premier can ensure that Daniyar Nazarbayev ‘will not bring him trouble and keep his daughter happy’.

A minister’s ‘salt and water bottles’ remark shows the government 'cannot back its claim that the Bersih 3.0 rally was a coup attempt'.

The opposition leader, through his solicitors, issues a legal notice to the New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd and its editors.

The airline says these offers are for selected destinations in Asean, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, India, and Maldives.

The world's second biggest IPO behind Facebook's offering, will put KL neck and neck with China's Shenzhen as the main IPO destination in Asia Pacific.

The former information minister says this would happen if Khairy can make amends for his ‘big sins’ during Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s tenure.

PAS wants the PM to state the polls date in order to put the minds of haj pilgrims at ease.

UPDATED 3.20PM Anthony Loke asks what the EC is doing to implement the PSC’s top proposal on electoral reforms as the deadline looms. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The application was submitted by lawyers Tommy Thomas and Idza Hajar Ahmad Idzam (representing the defendants) in chambers.

UPDATED 2.20PM When Section 114(a) takes effect, those required to provide WiFi services ‘might as well tell the cops: Arrest me!’.

An Election Commission officer says there are errors in recording their names and addresses, which led to the confusion.

UPDATED 4.10PM Faekah Husin is attacked online, accused of hindering people seeking projects under Geran Selangorku .

PARLIAMENT The minister gives the Pasir Mas MP the thumbs-up for being elected on a PAS ticket and then turning Independent.

UPDATED 3.50PM It must not be confined to publicising of election manifestos during an election campaign.

This refers to phase two of a project in Taman Manggis, the land for which the BN says was sold to build a medical centre.

UPDATED 1.19PM Strong economic factors helped but future protests can deter foreign investors, says Mukhriz Mahathir.

During an event last night, Pakatan colleagues introduce him as the man fit to oust long-time incumbent Ong Tee Keat.

PARLIAMENT UPDATED 1.40PM If the people do not support their government, even mineral water bottles can topple it.

The polls reform coalition's legal team is ready to take this on as a test case, says its co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan.

UPDATED 12.20PM Arshad Ahmad says he is shocked that 19 voters are registered at his house. [VIDEO INSIDE]

FREE VOXPOP 'Can millions of ringgit be moved by a bank without a paper trail? I thought only money lenders/changers could do that.'

One would have thought after the cabinet’s agreement to accede, the process of accession is only just procedural.

FREE VOXPOP 'The AG chose to charge a person based on a report made by a complainant who doesn't even know the subject.'

The fire at Tukau drilling platform B, off the coast of Miri, broke out during maintenance work and was put out 45 minutes later.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Who is running the country? Is it the PM? The PM's wife? The PDRM? Umnoputras? The answer - the AG!'

Government loans 'would mean nothing' if the ‘bumi only’ policy excludes Indian M'sians from doing business with the public sector.

They hope to bundle their issues into talks between Selangor and MRT Corp, since the lines will run from the state into KL. [VIDEO INSIDE]

FREE YOURSAY 'Perhaps half a billion ringgit is not that serious. But the name, integrity and credibility of a nation is.'

It does not know the difference between port privatisation and free port status, notes Penang MCA Wanita's Tan Cheng Liang.

The polls reform coalition says Malaysia, as a member of the UN Human Rights Council, should not fear the consequences of such visits.

Who is the mysterious French operative at centre of massive arms scandal involving the Scorpene submarines?

UBS is accused of having ties with an alleged money-laundering network said to involve Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman.

EXCLUSIVE Abdul Gani Patail could have well passed on then-ACA investigation papers, says Mat Zain Ibrahim.