Archive - 14 June 2012

PARLIAMENT A humorous exchange took place when MPs debated who, between the sexes, were more inclined to visit the bomoh.

Some 96 of 300 National Service Training Programme (PLKN) trainees at Kem Dusun Resort near Kuala Nerang, Kedah have been quarantined for H1N1 infection since last night.

Crucial evidence to be presented during the PKFZ trials have been damaged and stolen over the past week.

The DAP supremo says he need not fear ending up like Gaddafi or Mubarak, but must not impede investigations into his time as PM.

UPDATED 7PM Muhyiddin says such schools were the product of an understanding between the gov't and Chinese educationists in the 1960s.

UPDATED 6.35PM Azmi Khalid says he has informed the panel’s secretariat to organise a meeting next week.

UPDATED 6.14PM He snubs a challenge by Anwar to disclose his bank accounts, saying he has nothing to do with the issue.

UPDATED 7.25PM According to a written reply, this is the amount spend on the PM’s short working trips to London, New York and Washington.

The Election Commission admits that some voters have duplicate seven-digit IC numbers, but says it's not a problem.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the academy will not engage members from among the Bar Council.

Home Ministry Publication and Quranic Text Control Division secretary Abd Aziz Md Nor says the ban was issued as the contents are misleading.

UPDATED 6.20PM Khalid Samad plays a five-minute videoclip to the press allegedly showing the ‘agent’ during a meeting to discuss a defection. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The NGO Anak will demand that Najib apologise for insulting critics of FGV’s listing as ‘haram jadah’ or face a lawsuit.

The deputy premier wants to know if Anwar Ibrahim has a magic staff that he can use to write off RM43 billion of PTPTN loans?

EXCLUSIVE ‘Police never attempted any cover-up of the Anwar black-eye incident of Sept 20, 1999,' declares then IO Mat Zain.

UPDATED 5.45PM Nurul Izzah asks how it is that the RM128.4mil system is awarded through closed tender. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The sultan was quoted as saying  that people like Nizar should not comment on things he does not know about.

UPDATED 5.20PM In a written reply, Najib says the government had never acceded to the proposal to sell the MEX concession to EPMB.

UPDATED 3.15PM Of the RM13.7 billion sought, the government intends to spend RM11.2 billion for 'treasury general services'.

The DAP supremo says Minister in the PM’s Department Nazri Abdul Aziz has as good as admitted that no evidence exists to prove such claims.

The carrier's cargo division was hit with the fine after it admitted in court that it colluded with other airlines on various fuel, security and customs fees.

PARLIAMENT The Information Ministry says the cellphone disruptions on April 28 were due to network overload.

Dr S Subramaniam says his ministry has sufficient manpower and training to enforce the new Minimum Wage Order 2012.

UPDATED 2.15PM FMM president Yong Poh Kon says this is especially so in view that manufacturers have been kept in the dark on details.

UPDATED 1.50PM FMM president Yong Poh Kon says  decisions would be easier after the general election.

AG's Chambers charging NGOs exorbitant fees for a seminar on freedom of assembly earns 'rip-off' charge.

A source close to PM Najib Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor claims the allegations only involve ‘the other side of the family’.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Mr & Mrs Panda, I would suggest you request for a condo as we have condos for cows in Malaysia.'

Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof says even within the group of overseas voters who qualify, only around 400 have registered.

UPDATED 11.55AM EC's anxious over electorate's ‘tidak apa' attitude, and getting them to be serious about their responsibility.

The council says BN approved 37 hillslope projects as the laws then permitted heights nearly twice the present limit.

FREE YOURSAY 'While the urban vote is generally against BN, Ong has built up a loyal following over the years.'

PODCAST In this 16th Middle M'sia podcast, Wong says whether there will be a Bersih 4.0 is not Bersih's call but the government's.

COMMENT The reality of a lack of contending and constructive visions in the top-tier of the Umno leadership is reflected in Muhyiddin's gyrations.

‘Panda loans entail large investments for governments where China may receive up to a million dollars per panda.'

FREE Four BN and Pakatan politicians will pit against one another in a battle of wits in next Tuesday's Debatkini.

COMMENT How can the old IC number of a Chinese male voter born in 1939 be given to a female Malay voter born in 1958?

FREE YOURSAY 'It looks like PM Najib's daughter has got herself into a big mess and will have to do a lot of soul searching.'