Archive - 15 June 2012

The Shah Alam High Court has fixed July 20 to render its decision in the trial of the RM10 million defamation suit brought by Selangor Umno against PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali and three others.

Former Kedah PKR Youth chief Zamil Ibrahim, who was accused of working to get opposition MPs to jump ship, has challenged Selangor PAS deputy commissioner II Khalid Abdul Samad to release more videos on opposition MPs showing interest in crossing over.

The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) today expressed disappointment that the Minimum Retirement Age Bill tabled in Parliament on Wednesday had not addressed employers’ concerns despite having submitted them to the Human Resources Ministry in April.

A total of 58,562 applications for 565.4 million shares were received from the Malaysian public, says Malaysian Issuing House Sdn Bhd.

Kuala Lumpur deputy police chief Amar Singh Ishar Singh told the Coroner’s Court in Kuala Lumpur today that no tear gas or water cannon was released by the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) in the vicinity of the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) during the illegal assembly held on July 9 last year.

How can rare gems be found among pebbles?

Thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims protested in Kuala Lumpur today, calling for an end to the violence against their community in Burma.

UPDATED 6.45PM Anak plans a mammoth rally in KL on July 14 for Agong's help to block the listing of Felda Global Ventures.

A district court in western Sumatra has sentenced a 32-year-old man to jail for blasphemy after he publicly declared himself an atheist. 

Some 100 stateless people and sympathisers flop down on the floor of the registration office in Ipoh to press their cause. 

'I was off blood pressure pills as soon as the swap was off. I’m serious,' Tony Fernandes tells The Edge business daily.

‘It does not mean that the education policy will remain static even if such an understanding did exist.'

Selangor police chief Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah says the two victims, both male, were kidnapped at about 2pm on June 11 near their sand quarry.

Deputy Health Minister Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin says of the 96 trainees, only 21 remain for treatment, of whom 15 are isolated.

COMMENT As Manji rightly says, 'God's post is already filled and there is no vacancy. So let's stop playing God.'

UPDATED 6.35PM The haze situation worsens with the current hot spell and open burning in northern and central Sumatra.

Malaysia Property Incorporated CEO Kumar Tharmalingam says properties costing around RM300,000 are popular among young Malaysians.

The special commission, chaired by former chief justice Zaki Azmi, had met twice and is inviting the public to give suggestions.

‘The government should mess neither with Penangites nor their economy by handing over the port to private interests'.

The Shenzhou-9 will take off at 6.37pm (1037 GMT) tomorrow with Liu Yang, 33, and two male astronauts on board, says Xinhua.

Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry rejects bid by three Kuantan residents on grounds there were no sufficient technical and scientific reasons.

Teng had named a free port as one of BN’s election promises, but the PM says the concept no longer exists.

The government is playing politics by declaring there would be no toll hikes whereas it knows that charges will rise.

The former Perak MB is awaiting the monarch's pleasure in granting him an audience to explain his tweet on the RM520,000 car plate.

Toll clerks Nurijah Rosli, 24, and her colleague Mohd Haffiz Zamri, 26, were injured in the back and right leg, respectively, say police.

Its president Muhammad Safwan Anang says this will be discussed during the 4th National Students Movement Congress next Saturday. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'There is really no point in having a system which tells you that nothing has been done over reports lodged...'

The scandal-hit sand mining company appoints Sabtu Md Ali as the new chairperson and looks forward to good management and integrity.

The company seeks potential acquisition targets in Burma and Indonesia because of their large populations and strong growth potential.

'The duty of the scholars is to oppose vices,' says Mohamad Sabu in an interview with online radio channel Rabu.

‘It is acceptable if the haj is delayed for elections, as organising the nation's affairs is more important,' says Mat Sabu.

Farkhan Mohd Haron is said to have been assaulted by a 'Tengku' and his friends. This Tengku is however not related to the Johor royalty.

In a parliamentary reply, the government denies barring Suaram's French lawyer Joseph Breham from entering the country.

Selangor mufti Mohd Tamyes Abd Wahid says it is almost compulsory for them to perform it, if they have fulfilled all the conditions.

K&N Kenanga Holdings Bhd announced today it is buying rival ECM Libra Financial Group Bhd’s investment banking and stockbroking businesses.

‘The EC cannot afford mistakes with the challenges it faces in implementing the recommendations.'

Jelutong MP Jeff Ooi says the amendments might come in conflict with the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA).

INTERVIEW Former KL CID chief Mat Zain Ibrahim says he is not following some of his retired colleagues into politics, at least for now.

While the MCA claims that a councillor had been stopped from commenting, the latter says that his speech was only postponed.

UPDATED 12.15PM The mother of Daniyar Nazarbayev, Najib’s future son-in-law, decries the claims as 'manipulation'.

COMMENT While the new law marked some improvements in some areas, it was actually more repressive in others.

'Unless the loan is funded by private or corporate donors, the MNS calls on the government to rethink the plan'.

FREE YOURSAY 'Coincidence? I think not. And what about vehicles moving around the city with jamming equipment?'

FREE VOXPOP 'You don't need water bottles to topple BN. Just a stroke using a pencil on the ballot paper would do.'

FREE YOURSAY 'When you charged others, it is all based on facts and law. When others charge you, it is false and abuse of power.'

FREE YOURSAY 'You've done so much to destroy the fabric of our society that now it is so fragmented that it will never...'

FREE VOXPOP 'The news on Daniyar was 'exaggerated'? What does that mean? That he pocketed only US$2 million, not US$20 million?'