Archive - 16 June 2012

'The government policy to help the bumiputera is not because they are Malays, but because they are poor.'

Umno supreme council member Ismail Sabri Yaakob has described the attempt by the National Association of Children of Felda Settlers (Anak) to drag the royal institution into the Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV) listing issue as an uncouth move.

'This is the biggest lie in Malaysian political history. Can we forgive a leader who lied to the people? Let us not forget easily...'

Environmental group WWF-Malaysia however says that the illegal logging in Ulu Muda happened in 2007 and has stopped.

The minister says the choice of the Wetland Park in Putrajaya was also because it was easy for the people to go.

He said PPP had not regarded the Taiping seat as a good seat as it was not given in good terms by Gerakan.

Lim Guan Eng's arithmetic shows that the country is heading towards the highest total deficit in its history.

He says he will wait for MCA to provide details on the matter to work out a formula.

UPDATED 4.30PM Rembau boy Khairy Jamaluddin says he will does not like parachute candidates and does not want to be one himself.

UPDATED 4.20PM The PAS chief urges southern voters to deliver the state to the opposition in the next GE lest they miss the boat on reform.

'Over 40 of them are crammed into a portion of a temporary lobby smaller than a badminton court'. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'It must be accompanied by revolution in mindset. We must build strong institutions and emphasise noble values...'

FGV will raise RM9.93 billion in the second-largest public offering this year, as it announced its final share prices yesterday.

COMMENT Isn't that why God gave humans brains and Allah says think and scrutinise, not just accept what is thrown at you?

The Umno Youth chief says the public will understand that the scandal of the PM’s son-in-law and others will not affect his job.

UPDATED 7.23PM The two new conditions imposed by Mosti on Lynas for the Gebeng rare earth plant are not enough, they say.

‘The Internet is meant to be an environment of free expression, but now we'll have to watch our backs'.

'Daniyar is believed to be a citizen of Kazakhstan and Malaysia. His current residency is not known,' says John Snyder.

UPDATED 1.10PM The exiled Hindraf leader is on a UN travel document and hopes to make it into the country without trouble.

Selangor is the worst hit today as 80% of the nation’s areas surveyed by Environment Dep't choke on the seasonal smog.

' The EC went ahead with its own amendments to the Election Offences Act, regressive to electoral transparency'.

MP SPEAKS 'The decision was not unexpected, but clearly shows the current regime under Najib has not been listening to the people.'

UPDATED 1.44PM Jasbir Singh is the first to be sent a subpoena to testify at the French Scorpene probe. [VIDEO INSIDE]

FREE VOXPOP ‘The icing on the cake must be the deputy education minister's statement, a case of a clown trying to be a comedian.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The question is not if the system is ‘doing fine', but why the tender was given to a minister's family?'

FREE YOURSAY 'Maira, if you are still happily married to Bolat, why did he not appear in any function of your son's engagement?'

'I raised objections with the AG and Nazri...now it’s up to the gov't to review or revoke the provisions.' says Khairy.

COMMENT Sentence meted out, but A Kugan's family will never know the truth. Neither will we.