Archive - 23 June 2012

Dubbed Bollywood’s 'first superstar', Khanna, 69, has been unwell and was reported not to have eaten for three to four days.

'The letter was forwarded to PNSB for the company to consider the matter. Ethically, it is not wrong,' says Khalid Ibrahim.

UPDATED 9.10PM JAG says that the awards were targeted at discriminatory preconceptions held by many.

The MCA Youth has supported calls for the Election Commission (EC) to allow the election manifesto to be broadcast live to ensure a fair campaign.

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng calls on the PM to do this to prove that ‘scientific facts’ showed that the Lynas plant in Gebeng was safe.

The party says PPSB managing director Ahmad Ibnihajar told a press conference yesterday that the company made a net profit of RM15mil last year.

Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai says covering drains with tar or cement makes it difficult for local authorities to clean stagnant drains.

UPDATED 6.34PM Indera Mahkota MCA Youth chief David Choi says the PSC is merely a 'Lynas spokesperson'.

The ex-premier says there was still a lot to be learned from the two main countries in the policy, Japan and South Korea.

UPDATED 6.40PM Himpunan Hijau says if the gov’t is upbeat that the plant is safe, then they should go right ahead but will face the people’s wrath.

UPDATED 4.40PM 'I think that was the prime minister's opinion but there was no reprimand, no gag order', says the deputy minister.

Dr S Subramaniam says the scheme provided loans up to RM60,000 with repayment term of 40 years and four percent per annum interest rate.

A spokesperson of Pro-Mahasiswa Nasional claims that the document in their possession is just one of several items of evidence.

UPDATED 5.50PM Protesters plant banners on the beach to launch their 24-hour occupation against the rare earth plant.

UPDATED 6.44PM ‘Even now when political leaders say something, we know they will snip it,' says PAS sec-gen Mustafa Ali.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department says in a statement that the epicentre of the quake was located 118km south-west of Medan.

The former PKR Youth exco member, however, admits he might be the man in the video shown by Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad.

UPDATED 6.19PM Party sec-gen Mustafa Ali slams the PM for saying debates are not part of Malaysian culture, asking if so, then what is?

Urging the panel to probe the allegations without fear or favour, the group says the purported agent should be brought to justice.

‘The issue is being played up by Umno, desperate to stir up tension between the two when all else has failed.'

COMMEN T What is disturbing is that the PM has not uttered a word over an issue that is glaringly unjust and unfair.

Najib added that the appointment was in appreciation of Mohd Sidek’s exemplary leadership. 

COMMENT 'Malaysia is called on to repeal the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, and actively protect peaceful assemblies'.

Meanwhile, none of the three Singapore diplomats present at the Bersih rally in their personal capacities wore yellow Bersih T-shirts, says envoy.

FREE YOURSAY ‘An accidental heroine she may be but she is a righteous woman simply voicing the feelings of the silent majority.’

FREE VOXPOP ‘No action has been taken on the three MACC officers over Teoh’s death. What does MACC stand for then?’

'It is an imperative that a strong message is sent to all that commit corrupt practices,' says its president Paul Low.

Maina Kiai's comments at the UN rights council condemn the gov't's methods in cracking down on rallies like Bersih.

Tired of waiting for their freedom, two of the 45 detained in Kamunting started on their second round of hunger strike on Thursday.