Archive - 29 June 2012

What's worrying is the increase in such cases between January and June, as compared to just two victims who were gunned down in the same period last year.

The PKR strategy director had made the claim over PM Najib Abdul Razak’s intervention in the Ampang LRT extension project.

A permit has been issued to hunt man-eating crocodiles in Sungai Seblak near the Saratok district, about 350km from Kuching.

Comedian Osman Kassim or better known as Osman Kering died of tuberculosis today.

The Joint Action Group for Gender Inequality (JAG) was referring to the PM’s response to a supplementary question by Zuraida Kamaruddin.

The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality says leaders should focus on upholding justice, equality, civil liberty and democracy.

It wants Royal Selangor Club to give a 30% discount to civil servants in return for the land title to the club’s Kiara Annexe.

Secretary Mohamad Morshidi Ghani says the daily school sessions were unaffected and no school had been shut down due to the situation.

'Government is indifferent to police custody deaths; in some countries those responsible breakdown, cry'.

Selangor PKR deputy youth chief Azmizam Zaman Huri says Kassim Ahmad made the accusation out of disappointment over book ban.

Shamsubahrin, 46, was charged with five counts of cheating Mohamad Salleh into agreeing to pay him (Shamsubahrin) a fee, on Nov 20.

‘I don’t want awards or money. What I want are my rights. Return my rights to me,’ says the political cartoonist of 1Funny Malaysia.

Judge Azhaniz, who was scheduled to hear counter-submissions, postponed his decision as both parties were not prepared.

The former Umno minister says the gov’t allegedly decided they could turn around the situation by playing the racial and religious cards.

Videos of Sun Ho’s song and dance numbers on YouTube - many featuring her in skimpy clothing - have become overnight sensations.

The PM’s Department argues that only a minimal number of officials travelled with Najib Abdul Razak on an official aircraft to ensure his security.

Macquarie Securities starts its coverage of FGV unfavourably saying research shows a possible 27 percent downside.

It agrees to buy Canada’s Progress Energy Resources for US$5.3 billion to secure stable supplies of LNG from North America.

Anwar’s counsel J Leela says the opposition leader as well as a reporter would be called to testify at the trial.

An opposition assemblyperson was told that the high maintenance cost of the previous fleet had made it necessary to go for the replacement.

INTERVIEW The controversial author says the de facto PKR leader is a ‘forked-tongued’ politician and a slandering ‘traitor’.

UPDATED 2.50PM He says MACC inspires little confidence that allegations of the PM’s abuse of power will see a probe. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 1.50PM The PKR president says how get to the root cause is what is important, and she thinks MB Khalid has tackled the problem.

Thiam Yew, former head of a stockbroking firm and an ex-police officer, is the second youngest brother of Kuan Yew.

The NGO has over two hundred monitoring agents, receiving more than a thousand reports on polls irregularities.

The BN federal government is better off getting used to the idea that its stranglehold on power is slipping fast.

UPDATED 12.45PM One item on Fomca’s GE13 wishlist is to be under the care of the PM’s Dept to give them more muscle.

'Malaysia's stand on the LGBT issue is clear - no cooperation with anyone in recognising such rights,' he says.

FREE VOXPOP 'Brushing them aside amounts to abetting in an act of treason. Najib must immediately see to it that a probe is conducted.'

UPDATED 1.10PM The RM1.4 billion Asia Petroleum Hub faced an even bigger setback when CIMB pulled out.

FREE YOURSAY 'The ‘oarsmen' (rakyat) are screaming tired, while the overfed passengers (cronies) are riding a...'

FREE YOURSAY 'What Dr Mahathir Mohamad means is that we lie about our democracy but the US lies a bit more...'

A Bangkok-based polls watchdog urges the Election Commission to explain why some groups were rejected as polls monitors.

They hope BN parliamentarians will also help undo the amendments that will make one guilty until proven innocent.

The regulatory framework governing election observers in Malaysia does not meet international standards, says election watchdog Meo-net.

Two of the detainees who are siblings had initially refused to speak to the lawyers who visited the Kamunting detention camp yesterday.

FREE YOURSAY 'Saying stupid statements is really despicable and certainly not befitting of any respect from right-thinking Malaysians.'

'One would expect Najib or party whip to immediately order the two parliamentarians to withdraw the statements.'