Archive - 12 July 2012

The Selangor State Assembly sitting today passed a motion to allow property developer Selangor Economic Development Corporation (PKNS) to offer a seven percent discount to all races keen to buy homes developed by the corporation.

UPDATED 9PM DAP rep screams conflict of interest as Noh Omar is agro minister, but the company says he is just landowner.

Police have re-arrested paranormal researcher Syed Abdullah Syed Hussein Al-Attas, better known as Uncleseekers, following the expiry of the remand order against him over postings on his blog  www.uncleseekers.blogspot.com   that were alleged to be defamatory of the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim.

Police confirmed that Khalil Afandi Hamid and a woman who went amok wielding samurai swords at the entrance of the Prime Minister’s Department in Putrajaya on Monday, had acted on his own and had no connection with any deviant religious group.

The PKR director of strategy says that he has full confidence in the person who leaked the documents to him.

The PM and other ministers would remain so in a caretaker gov't, but there were certain things they could not do.

'Those charged for sedition still face prosecution but the government can show its sincerity by dropping all this political persecution'.

Outraged Bukit Koman folk question whether the national team has been used to salvage the gold mining firm’s image.

UPDATED 6.20PM The Selangor BN deputy issues threat when asked about the Sekinchan assemblyperson's claims of an Umno division buying land dirt cheap.

The repealing of the Sedition Act is proof that the government is not just empty talk in bringing about transformation, says Muhyiddin.

Tanah Merah MP tells how he and seven PKR MPs were approached leave the party en masse for Najib to win back two-thirds majority.

Its party veep Dr Teng Hock Nan says Pakatan states have been implementing these kind of policies without considering its impact on non-Muslims.

The chairperson and members of the royal commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate problems related to illegal immigrants in Sabah will be named soon, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Liew Vui Keong.

Malaysia’s IHH, Asia's biggest hospital operator has raised almost US$2.0 billion (RM6.3 billion) in the world’s third-largest IPO this year, Dow Jones Newswires reported today.

Pemandu urges the people not to do this, because 'for better or for worse, the police are our only choice', says Eugene Teh.

UPDATED 5.25PM MCA urges the Selangor gov't to explain why it chose to 'burden' a profit-making GLC. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.40PM The new Bill shows the PM is not serious about real democratic reforms, says party veep Nurul Izzah Anwar.

Penang government also writes to home minister for more funding and police personnel to ensure better public safety and lower crime rate.

Komtar MCA branch chairperson Lim Cheng Hee says he was merely conducting a test run of the police interactive kiosk.

UPDATED 4PM Setev Shaariibuu says her daughter had another passport bearing the name Aminah Abdullah.

Themed ‘Distinctively Malaysia’, the latest banknotes series drew its inspiration from the country’s diverse culture, heritage and nature.

'We just moved in a few days ago. We are just ordinary people, I don't know why we are targeted,' says Haslim.

Two Pakatan Rakyat members of the PSC on polls reform says the EC appears to be 'buying time' over the proposal to allow overseas voting.

Trinity Group is an integrated property boutique developer, with its core business in property development and investment.

Khalid Ibrahim says that despite contributing RM10 billion to federal coffers annually, the state only garnered RM567 million in allocations.

'The documents in question may not be genuine,' Prasarana managing director Shahril Mokhtar was quoted as saying.

The gov't must also prove that its replacement, the National Harmony Act, won't be another draconian law, says DAP.

'TARC diplomas were being recognised for their quality, and hence Mahathir’s claim that the move was meant to win votes is untrue.’

UPDATED 2.25PM Its crime reduction NKRA director Eugene Teh says the EO repeal is a"hypothesis" that it is working on.

The amount, in cash, is already in the MBI account, with another RM80 million outstanding, says Khalid Ibrahim.

UPDATED 4.15PM They prefer Umno rather than MIC as the latter has not solved the community’s problems. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3.20PM Figure includes costs of street deployment and other efforts, says crime reduction NKRA director Eugene Teh.

UPDATED 1.59PM Its national publicity secretary Tony Pua asks how RM100 companies got quotas if all is above board.

Sounding like the boy who cried wolf?

COMMENT 'Nice sounding names, but do they comply with human rights standards or are they pretty draconian too?' asks Suaram's Cynthia Gabriel.

EXCLUSIVE The state gov't is withholding payment pending a probe over suppliers for the Pakatan anniversary carnival.

EXCLUSIVE Procurements for Karnival Terima Kasih Rakyat were put under a wrong government agency, says the state exco member.

Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai says the ministry had sent a medical team as observers to monitor the developments in Cambodia.

Information Minister Dr Rais Yatim says it is appropriate that the council be set up with the involvement of social media practitioners.

FREE YOURSAY 'Malaysia is proud to have you as a son: one who has the means to speak up and does so on behalf of his fellow man who is suffering.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The EC cannot impose the 'five-year return' condition as this is not a requirement under the constitution.'

INTERVIEW There's been no firm gov't commitment that Interlok will not be used in schools again. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It says the gov't must not give in to pressure for various languages to be adopted as part of the country's education policy. [VIDEO INSIDE]

FREE YOURSAY 'It has been explained time and again; in debt restructuring, we look at the settlement in a block and not parcel by parcel.'

The state assemblyperson says PKR's claims of his profiting  handsomely from building hostel facilities for Kuis are exaggerated.

The state government was in fact given a RM5.8 million discount on the deal, insists Trinity Corporation chairperson Tsen Keng Yam.

PODCAST Political analyst Ong Kian Ming talks about the attempted attack at his home and shares his latest views on the upcoming GE.

Though Malaysia might be considered the safest country in South-East Asia, the people of Twitterjaya certainly think otherwise.

FREE YOURSAY 'Numbers do not alter the fear of the general public about their safety. Numbers can lie but not our perception.'