Archive - 25 July 2012

To be known as the Sabah Reform Front (SRF), its establishment is expected to be formally announced in Dalit, Tuaran on Sunday.

Barisan Nasional is able to wrest at least two states from Pakatan Rakyat, according to a study carried out by several lecturers.

After investigating the hotel manager, the authories found that the hotel in Kajang did not have the halal certificate.

Chinese voters relied on have changed their minds... even Hishammuddin Hussein is thinking of moving from Sembrong, says panellist Zainon Ahmad.

UPDATED 8.02PM Selangor senior exco member Teresa Kok says this shows MCA’s Chua Tee Yong did not do background checks on the deal.

Chin said the govt’s decision would certainly take into account the interests and needs of the people of Selangor.

UPDATED 7.45PM This is in response to a spate of violent attacks on women at shopping mall car parks, says state exco Rodziah Ismail.

Najib also announces a special payment of RM500 for government pensioners. The payments will be made on Aug 9.

UPDATED 8PM He quips that the water concessionaire or its parent company must have paid those protesting the proposed takeover of operations.

UPDATED 6.15PM UiTM Sabah lecturer Arnold Puyok predicts a loss of up to 14 of BN's 22 parliamentary seats in the state.

UPDATED 6.55PM MB Khalid notes that the output at water treatment plants has 'exceeded Syabas’ ability to distribute it'.

UPDATED 6.30PM In a survey, the MP emerges as the popular choice to head the state gov't, if the BN regains Kedah.

Land bought on Oct 2, 2010, and sold last January, not after just four months to make millions, says Bukit Gelugor division chief Omar Faudzar.

UPDATED 4.15PM Chen Shaua Fui tells Suhakam she showed her government-issued media tag to the police personnel, but they ignored it.

UPDATED 5PM An applicant's bank account should show credit balance of 20% of project cost - which Seda could not rebut.

The Umno Youth head’s remarks about Bersih are tantamount to ‘interference’, claims PAS parliamentarian Dzukefly Ahmad.

UPDATED 3.55PM Worse, the body ‘has no legal basis’ to disqualify any of the 12 firms given the bulk of the solar energy quota.

Two more party supreme council members - Felcra chairperson Tajuddin Abdul Rahman and Idris Haron - have given the move their backing.

The Straits Times reported that the boys had taken the buses to go joyriding, although police refused to confirm the reason.

However, there is still the matter of whether land will be made available for the project to take off, Star Biz quotes analysts as saying.

The hearing of its inter-parte application filed a week ago is fixed for next Monday in the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

They picked up discarded water bottles and stones and threw these at the police, a witness tells the Suhakam public inquiry.

Following this, the judicial review hearing for the seizure of the translation of Irshad Manji's book has been deferred to July 31.

UPDATED 1.05PM 'Their statements promote discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual community.'

UPDATED 12.05PM One man collapsed and died of shock while rushing out of his home, but no other casualties were reported, say authorities.

UPDATED 6.40PM IHH raised US$2.1 billion in a share sale that confirmed Malaysia’s status as Asia’s current IPO capital.

The Obedient Wives Club has published its second sex guidebook, and its mission is to teach women ‘Islamic holy sex'. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Watch, as the BN self-destructs.

The state BN chief treated journalists to a meal of KFC ‘twisters’ to bring home his point that the Penang CM had ‘twisted’ his statements.

FREE VOXPOP ‘Why is Sustainable Energy Development Authority chief Fong Chan Onn giving a general response?’

FREE YOURSAY ‘The important thing is the acknowledgment that there's nothing wrong or bad about Bersih.’

The campaign, dubbed ‘Saya Pilih Malaysia’ (I Choose Malaysia), however does not explicitly express inclination to any political party.