Archive - 8 August 2012

Court of Appeal president agrees with the accused's counsel that public interest would not be served if Noor Afizal Azizan was sent to jail.

The students have been asked to register on August 27 after the issue of hostel accommodation still remains unresolved.

However, KL police concede that the dissemination of information can also be bad as it can affect detection of criminals through roadblocks.

Malacca CM wants firm action to be taken against a gay priest who have held a same-sex marriage reception in the country recently.

The owner of the Queens Park Rangers (QPR) club of England says he was, in fact, offered to buy an Indonesian football club.

The cabinet panel says it has no plan to interfere with the state's efforts to do so since the deal should be done on willing buyer-willing seller basis.

After getting flak from its supporters and being mocked by BN leaders, the states finally agreed on a common theme.

1MDB Foundation will give this sum as aid to the family of the late A Loganathan, whose house in Penang was razed, says the PM.

 

Kamar Ainiah, who represents the PKR leader in his 'qazaf' case, apologised for her statement on lawyers association chief Zainul Rijal Bakar.

ACCCIM's Ter Leong Yap says the gesture will reflect that they are just as patriotic as any other race in the country.

Two NGOs concur with the Kelantan religious scholar who has declared it 'haram' or forbidden for Muslims to support the DAP.

Penang DPM Mansor Othman tells Teng Chang Yeow to speak up on two Umno leaders alleged to have profited hugely off Malay villagers in Balik Pulau land deal.

Analysts say Malaysia's vital export sector beats expectations and call the performance positive amid global sluggishness.

Lim Kit Siang responds to a front-page report quoting an Islamic scholar who deems it haram for Muslims to support the DAP.

Pakatan's four themes do not take into account that it was the Alliance - comprising Umno, MCA and MIC - which had won Independence.

Malaysia's relatively high public debt would leave its credit profile exposed to a potentially sharp increase in public debt ratios.

UPDATED 6.20PM Khairy Jamaluddin says the trend of artistes joining Pakatan Rakyat parties will not take away support for the BN.

UPDATED 5.10PM Khairy says news portals are censoring pro-BN comments to create an impression that most youths support the opposition. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 6PM When they cannot even work together on a common Merdeka theme, how will they rule the country, asks Umno Youth.

The 30-year-old badminton ace can still represent the country in four years' time.

Economist Azrul Azwar Ahmad Tajudin says he is concerned the import numbers 'could imply slower momentum in domestic demand'.

The Civil Defence members will provide humanitarian services along the federal and state roads with high accident rates from Aug 16 to 26.

His remarks preceed speculation that the PM will announce terms of reference for the RCI into illegal migrants.

Deputy Foreign Minister Kohilan A Pillay says the embassy in Abuja is monitoring the incident where two vessels were attacked in the Gulf of Guinea.

Meluan rep Wong Judat is ready to join the Sarawak Workers Party, and contest the Julau parliamentary seat in the next polls.

MPPP's approval of special projects have now put the former town planning head on collision course with its president Pattahiyah Ismail.

UPDATED 4.05PM It appears that all the four states under Pakatan will use different themes for their Merdeka Day celebrations.

Its president Shafie Bakri says the support of the police and military for BN is due to confidence that it can protect their welfare.

Info Minister Rais Yatim says opposition political parties have run out of ideas and are pinching the work of the BN government.

UPDATED 1.45PM At a protest today, Sekinchan rep Ng Suee Lim insisted that the minister is a JV partner in the project. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 12.10PM It's compulsory for Muslims to reject DAP, says grassroots learning centre Pondok Geting's Abdullah Sa'amah.

The assemblyperson laments that he was saddened by the loss of more than 2,000 books which he had collected over the past 10 years.

Time to flush filth into the sewer of history.

This is a campaign against the introduction of Section 114A of the Evidence Act, which it says will muzzle Internet freedom.

FREE YOURSAY 'It is more humiliating when we voted for you to help us but instead you used that to help yourself...'

Two Malaysians competing in two finals yesterday of the 2012 London Olympics failed to deliver the much awaited gold medal.

INTERVIEW Fauzi Shaari says the communist threat is over, so the bulk of the force should battle crime instead. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Tawau resident Bakar Baba claims to have provided info about the Darul Islam group to the Special Branch for some 10 years, says his lawyer Farida Mohd.

FREE YOURSAY 'If Pakatan cannot even agree on a common theme, logo and song for Merdeka, it's a display of their disunity.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The police gave us the best advice of all time: If we want to avoid snatch thieves, then don't carry bags.'