Archive - 13 August 2012

Siti Hartati Murdaya resigns as a member of the advisory board of President Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party.

The inquiry into illegal immigrant problems in Sabah may not have the legal clout to determine punishment for those guilty, says minister.

Three nurses and a female medical officer at the hospital’s Emergency Department were injured when 15 ceiling pieces measuring 2 ft x 2 ft each collapsed.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today granted leave to hear a judicial review application to challenge the ban on the book by the publisher of Irshad Manji’s Malay translation of ‘ Allah, Liberty and Love ’ to ‘ Allah, Kebebasan dan Cinta ’.   

The High Court in Shah Alam has held that an article regarding a raid on a church in Damansara Utama near here by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) on Aug 3 last year published in the 19-21 July 2011 edition of PAS' organ Harakah , was defamatory and clearly referred to Selangor Umno.

A Selangor exco member has urged Tesco to upgrade their security detail at its Ampang branch to protect women shoppers.

The Meteorological Department expects the hot and dry spell in the region to prolong until October.

The new amendment presumes guilt on part of online site owners allowing comments for sedition posted by others.

UPDATED 7.35PM  Utusan's group editor-in-chief Abdul Aziz Ishak admits the daily doesn't carry balanced political coverage.

Umno secretary-general is of the view that the general election (GE) will not likely be in October.

The intent and timing of the royal commission of inquiry on illegal immigrants in Sabah have been questioned by the DAP.

UPDATED 5.40PM It, the Bar and other websites will suspend all online activities in support of the CIJ protest against a recent amendment to Evidence Act.

Party members to distribute 40,000 car stickers in the Klang Valley on its pledge to do away with car excise duty, says Rafizi Ramli.

PAS criticises Umno for not implementing the hudud when it has the power to do so.

The Federal Court refuses an application of leave to appeal by the ex- workers who claimed gender discrimination on their retirement age.

The RM500,000 reward accorded to badminton ace for winning a silver at the London Olympics should not be disputed, says Razali Ibrahim.

The traders council says the Janji Bersih organisers are in store for a surprise that will involve 'aggressive action'.

UPDATED 6.05PM Sixty of the 200 people who sought treatment are affected, with some requiring further treatment, says the Health Ministry.

An Australian government-appointed panel of experts on asylum seeker policy has recommended offshore processing in both Malaysia and Nauru.

The process is still going on and Deputy PM Muhyiddin Yassin will announce it when it is ready, says minister Noh Omar.

DAP national youth chief Anthony Loke says although Lim had made the DAP popular, members must never be ‘overconfident’.

UPDATED 7.15PM Testifying in his defamation suit, Anwar Ibrahim provides this figure based on an annual report of the publishing company.

UPDATED 4.50PM Maszlee Malik says Abdullah Sa'amah's statements, recently frontpaged in Utusan, could spark a jihad.

Koh Tsu Koon and Dr Teng Hock Nan have attacked Lim Guan Eng, but not Umno for ‘actions that have hurt the people’s feelings’.

UPDATED 3.50PM ASP Ahmad Jais Ujang says that when he gave a briefing on April 28, everyone had the name tags on.

The fish was kept inside an aquarium in the SPDP president’s room on the first floor of the four-storey building located at Jalan Badruddin.

UPDATED 3PM The draft Bill states that those who torture animals face a fine of RM20,000 to RM100,000 or a jail term, or both.

The PKR de facto leader was the first person to reject any inquiry into issues arising from influx of illegal immigrants, he says.

Bank Rakyat Masjid Tanah branch in Malacca is operating as usual today despite an attempt to break into its automated teller machine yesterday.

UPDATED 7PM Noh Omar says this is because as a successful corporate figure, Khalid Ibrahim should be able to resolve it.

COMMENT Are the prime minister and the BN in a dilemma? It is a question of whose interests are they going to protect.

A perpetrator is free to roam the streets.

UPDATED 1.05PM Hudud always part of PAS political ideology, but welfare state will be focus in the coming general election, says Abdul Hadi Awang.

The defection of some leaders is merely a Pakatan gimmick to 'pull wool over the eyes of the people', says Youth chief.

UPDATED 12.10PM Although he would be eligible for the post, other matters will require his attention, he tells a Chinese daily.

COMMENT There are more than 700,000 ‘Project IC’ citizens in Sabah now, of whom about 200,000 are on the state’s electoral roll.

FREE YOURSAY 'Teng, do you expect to be the next CM of Penang? Dream on. The people of Penang know Guan Eng can do a better job than Gerakan.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘They never had a serious opposition until March 3, 2008 and now they are at a loss on how to deal with it.'

FREE VOXPOP 'To champion the cause of the oppressed, he needs to work with a coalition of people. The only option is Pakatan.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Most of these illegal immigrants must have had children who were born and raised as Malaysians.'