Archive - 15 August 2012

The Cabinet is "carefully studying" Section 114A of the Evidence Act 1950 in line with PM Najib Abdul Razak's directive.

Cabinet says critics took Section 114A of the Evidence Act 1950 out of context, according to a news report.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today struck out a suit filed 404 retirees of the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) against the Malaysian and Singapore governments, as well as several other parties, for conspiracy, cheating and downgrading their dignity.

Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) today announced that the two giant pandas from China will be arriving in Singapore on Sept 6.

Speaking to reporters later, Anwar's counsel Gobind Singh Deo says with this development, the amended statement of claim by Anwar remained.

Lim Guan Eng vows to meet senior police officers on incident where a man was found dead after just 20 minutes in lock-up.

UPDATED 8.25PM Shuhaimi Baba emphasises the movie is about the friendship between Razak Hussein and his deputy.

UPDATED 5.58PM Despite recording a pre-tax loss of RM75.2 million, it still paid more than RM8 million to a director.

UPDATED 6.30PM Shuhaimi Baba says veteran opposition leader Lim Kit Siang is not featured in her controversial film. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Olympic bronze medal-winning diver will be taking part in Yahoo! Malaysia's live chat session for about an hour, beginning 9:30am.

It is better for Nasharuddin to leave PAS rather than to create problems for the party, says the PAS spiritual leader.

UPDATED 5.40PM Selangor invokes its agreement with Syabas to stop it from issuing statements on water supply disruptions. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 5.29PM Selangor MB says Noh Omar's challenge for him to quit shows the agriculture minister's poor knowledge on corporate takeovers. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The suit will be filed on the grounds that the state government did not follow legal procedures in the land acquisition process.

State BN Youth chief Oh Teong Keong says the coalition will build affordable homes there, as the state government has not done so.

The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) has no plans to drop the one percent administration fee imposed on borrowers.

UPDATED 5.56PM Mahfuz Omar says if the MP has a different view, he needs to be brave enough to debate with the council members.

ANTIDOTE The Najib Abdul Razak administration is teetering through another legislative U-turn, thanks to a revolt in cyberspace.

All in, some 34 projects worth RM9.3 billion are being awarded to Malay companies, says the PM Dept's bumiputera unit.

The ruling coalition must accept that the amendment to Section 114 of the Evidence Act was a mistake.

UPDATED 4.55PM Did Kumpulan Hartanah Sdn Bhd relinquish its rights in order to allow the Selangor government to keep the land that it seized?

UPDATED 4.10PM PKR calls for the re-tendering of the National Feedlot Centre project to be stopped until all issues are resolved.

UPDATED 2.15PM Selamat Abul Hamid tells Suhakam that police officers first entered the lobby and shouted ‘Keluar!' (Get out!).

UPDATED 4.00PM It says Anifah Aman spends more time holed up in Kota Kinabalu than attending to Malaysia's foreign affairs.

UPDATED 1.50PM The review move is another example of failing to study a matter before implementing it, say Pakatan MPs.

UPDATED 4.56PM Selangor BN coordinator Mohd Zin Mohamed says KPS made the decision to slash supply by 20 million gallons a day.

Former PAS deputy head Nasharuddin Mat Isa is told to step down as Bachok rep, following his ‘pro-Umno’ remarks.

UPDATED 2.23PM The party condemns Umno bloggers for wrongly targeting a Finance Ministry senior officer.

UPDATED 4.50PM He spurns debating DAP members - but S'gor MB instead invites Chua to be a debt audit student under him.

The case proceeds after the late arrival of the council’s lawyer, but it is found that only one of the six had been served with a summons.

This is to accommodate those who have defected from the BN to support the opposition coalition in the state, says the PAS veep.

UPDATED 3PM Punch Gunalan died at the Sime Darby Medical Centre this morning after a bout of illness at age 68.

‘I was never given any responsibility in that matter in my entire tenure as a minister and deputy prime minister,’ says Anwar.

The opposition leader turns the tables on Noh after the latter had demanded that MB Khalid Ibrahim should resign over the state’s water woes.

SABM and Suhakam are urging a new law they drafted to reduce income inequality be adopted or warn Malaysia could see a rise in social problems.

FREE VOXPOP 'What's important is the number of voters that swing. If that number is sizeable, the BN gov't will kiss the ground.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Like in the 90s, Joseph Pairin Kitingan would have served as Sabah CM for a full-term had it not been for the jumpers.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘If robbers use a Proton Saga to commit a robbery, can the carmaker be held responsible? The petrol company, too?'

The national laureate decries the 'we'll act aggressively' threat from KL petty traders over the 'Janji Bersih' rally on Merdeka eve.

COMMENT 'Niat's demands for an Indian Malaysian DPM is in effect threshing away in racial quicksand and worsening the situation.'

SPAD chief operating officer Azhar Ahmad says there were still more than 19,000 vouchers which would be issued to eligible taxi drivers.