Archive - 4 September 2012

Khalid Ibrahim says an explanation would be given to the Sultan of Selangor over the absence of an official invitation for the state-level 55th Merdeka Day celebration, if necessary.

UPDATED 11.12PM They hit cars, said they had been prevented from working, and accused the CM of not keeping promises.

Raub Australian Gold Mining has initiated legal action against two news portals for defamation, just two days after the Green rally.

Relatives of 24 Malaysian rubber plantation workers killed by British troops in 1948 today lost their High Court battle for a full inquiry by the British government.

Gabungan Janji defends the right of the two rally participants to fly the Sang Saka Malaya flag and calls for an end to ‘intimidation’.

The government's decision not to probe ‘not unreasonable', rules the Queen's Bench division of the High Court on the application by victims' relatives.

The Election Commission secretary Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria and Umno leaders call for tough action against those who misbehaved during the rally.

Singapore today said it will restrict the growth of “shoebox” private apartments in the suburbs to ease overcrowding concerns and encourage couples to have children.

National sports icon and the Olympic Council of Malaysia’s honorary life president Hamzah Abu Samah passed away at 3.30pm today at the University Malaya Medical Centre, due to old age.

Anak dispute the Felda chairperson's claim that the DG's sacking was a ‘regular career move’ and promises to expose more soon.

The police have recorded statements from three individuals in connection with Himpunan Hijau rally on Sunday.

The deputy minister says he and Saifuddin Abdullah were given the assurance by Minister in PM's Dept Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz.

Penang PKR is still hunting for the person who leaked minutes of a party meeting and will issue show cause letters to all who attended if no one owns up.

UPDATED 6.20PM Rasah MP Anthony Loke says what MCA is doing is demonising Islam with regard to hudud, to which we do not agree.

However, it should be modified based on culture and history of the respective countries, says the Jasa chief.

The package will be made available in Sabah, Sarawak, Terengganu, Kelantan and Pahang from Sept 16.

With this, the two suits will go for full trial, which has been fixed for five days, beginning July 8, next year.

The Air Pollutant Index for Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, was 93, the highest reading in the moderate stage, as at 11am, according to DOE.

This is to fuel the community airlines’ robust expansion plans two years from now, says chief executive officer Ignatius Ong.

COMMENT A Suaram director assures that the NGO's accounts are all "above board" and vows it will carry on its work despite pressure from the government.

UPDATED 5.15PM But it does not mean that the BN will win big, as history has proven otherwise, says PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali.

Axed goalkeeper Sharbinee says he welcomes an investigation by the MACC as he has nothing to hide.

What Malaysian NGOs receive is peanuts compared with what the government gets from foreign funders, says Kua Kia Soong.

UPDATED 6.04PM Ex-MB Khir Toyo and the sultan’s secretary deny the ruler has never attended Merdeka celebrations.

UPDATED 5.55PM It is believed that the student is accused of pointing his bare buttocks at photos of the PM and his wife.

Job applications from non-Malays rose to 5.6 percent between June and August this year compared to only two percent as of May.

EXCLUSIVE UPDATED 2.19PM Nazri confirms that Saifuddin Abdullah and Gan Ping Sieu were summoned but not reprimanded.

However, Johor Umno denies the posters were published by the party and has lodged a police report on the matter.

UPDATED 2.58PM Although arrangements were made, not one uniformed personnel was on duty, claims exco member Dr Xavier Jeyakumar.

UPDATED 3.05PM PKR leader Abdul Rahman Yusof says the man was apparently carrying a kerambit in his vest pocket.

UPDATED 3.15PM PKR's Rafizi Ramli therefore urges the government to freeze any plans to privatise the rail operator.

COMMENT Rather than kill artistic licence with a sledgehammer, the authorities should revisit Abdul Razak's philosophy.

Are we game for it, Malaysians?

Malaysian ‘index crime’ statistics fell 25 percent, but ‘non-index’ crime rose by 70 percent between 2007 and 2011, says Tony Pua.

FREE VOXPOP 'The police in Raub needed only 300 personnel to control the crowd of 10,000 and everything was peaceful...'

FREE YOURSAY 'It is possible Najib keeps postponing the elections because Rosmah has not reached her personal target of happiness yet.'

COMMENT Since Najib's circling-the-wagons speech, violent affrays have marred some rallies organised by PKR.

FREE YOURSAY 'Many struggled for independence, but they have been erased from consciousness because they're not mentioned in history books.'

Mark Trowell, a legal expert and author of a book on the Sodomy II trial, seems nonplussed about the way the trial was conducted.

FREE YOURSAY 'Suaram operates on a tiny budget, which makes accusations of money laundering and terrorism laughable.'