Archive - 5 September 2012

'Please check the facts before making the statement, and do not make wild accusations,' Tun Hisan tells Dr Xavier Jeyakumar.

The diving queen says studying locally will allow her to be near her coach and enable her parents to come visit her.

The German ambassador to Malaysia says ‘limited funds’ were given to Suara Inisiatif Sdn Bhd in 2010 for a specific project.

Former IGP Rahim Noor warns that certain quarters used human rights to compel the flag-waving and picture stomping acts during ‘Janji Demokrasi’.

The Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) has approved the application, effective for a two-year period from Sept 3 this year.

The late Hamzah Abu Samah, a former cabinet minister who died yesterday, was laid to rest within the grounds of the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur at 3.30pm today.

Perodua, Malaysia’s leading compact car maker, says there is a need to introduce the end-of-life vehicle policy to address vehicle safety and roadworthiness issues.

UPDATED 12.38AM The police arrived at the national laureate's home at 4pm to serve a notice, asking him to go to the police station.

The Penang CM says BN did not object when the land was put up for sale in 2009 and was raising it now because of the looming general election.

The High Court in George Town yesterday acquitted and discharged a kindergarten operator who had been sentenced to 20 years jail for raping a four-year-old girl.

The Court of Appeal in Putrajaya today upheld the decision of Bursa Malaysia Berhad to fine Ho Hup Construction Company Berhad’s former managing director Low Tuck Choy a sum of RM85,000 for the delay in submitting the company’s financial statements to the bourse.

UPDATED 6.05PM This political intimidation is proof of government's determination to silence critical voices, says the NGO.

Ng Wei Aik claims that Penang police failed to respond to distress calls when protesters ‘attacked’ his official car last night.

UPDATED 6.35PM The group aims to stop rare earths from Australia from being shipped into the country for processing.

Frequently asked questions on the Talam debt recovery exercise prepared by the press secretariat of the Selangor Menteri Besar's Office.

It has received a temporary operating licence for its long-delayed US$800 million (RM2.5 billion) rare earths plant.

UPDATED 5.40PM Its ranking fell from 21 to 25 out of 144 countries, in the latest annual survey by the World Economic Forum.

Quek Ngee Meng, lawyer for the campaigners who have been battling the case, said they would appeal against the latest court decision.

UPDATED 4.45PM After two weeks resting in a hospital, the Kedah MB resumes his duties by chairing the state exco meeting.

We can ask, ‘why no action' in similar cases involving Lim Guan Eng and S Ambiga, says criminal lawyer Baljit Singh.

However, Justice Rohana Yusof disallows ex-cop M Ramanoojum’s bid for an order to compel the NRD to register his two children.

UPDATED 3.45PM Abdul Khalid Ibrahim says the records show that the former gov't had only invited the sultan once, in 2007. [VIDEO INSIDE]

One of 11 individuals being sought by the police, she will be escorted from Johor Baru to Kuala Lumpur for questioning. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3.30PM ‘The firm is of the view that Selangor made sound commercial decisions under the circumstances,’ says Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Sabahans are still waiting for the royal panel to start its probe into the state's illegal immigrant problem, says the DAP’s Lim Kit Siang.

Umno Young Ulama leader Fathul Bari Mat Jahaya says he made the visit to the embattled ex-PAS deputy president’s home in the name of Islam.

UPDATED 3.45PM This is in the FT Islamic Affairs Department's affidavit on its seizure of 'Allah, Liberty and Love'.

UPDATED 1.30PM Kuala Lumpur CID chief Ku Chin Wah says the suspect was released on bail late last night after his statement was recorded. [VIDEO INSIDE]

You're blocking nation's progress at every turn.

Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department director Khirudin Drahman said on average, three snakes were caught by the department every day.

The fact that the government has to give such an assurance is an acknowledgment that the clause is open to abuse.

Three international NGOs find that a logging company linked to timber giant Samling allegedly controls a huge area of Liberia’s forest.

COMMENT The man who appears most reluctant to hold polls is Najib himself. He is now Malaysia's longest serving PM without a mandate.

BN alleges the Taman Manggis land, which has been earmarked for public housing, was sold off to two of CM's 'cronies'.

Felda settlers and employees are close to Dzulkifli Wahab, notes the NGO Anak, which warns of repercussions for BN in the polls.

'Just heard I am getting fired tomorrow (...) interesting!' Terengganu coach Peter Butler posted on social media site Twitter yesterday.

FREE VOXPOP 'We need to be serious on our privatisation policy, which is being done without proper due process.'

'Time is of the essence and we do not have the time to indulge in irrational endeavours,' says its editor-in-chief Yong Soo Heong.

Last month's controversial shooting of D Dinesh is now being investigated by the Selangor police contingent headquarters.

FREE YOURSAY 'Actions like these only reinforce to the rakyat that a regime change is the only solution'.

COMMENT The separate Merdeka day celebrations last week were the harbinger of the shape of things to come.

INTERVIEW 'Mohamad Zabidin was sometimes lenient, sometimes restrictive... But in the end, he acquitted Anwar.'

FREE YOURSAY 'What is RM500,000 compared to the RM500 million in commissions for brokering the Scorpene submarine deal by Razak Baginda?'

FREE YOURSAY 'Syed Ali, you have not been in the business of water meters and therefore not qualified for plum deals.'