Archive - 12 September 2012

Selangor BN deputy chief Noh Omar says the state’s decision not to hold elections concurrently with GE13 is indication it fears a second mandate.

Like his father, Chua Tee Yong also receives hell notes and a warning not to pursue the Talam debate with Selangor MB Abdul Khalid.

UPDATED 11.20PM He says the controversial section 114A is aimed at protecting the people from cyber crimes.

UPDATED 11.18PM Four Selangor MB's reps were denied their place at the Talam debate. [PHOTO GALLERY & VIDEO INSIDE]

A bank officer told the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur that businessman Shamsubahrin Ismail had withdrew RM1.5 million from his account within a few days, at the end of last year.  

CCM chief executive officer Mohd Naim Daruwish said the two-hour meeting merely touched on the jurisdiction of each agency involved.

No problem if Pakatan wants to hold elections separate from BN on grounds that electoral roll is yet to be cleaned up, the EC chief tells Sinar Harian.

Family of lorry driver P Chandran question the different times of death given by police and the wounds on various parts of his body.

The National Wage Consultative has finalised the Minimum Wage Order Guidelines 2012, says the Human Resources Ministry.

The family of Cheah Chin Lee who died in lock-up in Penang is upset that one month later, the police have yet to act on the case.

Gumusut, operated by Royal Dutch Shell and discovered in March 2004, is expected help Malaysia reverse its declining output.

Sold during briefing by water assets agency, which admits possibility of not getting Selangor government approval.

CCM chief executive Mohd Naim Daruwish says the commission has merely acted on a complaint in launching the probe.

Roslan Zainudin, 43, says the announcement made by the menteri besar would further lower the morale of the state football squad.

UPDATED 5.05PM Police warn that they know the identity of those who splashed a PKR campaign bus with red paint.

Patience is wearing thin, says the movement, and demands GE13 not be called until the RCI findings on illegal immigrants in Sabah are known.

PKR also denies any hand in an 'abhorrent' posting on the Sumazau dance, while the author clarifies his intention.

UPDATED 6.40PM Anwar Ibrahim says while the new education blueprint appears rosy, BN’s programmes were shallow in their implementation.

UPDATED 5.54PM Anwar Ibrahim’s bodyguard has received a warning that a man will wait for him ‘with a pistol’.

UPDATED 4.15PM A senior police officer admits during the Suhakam inquiry that this may have happened in the ‘chaos’ during the Bersih 3.0 rally.

UPDATED 5.25PM An inspector tells the Suhakam inquiry he has written to the Dang Wangi police, but has yet to hear from them.

Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's four reps will take on MCA's Chua Tee Yong at a debate on the Talam debt restructuring exercise.

UPDATED 4.50PM EC has yet to clean up the state electoral rolls, said to include thousands of ‘dubious’ voters.

UPDATED 3.15PM CID director Mohd Bakri Zinin says police have never been biased and have investigated all such cases since 2009.

UPDATED 1.35PM The apex court has ruled that she should have filed her application at the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak.

UPDATED 2.05PM PKR's Rafizi Ramli will reveal all in the next two weeks, after training his sights on a cattle-breeding project.

NFC maintains that PKR’s Rafizi Ramli must face the music for documents he exposed which it claims contravened the Banking and Financial Institutions Act.

UPDATED 4.20PM 'I’m free, but whenever there is an infringement of legal rights, our fight will continue,' says Aseem Trivedi.

The deputy finance minister says the ministry's awareness campaigns are progressing well and are set to conclude soon.

UPDATED 4.25PM He says he has been vindicated by the acquittal verdict on Jan 9 on the charge of sodomising his ex-aide.

DAP's Tony Pua calls for an oversight panel to probe all purchases by the Defence Ministry at heavily bloated prices.

Shares in AirAsia Bhd fell as much as 5 percent in early trading today, following the launch of rival budget airline Malindo Airways.

An alert is out against MCA leader Tan Khai Beng who has reported 15 people for posting an image of a shoe-print on the PM's face.

FREE YOURSAY 'I was there at the Penang Local Democracy festival, which was what it was all about until these goons came...'

FREE VOXPOP 'Farid claimed not to know that freedom of assembly is guaranteed by the federal constitution. So it is all right?'

FREE YOURSAY 'In Malaysia, quality education equals to scoring many As in the SPM - never mind if the pass mark is 20 percent...'

FREE YOURSAY 'The kids of my generation became global players, but now our kids are not even employable in our own country.'

Penang-based Parti Cinta Malaysia pleads for a chance and asks voters to back its candidates instead of voting for DAP in the coming GE.

INTERVIEW UN special rapporteur Maina Kiai is aghast that Bersih 3.0 organisers are held liable for damages. [VIDEO INSIDE]