Archive - 19 September 2012

A patient seeking treatment for chest pains lodges a police report after a man claiming to be a medical assistant requested oral sex

The Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat says he has yet to read the controversial tweet by DAP’s Ngeh Koo Ham.

Swiss-based Bruno Manser Fund says its extensive 45-page report on Taib's family fortune is merely the ‘tip of the iceberg'.

'Maybe it is not vote-buying... but it is very close to that,' says Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who prefers building infrastructure instead.

The daughter of the sultan of Brunei, one of the world’s wealthiest men, is set to wed this weekend in a glittering ceremony at the monarch’s 1,700-room palace.

UPDATED 8.30PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad expects BN to obtain a simple majority but it will remain 'weak', like it is now....

Deputy SG II Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah says that the investigation papers were too incomplete for the AG's Chambers to draft charges.

Saudi Arabia has rejected requests by 40 countries to increase their haj quota this year because of development projects now under way in Mecca and Medina.

The allocation to upgrade and renovate SJK (T) schools in the country is part of the transformation programme for Tamil vernacular schools.

Some 2,280 pilgrims out of a total of 28,000 from Malaysia for the Haj in Mecca, the fifth tenet of Islam, have arrived in Medina.

The council's president Dr Raj Karim says singling out people based on their sexuality was the very foundation of discrimination.

A group representing hawkers and petty traders will urge Premier Najib Abdul Razak to preserve the appeal of the area.

If the commission declines, the state government will go to court for a decision on whether the local authorities can do so instead.

This is especially in view of the poor results of similar trials in the Cayman Islands, says GeneWatch UK director Helen Wallace.

Executive director Ermin Siow said the price would remain bullish until 2015, and next year it would definitely exceed US$2,000 an ounce.

The second Sultan Yahya Petra bridge built at a cost of RM170 million is expected to be opened for traffic before Chinese New Year.

Batu Maung state rep claims the land was sold without the villagers' knowledge and he urges the buyer to come forward to resolve the issue.

Bakar Baba had only cooperated by attending all ‘rehabilitation’ programmes conducted by the police, explains his wife.

The premier’s ‘racism is outdated, abhorrent and unbecoming of a leader’, charges Sarawak opposition politician Baru Bian.

Chiew Seng Liew, 69, was one of two men jailed over the fatal shooting in 1991 of doctor Victor Chang during a failed extortion attempt.

He will release a statement on Perak DAP chief’s tweets only after his comment on the controversial film was published.

In Bucharest, a leading cooking fats and oils supplier Render Com explained the company's preference for Malaysian palm oil.

We conducted a polygraph test on him and it yielded no significant reaction which would link him to match-fixing, says MACC.

The world's biggest chemicals maker says it would shut down two plants for making expandable polystyrene in Johor and India due to overcapacity.

Other than giving training to the Customs personnel, awareness courses were organised for the public and traders on GST.

His tweet against a planned film protest was not to insult Muslims, but to question if it is worth the effort protesting against one man, he says

UPDATED 2.15PM It wants changes to the Dental Bill 2012, including removing the jail sentence for dentists performing procedures not in their specialty.

UPDATED 3.59PM They wanted the NGO to fill a form on its activities but the company's executive director E Nalini refused.

PDRM will celebrate the second anniversary of using Facebook as well as the first anniversary using Twitter on Friday.

Let’s gaily be rid of blatant hypocrisy.

Don Mueang Airport is under renovation in preparation for its full operation scheduled for Oct 1, Thai News Agency reports.

Pressure group My Overseas Vote says the panel is also in contempt of the recommendations of the PSC.

Jaringan Orang Asli Semalaysia head Thomas Jalong points to palpable anger among voters in the parliamentary constituency.

UPDATED 1.40PM This follows the Jawi chief prosecutor’s comment that he was not bound by the civil court’s proceeding.

FREE YOURSAY 'It is outrageous to charge a store manager who works in a bookshop where she has absolutely no control...'

FREE VOXPOP 'The money for the targeted private company is passed through a legitimate NGO, an ex-police staff group.'

FREE YOURSAY 'How are CCM and AG going to make out a case if they are confused? I am confused with the all-round stupidity.'

Some 50 of them from Baram protest in Kuching, opposing a mega dam that will send their ancestral land and homes under water.

FREE YOURSAY 'Acts of disrespect against BN are unconstitutional, but similar acts against the opposition are okay?'