Archive - 6 October 2012

He says the lawyer is invited to the country by the opposition, merely with political motive and not so much for legal business.

'If there is a sufficient basis that offences have been committed under the MACC Act, we will proceed with further investigations.'

This was revealed through the findings of a recent attitude survey conducted on women in both urban and rural areas, she says.

If a survey was driven by an agenda, there was little to prevent those behind it from manipulating the results to fit the plan.

The Evidence Act could help MACC Act compel those with unexplained amount of wealth to show how it was obtained.

The Selangor sultan has however yet to agree on the proposal to hold a special sitting of the State Assembly.

She censures Selangor MB's political secretary Faekah Husin, for allegedly putting down PKR deputy president Azmin Ali.

The veteran lawyer points out that the pro-government daily charging Pakatan with nepotism is like pot calling the kettle black.

He says the 'war of perception' is important as the people's minds have been 'poisoned' by false info via the online media.

'It's your fundamental right to protest and we'll not prevent that, but do it in a peaceful manner and I think that this is healthy."

UPDATED 4.45PM American anti-corruption adviser Daniel Stonecipher says MACC is doing right tackling graft in baby steps.

The new blockade of the Murum dam is on an old narrow logging road, passable only for four-wheel drive vehicles.

COMMENT Muslims as citizens are empowered to determine their own destiny, not be dictated to by elites under the yoke of the ‘state’.

He says a strong mandate will allow the government to continue to deliver to the people and make Malaysia a fully developed nation by 2020.

Fears of being denied entry dampen the possibility of the French lawyers briefing the Dewan on details of the Scorpene case here.

‘Workers and singers accompanying them to longhouses have complained of not being paid their promised allowances'.

The average household income of bumiputera in Sabah is RM2,800, far behind the nationwide average bumi household income of RM3,624.

FREE YOURSAY 'Azalina, just because Umno-BN practises this ‘pay money to attract protesters' culture, it doesn't mean others do it too.'

MP SPEAKS The PM’s speech at the opening of the anti-corruption conference is stark contrast to the reality of his administration.

FREE YOURSAY 'Elsewhere, awarding contracts to family members is a no-no. But over here, they tell us that there is no proof.'

‘Pakatan's minimum wage of RM1,100 will add to the country's debt burden, and will definitely burden the rakyat in the long run.'

FREE YOURSAY 'You have lost all authority to preach on morality when you have so dismally failed in combating rampant corruption in your gov't.'

Next year's allocation for 'Penang Bumiputera Participation' project under the PM's Department has gone up nearly three times from last year.

The Malaysia Book of Records say the mammoth wedding reception of CM Ali Rustam's son fulfilled all its rules and regulations.

'Brown, unelected and indecisive, watched his authority drain away until he was boxed into calling an election right at the end of his term - which he then lost.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Najib, was his son's wedding feast, alleged to have been held at the expense of state agencies, morally right?'

FREE YOURSAY 'It's not about the 130,000 guests who turned up for his son's wedding. It's about where the money...'