Archive - 8 October 2012

IGP Ismail Omar confident of achieving the target with allocation for 1,000 motorcycles and 10,000 more police volunteer reserve personnel.

The police has promised a second ID parade for journalist Radzi Razak, who was allegedly assaulted during Bersih 3.0.

The long-haul arm of budget carrier AirAsia said today it would suspend operations to Iran, citing currency “volatility” as the carrier mounts new profitable destinations across the Asia-Pacific.

PSM calls BN a hypocrite for demonising Suaram but allowed an American nuclear-powered warship to make a port call.

UPDATED 8.15PM The commission is still mulling the points the NGOs raised at their last meeting, explains its chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.

A screwed up understanding of right and wrong.

UPDATED 8.10PM In two cases, the Election Commission finds the individuals to be impersonating genuine citizens who did not know this was going on.

M Kulasegaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat) says the advertisements were carried in four Tamil newspapers and estimated that they cost RM50,000.

PARLIAMENT Health Ministry will not do so as numbers are increasing each year and the focus is on prevention, says deputy health minister.

Instead, Yves Charpenel says only two ‘investigating judges’ have been tasked by the French Justice Ministry to probe the matter.

The suit by Syabas for RM1.05 billion in compensation from the Selangor gov't over water tariff dispute will go on trial at the KL High Court on Oct 30.

UPDATED 7.35PM The Election Commission is confident of tabling the revisions in Parliament by the end of the current sitting.

PARLIAMENT However, the Transport Ministry says construction of the new low cost terminal is ahead of the revised schedule.

UPDATED 6.55PM Police said Ling wouldn't have been charged had they known there was no controversy in PKFZ project cost, he adds.

A Penang BN leader says the property of its Youth chief was vandalised by those unhappy with his continuos expose on the state government's wrongdoings.

UPDATED 4.50PM PARLIAMENT Lajim Ukin accuses BN of clouding the eyes of Sabahans with promises that have remained unfilled for decades.

In her Facebook rant, Amy Cheong commented on the length of Malay wedding celebrations and derided the community’s divorce rates.

UPDATED 3.37PM The minister in charge of religious affairs says it's up to leaders if they can afford ostentatious feasts.

Nonetheless, PAS veep Salahuddin Ayub calls for 10 villages to be spared a land-grab for the project. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 4.25PM Selangor DAP says the offending stickers have been pasted on surau signboards. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3.20PM 'Utusan Malaysia twisted my article and I was not even consulted on the changes,' the writer tells the court.

They claim it will uphold and protect the rights of all practising and non-practising lawyers and will be apolitical.

UPDATED 3.49PM ‘The RM299 million of subsidy exceeds the RM278 million sugar subsidy budgeted for the country in 2013’.

UPDATED 4.05PM Two church leaders named in the Mingguan Malaysia report 'didn’t even mention Lim Guan Eng'.

However, the state BN leader says the coalition does have a committee to monitor the portfolios, which has existed since 2008.

UPDATED 3.15PM Dr Mahathir's claim that a vote for Pakatan is a vote for Soros is a 'product of his senility'. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 6.19PM State election director Borhan Aman Shah claims that all state divisions want the MB’s pol-sec to step down.

Najib Abdul Razak affirms that the school will adopt a ‘parallel tracks’ syllabus that allows its students to take both the SPM and UEC tests.

UPDATED 7.28PM In a trial-within-a-trial, Justice Ahmadi Asnawi also decides not to allow the former minister’s lawyer Chong Loong Leng to address the court.

UPDATED 1.55PM Rafizi and Zuraida defend themselves against a charge of defamation of Shahrizat. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 1.35PM PARLIAMENT Nor Mohamed Yakcop says the state gov't has not approved plans aimed at helping Malays.

UPDATED 1.14PM PARLIAMENT He says the name ‘Bersih’ isn't the issue, just as he has a right to name himself ‘KL Gangster’.

And he’s not much good at it either.

She says there’s time yet to get an eligible 3 million to register and effort is required to get the 13 million on the rolls to vote.

UPDATED 12.30PM PARLIAMENT The de facto law minister says there is thus no need to make the EC answerable to Parliament.

Penang PKR leaders are tight-lipped about the outcome of the inquiry which was held last week, saying it is an 'internal matter'.

'I am part of Project Mahathir. I was told to turn up at an office with two photographs and some money,' says Fawziah Abdul.

And the NGOs involved want negotiations concluded, so that they can prepare for their duties during the 13th general election.

FREE YOURSAY 'Najib and BN-Umno are like debt-ridden Santa Clauses gambling away the rakyat's money to win the 13th general election.'

FREE YOURSAY 'They cannot fool the adults so they are trying to fool the children because they think their protector can survive...'

Selangor PKR leaders had cautioned her against issuing statements attacking party leaders, but to communicate more with them instead.

Mazli Saring, who had once challenged Khalid Ibrahim for the PKR division chief post, cries foul over a delayed financial report.

FREE YOURSAY 'You were once the world's greatest currency trader. Through your appointed people in Bank Negara, the country lost over RM30bil.'

FREE YOURSAY 'His attempt to use race and religion is not working as before. Now, he has brought out the Soros card.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Brown held a clean election and lost. GE13 won't be clean. So Najib might well win and prove the Economist wrong.'