Archive - 15 October 2012

The party rolling up its sleeves to deliver Indian votes to BN but community is split down the middle.

Umno Malays are the world’s most protected species.

AUDIT REPORT The officer ordered hundreds of items despite not being authorised to do so - and no action was taken.

Several pieces of ceiling in front of the ticket counter at Penang International Airport (PIA) collapsed, causing hurt to an employee this morning.

It will work with the multimedia commission to track down parties who continue campaigning after midnight on the eve of polling day.     

AUDIT REPORT Gov't agencies stored old furniture in vaults for secret documents at new integrated complex in Johor.

Ex-MB issues the warning following the audit team’s finding that Tabung Warisan’s income is insufficient to sustain it.

Ex-minister Shahrizat describes the opposition's relentless attacks as the 'biggest challenge' of her career.

'Membrane technology will generate one million litres of treated water per day, which will be the same as the Langat 2 treatment plant.'

They were charged with 10 counts of accepting and asking for bribes over a RM180 million housing project in Seri Iskandar near Ipoh.

Catholic prelate salutes the PAS Parit Buntar MP for courage in chiding those who stoke the bogey of Christianisation of Malaysia

PARLIAMENT Nazri clarifies that making clearer the lawmakers' stand on statutory rape is in no way in conflict with judicial discretion.

AUDIT REPORT Between January 2009 and August 2011, 50 to 83 percent of the cameras were not functional.

Former PAS veep Nakhaie Ahmad wants party's syura council head Nik Aziz Nik Mat replaced by his deputy Haron Din, Berita Harian reports.

PARLIAMENT So, no action can be taken against firms that get funds from foreign sources.

'The caller (a man) had claimed that since he hated IRB, he had decided to blow up the building,' Aishah Salim, 40, told reporters.

AUDIT REPORT The 84 percent cost overrun amounts to RM1.46 billion, according to the auditor-general.

Whistleblower website Sarawak Report reminds that declaring the smuggled funds was for Sabah Umno isn’t the end of the story.

The status of the RM40 million allegedly for Sabah Umno was one of the lingering questions that emerged after the IAACA conference.

Wanita Umno chief Shahrizat Abdul Jalil blames PKR's Rafizi and Zuraida for the furore over the National Feedlot Project.

PAS and PKR do not reject development anywhere in the country. What's crucial is it should not burden the people, says Salahuddin Ayub of PAS.

Kedah DAP claims all Pakatan Rakyat parties were not consulted beforehand, according to Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia.

COMMENT Establising a sentencing council is a better answer than the ‘knee-jerk reaction’ of interfering with judicial discretion.

Under attack, the deputy higher education minister says he just gave his views from the perspective of 'new politics'.

Malaysian PM Najib Razak pledges today to support economic development in the conflict-wracked and impoverished southern Philippines.

Lim Kit Siang asks why MACC took so much time to conclude there is no corruption in the RM40mil smuggled from Hong Kong.

UPDATED 6.14PM PARLIAMENT Deputy Minister in the PM’s Department says the government has committed to build 50,000 low-cost residential units.

No insidious agenda in delaying tabling of the AG's Report 2011, the minister tells media. [VIDEO INSIDE]

PKR says Felda Palm Industries demands a RM200 discount on oil palm fruit, a double whammy in view of falling prices. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 6.45PM PARLIAMENT The Energy Ministry says the government is opening up power generation to independent power producers.

The ex-IGP filed the suit following Anwar’s police report in 2008 alleging fabrication of evidence in the sodomy I trial.

UPDATED 1.50PM Batavia commercial director Sukirno Sukarna says that the company had failed to reach and agreement with AirAsia and Fersindo.

Kelantanese will get next Sunday off in conjunction with the state football club’s final match against Armed Forces on Saturday.

This, suggests PAS' Mujahid Yusof, is because Malay supremacy is being upheld to ‘ensure the longevity of Umno'.

A PAS leader comes to the defence of the minority Christians, whom he says are just a fraction of the country’s population.

Police must act, says Sim Tze Tzin, as other firms have also been robbed, despite Bukit Jambul being hailed as a ‘safe city’.

Sihanouk, who had been a frequent visitor to China where he received most of his medical treatment, died of a heart attack.

UPDATED 1.10PM The Auditor-General's Report reviews 456 financial documents from various government agencies.

FREE VOXPOP ‘We should expect more attacks, not from Umno, but from the traitorous insiders and ex-PAS members.'

COMMENT Having sued Anwar for defamation, Musa is in for the scouring cross-examination he was saved from a decade ago.

FREE YOURSAY 'They hope to see Muslims rise against Christians... I don't think the Malays are the robots these people think they are.'

FREE YOURSAY 'This is a move to break the opposition. Whenever Umno is losing, they will urge Muslims to stick together.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Umno still doesn't get it. Foreign funds aren't illegal. It is cash being smuggled into the country which is illegal.'

While the EC is struggling to implement advance voting for Malaysians abroad, for South Koreans living here it's like clockwork.