Archive - 17 October 2012

Despite criticism, the Transport Ministry says it will proceed with installing the cameras, before the rate of road accidents worsen.

He says the numbers used by the audit team cannot be used as it includes births of non-citizens and those not born in Selangor.

The Police Motorcycle Patrol Unit will expand patrols from residential areas, to include identified recreational and business areas, tourist spots and schools, said Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.

Navy chief has reiterated that the submarines are being well maintained and carrying out operations to maintain security.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur was told today that the Kelantan sultan’s brother, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra, was never barred from leaving or entering Istana Mahkota, Kubang Kerian, in July 2009.

PARLIAMENT ‘This sign is put up at a place where no one rears cows. It is as they are saying the driver is the cow,’ jibes Mohamad Aziz (BN-Seri Gading).

Part of the eight-point memorandum demands the declaration of native customary land and abolition of the land alienation policy.

A Miri-based group says the visit is necessary to dispel his belief that those behind the blockade are instigated by NGOs.

It is oppressive, a form of intimidation and intolerable incursion into independence of the Bar, says its veep Christopher Leong.

‘Please see that in that context, in that perspective, that we have recognised Chinese education as part of the national system,’ says the PM.

De facto law minister Nazri Aziz tells Parliament this about the book titled 'Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail: Fraud, Liar, Criminal?'.

Although out of his Pasir Mas constituency, the MP vows to bring the matter up at the next Perkasa meeting to see how they can help.

The minister abused his power by using Companies Commission to serve the BN's agenda against Suaram, says MP. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Azhar Ibrahim says such an attitude also clearly showed that CM Lim did not care about the fate of the bumiputeras.

UPDATED 4.40PM It gives the wrong impression that GLCs do not have to make an effort to repay loans, says the Penang CM.

He expresses his support for the plight of family members of the 1948 Batang Kali massacre victims. [VIDEO INSIDE]

AUDIT REPORT Payment was made for three repair jobs worth RM29,800 to housing units that do not exist in Kedah.

The Auditor-General's Report 2011 was released on Oct 15 after a two-week delay. Malaysiakini is scouring its thick volumes and produces the following reports.

UPDATED 3.18PM The AG must be 'fair' and probe the ministry over its deferment of a large-scale abattoir project.

UPDATED 3.50PM Fadiah shows documents dated April 11, naming its director Kua Kia Soong as the plaintiff. [VIDEO INSIDE]

AUDIT REPORT The loan was obtained by Kedah Corp Bhd’s MD and GM, without board approval, for a project in Papua New Guinea.

RM100 million was saved from land the state didn't have to buy, and the balance for a dam was traded off by transferring state water assets, says CM.

UPDATED 3.33PM The protest is just one of many planned in a drive to convince the gov't to scrap the new traffic fines system.

The daily continues with its attacks on the PAS spiritual leader, claiming he says no one can replace him as mursyidul am.

Sarawak has implemented crocodile-free zones (CFZs) in rivers with high human usage in an effort to minimise human-crocodile conflict.

Umno/BN politicians want unthinking Malaysians.

COMMENT Lies, silence and inaction have compounded the fallout from the discovery of the RM40mil meant for Sabah Umno.

FREE YOURSAY 'Already subsidised and yet still can't make profit. It's time to sell them to private operators. No more bailout, go for buyout.'

AUDIT REPORT Food supplies at kitchens of several Pahang religious schools not issued the official Jakim halal cert.

PARLIAMENT The gov't sent 5,782,000 invitations to the people by SMS via Celcom, Maxis, DiGi and U-mobile to attend the event.

FREE YOURSAY 'Of course, the irony is that our South Korean friends have shown how it can be done here in Malaysia.'

Recent revelations warrant another look into a RM40 million ‘political contribution’ to Sabah Umno, claims the PKR-linked group.

FREE YOURSAY 'What an arrogant woman... Her tones smack of ‘let them eat cake' when the rakyat can't afford bread.'

AUDIT REPORT Some 3,334 straws of imported cattle and goat semen, valued at RM486,100, remained unused as at Dec 31, 2011.

COMMENT The former police chief's version of why he withdrew his defamation case against Anwar is shrouded in ambiguity.

COMMENT 'James Masing has got it wrong. The good storytellers, the self-confessed storytellers, are the propaganda arms of Umno.'

UN rep Dimitri Vlassis says the Malaysian media misinterpreted his statement on MACC at a recent global meet on corruption.

FREE YOURSAY 'Musa is now left hanging out to dry... His cooperation however will be important to catch the real head honcho.'

Section 114A may be problematic for businesses that depend on the Internet, says the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers.

AUDIT REPORT The accumulated federal gov't-guaranteed loans hit RM116.76bil in 2011. This has doubled in four years.