Archive - 26 October 2012

The Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation vice-chairperson wants the government to tread cautiously on the move.

Environmental groups cry foul over a document that the state is distributing as damage control over alleged rights abuses.

This can only be done through a change in gov't, he says on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the black day.

Muslims nationwide celebrated Aidiladha today in appreciation of sacrifice as required by Islamic teachings. 

UPDATED 5.38PM Despite the condo's board being up for four years, various protesters claim they only found out about the project recently.

DAP chief Karpal Singh says with abundant candidates, MPs who have state seats should choose just one in the coming GE.

UPDATED 3.14PM The ex-councillor passes the buck back, claiming what was approved in 2007 was only a planning permit.

The National Institute for Electoral Integrity says a one-off PSC is not good enough as its task should be an ongoing process.

The state corporation refutes the minister’s claim, explaining it is merely a transfer to a subsidiary, with the Finance Ministry’s approval.

COMMENT There are more subtle nuances than meets the eye to the gamut of arguments against dual candidacies.

FREE VOXPOP 'Now the privileged Umno Malays are fighting openly because the ‘99 percent' is perceived to be distributed unfairly amongst themselves.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Hasan Ali is so entertaining. I really look forward to his jokes once in a while since there isn't much to watch on Astro these days.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Hopefully, this is due to a few teachers who have betrayed the trust given to them by the Orang Asli parents.'

The union is seeing a heated race between two teams led by incumbent president Chin Sung Chew and sec-gen V Anbalagan.

FREE YOURSAY 'I believe that the date of the appeal hearing will be fixed only after the PM fixes the date for the next GE.'

The international trade and industry minister's assertion that this will alleviate the burden of car buyers is erroneous, argues Rafizi.