Archive - 22 November 2012

Tension filled the air when an opposition member lambasted the MB for presenting what he claimed was an incomprehensible budget.

UPDATED 9.25PM Batang Kali assemblyperson Mohd Isa Abu Kasim hurls the crude jab containing a sexual innuendo.

A cloth merchant and his brother-in-law who were detained for suspected involvement in the murder of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin will receive RM41,500 and RM31,500 in damages respectively for wrongful arrest.

The Dewan Rakyat today approved the Supply Bill 2013 (Budget 2013) totalling RM251.6 billion.

Ho will also be playing roles in the recently revamped The Edge Malaysia and recently launched fz.com, a free news website.

Mahfuz Omar (PAS-Pokok Sena) says this means the police cameras have failed to prevent accidents and the police have to ‘close shop’.

Historically in Sabah having 'bin' and 'binti' in the registered name does not mean the persons are Muslims.

UPDATED 7.05PM ‘We have thought of having this for a while now, and the only time we have to hold it is this Saturday,' says Ahmad Maslan.

DAY 11 - GENTING Himpunan Hijau chairperson Wong Tack says their priority now is to complete the march to KL before planning further action.

Suaram confirms its lawyers from France will attempt to enter Malaysia to brief MPs during this Dewan Rakyat session.

Malaysia is susceptible to earthquakes, with Sabah and Sabah at risk of moderate quakes and peninsular Malaysia, mild quakes, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, representing the students, applied to strike out the appeal because Section 15(5)(a) was repealed on June 26 this year.

A total of 81,950 people have renounced their citizenship between 1992 and August 2012, the Dewan Rakyat heard today.

All the 12 BN reps staged a walkout from the Kedah state assembly meeting today, claiming that speaker Dr Abdul Isa Ismail was biased. 

Refusal to set up commission is evidence of BN government's unwillingness to deal with problems of police abuse and corruption, says DAP.

PARLIAMENT The state should, as a Syabas board member, give warning to its management if not satisfied with its performance.'

UPDATED 5.20PM Even so, he opines that the PAS president is more qualified to be PM than Anwar Ibrahim, should the opposition win the election.

UPDATED 4.37PM Ng slams Abdul Shukor for lying about how Umno used the land it bought cheap when the party was in control of Selangor.

UPDATED 3.20PM Selangor MCA chief Donald Lim ticks off Satim Diman over his response to BN not building a third Klang bridge.

Board chairperson Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail says the two expelled were Ab Habi Mustapha and Abdul Majid Palah.

Her hairdresser brother was driven to find work in Johor as he could make ends meet with the ruling in force in his hometown.

MP SPEAKS In view of the heightened crime situation, it’s high time to examine the priorities of the police through its budgetary arrangements.

UPDATED 2.50PM PKR provides three fresh leads for Hong Kong's ICAC, in the hope it will re-open its probe.

Salahuddin Ayub wants the ministry to probe the mass termination of the lecturers from Universiti Pertahanan, Sungai Besi.

UPDATED 1.55PM PARLIAMENT Deputy Foreign Minister A Kohilan Pillay says endorsements have been given by NAM, Asean, Asem and CHOGM.

Disgraceful of the opposition leader to seek foreign interference in country's election process, says EC's Wan Ahmad.

The third meeting of the fifth term of the 12th Parliament, which is scheduled to end on Nov 27, has been extended by two days.

COMMENT With operations to begin, will Lynas keep its word, and if not, will the Malaysian gov’t listen to the rakyat’s demands for a cleaner environment?

Ng Boon Gay maintained throughout the trial that he did not know ‘HDS’ meant ‘Hitachi Data Systems’. HDS was one of Sue’s former employers.

Only 47 flood evacuees, all in Selangor, still remain at a relief centre, according to the National Security Council.

Kempen Anti Saman Ekor receives 260 online and 60 walk-in complaints after its counter opened at PAS headquarters yesterday.

DAP will also go through its party elections this year and major changes in the line-up will likely create waves in its already stormy history.

INTERVIEW ‘Uthayakumar understands that his is a lone crusade. He makes no apologies in the manner in which he makes his stand.'

UPDATED 1.10PM The police say Himpunan Hijau has to inform them of their intended Sunday gathering but has failed to do so.

Lawyer Baru Bian wants the state gov't to recognise that native customary rights land perimeter also covers 'pemakai menua' and 'pulau galau'.

FREE VOXPOP 'The reluctance to voluntarily initiate a full-scale investigation only confirms the suspicion of a cover-up.'

FREE VOXPOP 'DAP needs to contest this seat again to vindicate itself from the embarrassment of its turncoat, Hee Yit Foong.'

UPDATED 1PM Tony Pua asks the PM if he considers Umno rewarding itself with cheap land as graft, and if so, will he ban them.

The effects of mining and logging on Tasik Chini stand in sharp contrast with the once idyllic and lotus-filled lake.

The umbrella body for all Chinese schools' boards of directors is now conducting nationwide briefings to garner support for the rally.

The Australian rare earths producer said it expects production to start at its long-delayed Malaysia processing plant within days.

PARLIAMENT Saifuddin Abdullah assures that the ‘clean bill’ given to PTPTN means it has succeeded in overcoming its problems.  

FREE YOURSAY ‘By buying the land cheap, Umno-BN has deprived the state coffers of millions of ringgit.'

DAY 9 - BENTONG He was surrounded upon entering the school where anti-Lynas protesters were resting, to snap photographs.

UPDATED 10.44AM Over 100 containers of rare earths ore have arrived in Kuantan port at midnight under heavy police presence.

PARLIAMENT Malaysia allows nuclear-powered warships into its waters as they do not carry any nuclear arms, insists deputy minister.

PARLIAMENT Deputy defence minister says any briefing should be held on a gov't-to-gov't basis and not by William ‘Bodoh'.