Archive - 23 November 2012

Umno is ready to receive 5,447 delegates to  2012 Umno general assembly starting next week.

Lawyer Karpal Singh, acting for applicant Anwar Ibrahim, told the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today that the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 (PAA) had completely prohibited the right to assemble, by way of street protest.

The MB says that 28 percent of 134,675 voters newly-included into the Selangor electoral roll up to the fourth quarter of 2011 cannot be traced.

Cases of police personnel involved in criminal cases or misconduct in Penang are isolated, says the state police chief.

UPDATED 7.25PM Rafizi says the group will travel back there in two weeks and they hope the new evidence will convince ICAC to re-open the case.

UPDATED 7.53PM Umno rep Mohd Isa Abu Kasim claims he was referring to Bukit Lanjan forest during his allegedly sexist statement yesterday.

Cpl Mohd Aziri Sahid, 54, is accused of molesting the daughter of a neighbour outside the police barracks between May 28 and June 12 last year.

The grass is always greener across the causeway.

The Court of Appeal has fixed Feb 15 for case management of the prosecution's appeal against Anwar Ibrahim’s acquittal on a charge of sodomising his former aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

'60 Chinese independent high schools do not abide by the national curriculum under the Education Act 1961; so no new ones'.

UPDATED 8.20PM 'Even if the minimum value is RM200 per square foot, the value is no less than RM300 million,' says Ng Suee Lim.

Activists today slammed the wedding of a 12-year-old to her 19-year-old boyfriend, renewing their calls for the gov't to outlaw child marriages.

UPDATED 4.55PM Guards at the Felda HQ refuse to open the gates or allow reps of the group of about 700 people to enter.

Dr Yee Moh Chai says although his ministry had informed the Information Ministry on the matter previously, no decision had been made so far.

The CEO of the national airline carrier is called upon to answer allegations, among others, that MAS is buying fuel from a non-national oil company.

They include 15 key leaders from Penang, including a senator and the CM's political secretaries.

‘We also hope that the EC will regularly publish updates on the progress of this unit,’ says the electoral reform group’s steering committee.

A government official says the DCA had decided to extend the low-cost carrier’s air operator’s certificate until March 31 next year

INTERVIEW Here to launch two books, political exile Tan Wah Piow speaks to Malaysiakini of life in exile and the possibility of a post-Lee Kuan Yew gov't.

‘The PM is afraid that detrimental files on him would appear,’ says the Islamic party’s central working committee member Idris Ahmad.

UPDATED 5.40PM Some 300 demonstrated at the State Secretariat for the RM100 allowance that Pakatan promised during GE12.

UPDATED 3.45PM It’s been the norm since Merdeka to sell cheap land for community purposes, says MCA's Wong Koon Mun.

Transparency International Malaysia says they hit a brick wall after PM Najib referred the case to the Pahang MB.

This is in reference to an order given to DAP reps to hold at least three press conferences and issue three press statements monthly.

Vietnamese authorities have arrested 11 suspected pirates aboard a chemical tanker after the first such hijacking in the waters around Malaysia in years.

The cartoon series by Suaram and cartoonist Zunar utilises visuals and wit to help the scandal 'stick in people’s minds’.

The Redberry group-owned daily aims to pull a historic media stunt by printing one million copies for free distribution nationwide on Dec 7.

UPDATED 2.20PM Gobind puts the minister' claim that we cooperate with foreign countries on cross-border cases to the test.

FREE YOURSAY 'If it isn't corrupt practices, deception and blatant lies, sex, intimate parts of a woman's person is all that they can think of.'

A book by Balan Moses entitled ‘Brickfields and Beyond: Stories from the Past’ is to be launched at the Lutheran Church tomorrow.

UPDATED 1.20PM She is seeking damages and an apology from the daily for defaming her over statements made at a forum.

UPDATED 2.45PM PKR's Chua Yee Ling wants Batang Kali rep to apologise to all women for his crude joke at Elizabeth Wong.

UPDATED 1.10PM Rafizi was charged under Bafia earlier this year for allegedly disclosing banking account information related to NFC.

The Borders saga continues with the application detailing the contradictions in the concerned parties' statements.

UPDATED 3.11PM MCA wants DAP to clip ties with Pakatan over hairdresser harassment and predicts doom for salons.

FREE VOXPOP 'Even a couple of seconds could have caused a monumental air disaster as planes would already have taken the cue to land or take off.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Sri Gading MP Mohamad Aziz, if you really care for the Muslims, then the Tabung Haji CEO should work for free.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘The argument against religious rule is this: Your god might be greater than others', but your men are definitely no better than other men.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Why special treatment to an Australian company which does not even need to pay taxes for 10 to 12 years?'

The Umno reps who brought up the issue and their party hoisted with their own petard, according to the Selangor exco.

INTERVIEW 'We choose not to interact with Pakatan Indian mandores just as we chose not to interact with MIC mandores.'

A candlelight vigil at the Kuantan port last night drew some 400 supporters and half as many hecklers on motorbikes.

A paragraph stating that new applications for Chinese independent high schools would no longer be accepted was hurriedly removed.