Archive - 29 November 2012

The Dewan Rakyat speaker delivers what is possibly his last speech ever as the speaker of the 12th session of the Dewan Rakyat sitting.

Shamsubahrin Ismail's former colleague Hashimah Ahmad also tells the court of suspicious payments being made.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today ordered the police and the Malaysian government to pay compensations of RM200,000 and RM300,000 to two youths, respectively, after ruling that their arrest and detention about four years ago, was unlawful.

The heart-rending story of abused cat ‘Hero’ which was saved by a youth, Hairey Yahya, stole the attention of lawmakers in the Dewan Rakyat today with a proposal for a ‘love animal campaign’ featuring stories of animal-caring individuals. 

The Selangor state legislative assembly today nominated former Parti Keadilan Rakyat deputy president Dr Syed Husin Ali as senator for a second term.

UMNO AG This was the flavour of the day at Umno's 66th general assembly at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur today.

Lawyer says there was also no forensic proof to link the bullet that hit Aminulrasyid’s head with the weapon used by Jenain.

Kuala Lumpur CID chief Ku Chin Wah says the 51-year-old, who was remanded four days ago, had a history of asthma affliction.

Kenny Lim and wife, Sok Lim, were key players in the highly-sophisticated credit card fraud gang, the County Court heard today.

State CID chief K Manoharan says the arrival of a police patrol car failed to end the fracas until one of the policemen fired a warning shot.

Its CEO Shamsul Azhar Abbas says the company’s revised bid was made while it was still unaware of a new investment framework.

Khalid Abu Bakar, in a witness statement tendered to the court, said the police left no stone unturned in the investigations into the case.

The owner of a SUV that served as a makeshift stage for Himpunan Hijau leaders at Dataran Merdeka has been quizzed by the police.

Court of Appeal deputy registrar Suriyanilakma Abd Kadir set the date after the matter came up for case management.

UMNO GA Umno Youth info chief Reezal Merican Naina Merican also says PAS spiritual adviser Nik Aziz Nik Mat is the 'chief misleader'.

'We will make an announcement on the exact pricing in the last few days of December,' said the official.

UPDATED 5.35PM UMNO GA The delegates are Malays living in the chosen land and are to be liberated by Umno, he says.

UPDATED 5.25PM He testifies the then-defence minister consented to transfer of the land from Awan Megah to a nominee firm.

The accusations targeted at Umno leaders are an attempt to sidetrack the party gathering, says Hishammuddin.

UPDATED 4.10PM Wanita Umno chief Shahrizat argues the lesson to be learnt from May 13 is that it must not be repeated.

The Penang BN's development firm says it will build 'affordable housing' at Taman Manggis site, but the state says it must be for 'public housing'.

PIAM urges the public to be cautious when purchasing used cars as they may possibly be buying a stolen or total loss car.

UPDATED 3.17PM He questions how Pakatan plans to rule the nation when its member parties always differ over ideologies.

Ismail says he has more pressing matters to attend to than respond to claims of political interference in the force.

Musa Hassan wants statistics to be independently verified as he believes that some cases may be wrongly classified.

COMMENT Ongoing scandalous revelations undermine Najib’s assumption that polls deferment would afford him time to salvage BN’s bacon.

UPDATED 1.05PM UMNO GA Umno must address the young voters who may not resonate with the party's past achievements.

UPDATED 12.05PM UMNO GA Najib Abdul Razak says GDP per capita is up 30 percent since he took over the Finance Ministry.

As BN steps up on its threat to recapture Penang, state DAP members are expected to close ranks at their convention and focus on GE13.

UPDATED 10.42AM Deepak Jaikishan claims the second SD was to stop a person involved in the Mongolian's murder from coming clean.

The developer of the village land has been directed to issue offer letters to the families within 14 days from yesterday.

The case is being investigated under Section 377 E of the Penal Code E for stimulating children to commit extreme obscenity.

FREE YOURSAY 'How do you expect Bank Negara to act when Umno's god Dr Mahathir Mohamad was the man who officially launched Genneva?'

FREE YOURSAY 'The fact Muhyiddin picked on PAS, and dismissing the party as a mere minnow, actually reveals the opposite.'

FREE YOURSAY 'KJ, to fight, we must have a cause. Churchill had it but Umno has nothing apart from its self-serving stealing.'

Husam Musa says Deepak's interview has 'directly and indirectly' linked PM Najib's family to the murdered Mongolian.