Archive - 5 December 2012

The MCA president is confident Lim Guan Eng would not dare stop operations at the Swettenham Pier cruise terminal.

There are provisions for Kumpulan Hartanah Selangor to make further claims if there were still loans to be paid by Talam.

However, the deceased’s mother Norsiah Mohamad says she is left shocked and aggrieved by the decision as her son did not receive an appropriate defence.

Gombak police say they have a video recording of the incident involving Umno Youth and Pakatan supporters last night.

Party veeps Nurul Izzah and N Surendran express disappointment with the outcome of the Shah Alam High Court decision.

Hundreds of Indonesians demanded today the dismissal of a district chief who divorced his teen wife via text message days after they married, alleging she lied about her virginity.

The Ampang Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur today allowed an application for bail by a night club bouncer who claimed trial to the attempted murder of Kepong Umno Youth chief Norizan Ali.

Four other arrested drivers, who have been remanded for a week, are expected to be produced in court tomorrow.

Activists slam the Human Resources Ministry for refusing to refer these cases to the Industrial Court when conciliation efforts failed.

Shahrizat Abdul Jalil says stern action should be taken against the person if it was proven that he or she had abused the woman.

Judge John Louis O’Hara granted the leave application by Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz, who named the two bodies as defendants.

Its chairperson Mahmood Adam says the PSC meeting on Nov 26 decided to suspend Dr Hasan’s duties as director-general of health effective Nov 14.

UPDATED 5.50PM ‘We are going to teach our MPs what is right to take and what is not right to take,’ says Pemandu's D Ravindran.

Seven Pakatan Rakyat leaders say the Selangor government is not allowed to destroy religious structures without special consent.

UPDATED 5.45PM However, TI-M president Paul Low says major political scandals in Malaysia have held back the nation’s score.

Only then will PM Najib Abdul Razak adhere to his ‘self-proclaimed profile of a moderate global leader’, says the international NGO.

Serdang police chief ACP Abd Razak Elias says the policemen only realised that the men were missing upon reaching the court at 11.20am.

Magistrate Hafizah Johor Arif Johor handed down the sentence on Romzul Hadi, 32, and Mohd Hanafi Aziz, 27, after they pleaded guilty to the charge.

It wants the state legal advisors to draw up the agreement, in order to obtain clear specifications on the proposed development.

Home minister interfering in police affairs a very serious allegation and Hishammuddin must quit to make way for a transparent probe, says the wing.

UPDATED 7.05PM The PM and his wife should answer the allegations raised and not concoct lies on the matter, says Surendran.

UPDATED 7.30PM Shoba Karunakaran claims she was on holiday and asleep at the time the summons was issued on Sept 25 morning.

COMMENT Religious affronts are likely to turn Sarawakian non-Muslim voters - and some Muslim voters - against the BN, in a tight GE.

Daniel Bangun, GM of PLN in West Kalimantan, says that his office planned to add more power supply imported from Malaysia.

Chua Tee Yong should agree to the visit, says DAP’s Tony Pua, as it could prove BN is not involved in corruption and abuse of power.

Justice Abdul Rahman Sebli is satisfied that the policeman fired the shots merely to stop the car driven by Aminulrasyid Amzah.

In a statement, the Tasmanian state-owned company also says it is not a key player in Sarawak’s hydropower projects.

The move follows the state government’s Nov 14 ultimatum to the contractors to remove the AES equipment within two weeks.

What a shameless pack of predators.

Federal Territories Minister Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin says the people are not easily fooled by news spun by opposition parties.

It is not enough for a self-regulatory body to comprise journalists alone, says a lecturer, as this could become a 'syiok sendiri' set-up.

FREE YOURSAY 'This is legalised daylight robbery. One down, 23 more to expose. Good job Pakatan Rakyat.'

FREE VOXPOP 'The unbelievable thing is that they overpaid the former contractor in advance just because she was a ‘somebody'.'

Pro-establishment Jaringan Melayu Malaysia says Tian Chua and the human rights NGO lied to the public about the Scorpene case in France.

UPDATED 11.30AM At least three people are alleged to have sustained injuries during the ceramah in Gombak last night.

COMMENT Where stand the armed forces in our electoral process? Can it be trusted to ensure a smooth transition of power should BN lose?