Archive - 6 December 2012

MCA cuts to the chase and forms a special committee to assist business operators including hair salon in the PAS-led state.

The report which claimed that Malaysia’s taxi drivers were the worst in the world does not reflect the whole picture of the national taxi service industry, the Dewan Negara was told today.

Former Indonesian president Bacharuddin Jusof (BJ) Habibie said the democratic system guarantees the people's rights but they must also be responsible.

The problem with Malaysia now, Musa Hassan tells a forum, is that there have been a lot of politicking since the 2008 general election.

The power firm says any difference in reading is a factor of meter degradation or consumption increase and there is no intention to enhance TNB’s revenue.

Surat Thani governor Chatpong Chatraphuti has declared Koh Samui and Phangan Islands in the southern Thai resort province as disaster-stricken areas after blackout on the islands has continued for three days with its total damage initially estimated at over one billion baht (US$32.63 million).

Thirteen other motorists, however, pleaded not guilty and claimed trials. The court set Dec 24 and 26 for remention of their cases.

UPDATED 8.03PM 'Police must be swift in taking action if a rival party member encroaches onto the other side.'

'In Selangor, 1,070 people died in road accidents last year. Did Ronnie Liu offer sympathy to the victims’ families?' he asks.

The man, the 13th suspect in the case, surrendered himself at the Selangor Immigration Department office in Port Klang yesterday.

UPDATED 6.30PM Landowner fearful of 'threats from Umno and the BN' to lease venue to Pakatan, says Malacca PAS secretary Asri Sheikh Abdul Aziz.

UPDATED 7.36PM Mohamad Zulkarnain Abd Rahman says he believes this is because the police officers involved were from contingents in other states.

UPDATED 7.10PM She believes that if the LRT service continued and given time the participants would have been able to disperse.

Pahang recorded over 3,000 housebreaking cases with losses totalling over RM25 million, the state assembly heard today.

Malaysia's CPI Rank for 2012 has improved only slightly, but three main thrusts of battle against graft still have holes.

UPDATED 4.50PM The Penang government has rejected the state BN's offer to buy Taman Manggis land, citing its 'insincerity'.

Liu Xiangying, 33, Gao Yue Qiang, 32, Wang Xianjie, 39, and He Jun Ling, 32, nodded when the prosecution asked if they wanted to engage counsel.

Two police officers paid a second visit to Malaysiakini's office yesterday, a year after the probe was initiated. [VIDEO INSIDE]

However, its deputy chief commissioner Mohd Shukri Abdull remains tight-lipped if revelations by Deepak provide new leads.

UPDATED 5.10PM Lim Guan Eng is not interested in such a dialogue and demands that the state BN Youth goes to court to prove he is corrupt.

The Penang chief minister fears that the unresolved issue of development in the area would be politicised by certain quarters.

Informal meeting between grassroots leaders failed to prevent the Tuesday night violence, says the local PAS leader.

UPDATED 3PM The PAS-linked NGO claims it is a bid by FGV to get the co-op to become Felda Holdings’ main shareholder.

Kelana Jaya Umno acting chief Yahya Bujang must explain why a condo sits on land BN claims was bought cheaply for the community.

The previously cheerful, active son of M'kini assistant editor who loved playing with his friends is now weak and frail, bedridden at home.

Niat chairperson Thasleem Mohamed Ibrahim says this was triggered by remarks made at the Umno general assembly.

Near-death experience of a political party.

FREE YOURSAY 'This was a chance lost to tell other marauding police officers that crime or no crime, a life is worth saving.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Somebody wants to make money and we consumers are suffering. Please remove the new meters and put the old ones back.'

BN says Guan Eng is afraid of PAS but the CM shoots back that his opponent has made a 'malicious and racist' statement.

UPDATED 1.16PM Lim Kit Siang ridicules Pemandu’s announced course for MPs on corruption as ‘barking up the wrong tree’.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Malaysia is one of the few places in the world where known criminals teach other people ethics and morality.'

PAS, among others, supports environmental activists preventing the local council from implementing the move to widen a road.

QUESTION TIME A much more lucrative deal and a bigger stage would have been too difficult for him to resist.

COMMENT Mutually beneficial relationship between Umno and the Armed Forces presents problems that should raise concerns.

Raub Australian Gold Mining issues legal notices to two Bukit Koman Anti-Cyanide Committee officials over ‘defamatory remarks'.

The Bribe Payer's Survey 2011 tracks companies in 30 countries, including 101 companies in Malaysia. We're worse than Nigeria.

Rais Yatim says the new working hours for postmen in Sabah and Sarawak will only be effective on Feb 1 as more time is required.