Archive - 12 December 2012

Dismiss temple demolition SMS, Indians in Perak told

Dismiss temple demolition SMS, Indians in Perak told

MB Zambry Abdul Kadir says some people are out to provoke anger among the community following the demolition of a temple in Selangor.
834 non-Muslim couples register marriages on 12.12.12

834 non-Muslim couples register marriages on 12.12.12

Meanwhile in Putrajaya, 114 couples register their marriages at a mass wedding, themed 'Celebrate Love 121212', organised by the NRD.
Police detain mechanic in child abuse video clip

Police detain mechanic in child abuse video clip

His three-year-old stepchild is warded at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained during the abuse.
Ministry may create laws to monitor foreign funding

Ministry may create laws to monitor foreign funding

DEWAN NEGARA So far, the ministry, through the CCM, was limited to supervising laws under the Companies Act and Business Registration Act.
Confusion reigns over Lynas' waste disposal plans

Confusion reigns over Lynas' waste disposal plans

NONE Since February, there has been a series of conflicting statements coming out of Putrajaya and Sydney on Lynas' waste.
Deepak to release 'tell-all booklet' on Rosmah

Deepak to release 'tell-all booklet' on Rosmah

NONE He is writing a 26-page tell-all booklet in which he will link Rosmah with the saga of murdered Mongolian woman Altantuya.
M'sia wants human rights issue omitted from ITR

M'sia wants human rights issue omitted from ITR

Dr Rais Yatim says only 28 of the 193 International Telecommunication Union member states registered support to include human rights issue in the draft.
Why now, Hisham asks former IGP Musa

Why now, Hisham asks former IGP Musa

NONE UPDATED 8.20PM Hisham questions timing of the former IGP’s move in raising various issues ahead of the general election.
Sitar legend Ravi Shankar dies at 92

Sitar legend Ravi Shankar dies at 92

He passed away yesterday in hospital in San Diego, California, where he had undergone an operation to replace a heart valve.

Four AES cameras vandalised in Perak

Four AES cameras vandalised in Perak

The state Road Transport Department claims the cameras, installed since October, have either been damaged or splashed with paint.
Reflect neutrality in analyses, Khalid tells JP Morgan

Reflect neutrality in analyses, Khalid tells JP Morgan

The menteri besar says changing the federal government is the only way to reverse Malaysia's poor economic performance.
Show how RM540mil for Tamil schools was spent

Show how RM540mil for Tamil schools was spent

Personal Data Protection Act comes into force Jan 1

Personal Data Protection Act comes into force Jan 1

Deputy Minister Joseph Salang says the Personal Data Protection Department was established last year to administer the legislation.
K'tan puts off enforcement of by-law for hair salons

K'tan puts off enforcement of by-law for hair salons

The Kelantan government has postponed the implementation of licensing terms involving hair salons owned by non-Muslims.   
MACC quiz Tee Yong over Talam deal

MACC quiz Tee Yong over Talam deal

The MACC recorded statements from Chua Tee Yong, who is one of the harshest critic of the Talam debt restructuring deal.
Feb 18 case management for Nurul Izzah's defamation suit

Feb 18 case management for Nurul Izzah's defamation suit

NONE High Court judge VT Singham set the date in the presence of Nurul Izzah's and Utusan's lawyers.
MCMC: Syed Mokhtar's firm needed 4G start-up aid

MCMC: Syed Mokhtar's firm needed 4G start-up aid

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission also denies that the company received the 'lion's share' of the bandwidth.
3,011 single mums sue Selangor gov't for RM16mil

3,011 single mums sue Selangor gov't for RM16mil

This is the second bsuit filed on the basis that Pakatan Rakyat had 'breached' a pledge in its manifesto for the 2008 general election.
'Rare earths safe, or we'd be brainless by now'

'Rare earths safe, or we'd be brainless by now'

NONE UPDATED 10.58PM While the Lynas plant is 'harmless', Dr Mahathir Mohamad says there are those who will play up such non-issues.
Lim derides Soi Lek's durian feast in Penang

Lim derides Soi Lek's durian feast in Penang

NONE Chua Soi Lek should have visited the troubled Tanjung City Marina project instead of indulging in a durian fest, says the Penang CM.
Aunty Mei arrested after demanding Adnan's apology

Aunty Mei arrested after demanding Adnan's apology

NONE UPDATED 8.02PM She had gone to Pahang MB Adnan Yaakob’s office but he rebuffed her - police then detained her and a friend.
S'pore speaker admits extramarital affair, resigns

S'pore speaker admits extramarital affair, resigns

UPDATED 4.05PM Michael Palmer also quit his seat in Parliament and membership in the ruling People's Action Party.
Phang: I've no power to influence police transfers

Phang: I've no power to influence police transfers

NONE UPDATED 3.40PM Denying Musa’s claim he had a senior cop transferred, he says this paints him as having ‘supernatural powers’.

Cuepacs: Give extension to 50,000 contract workers

Cuepacs: Give extension to 50,000 contract workers

Their contract with the gov't expires at the end of the year and Cuepacs is requesting that their employment be continued.
Fresh anti-Lynas campaign with polls focus

Fresh anti-Lynas campaign with polls focus

UPDATED 4.25PM A highlight will be efforts to prevent the Barisan Nasional from taking Putrajaya again in the general election.
Karpal: PAS must clarify gender segregation issue

Karpal: PAS must clarify gender segregation issue

NONE He says PAS leader Abdul Hadi Awang must make public the party's stand, not leave the matter to the Kelantan exco.
'Explain plunge in maths, science scores or quit'

'Explain plunge in maths, science scores or quit'

UPDATED 2.25PM Malaysia’s scores worst among 42 countries and education minister must resign if he can't explain this, says Pakatan Rakyat.
CID chief denies home minister meddles with police

CID chief denies home minister meddles with police

Mohd Bakri Zinin also goes on to maintain that the police never practise favouritism in their investigations, reports Berita Harian.
Our economy grew highest during NEP, says Dr M

Our economy grew highest during NEP, says Dr M

NONE UPDATED 4.50PM The ex-premier reasons that to say the New Economic Policy discouraged growth is to deny that fact.
Come to our housing rescue, Malays tell Penang BN Youth

Come to our housing rescue, Malays tell Penang BN Youth

Penang Malay Congress defies BN Youth to take issue on 235 units of low-cost flats that should have been built in Teluk Kumbar in 2005.
BN goes into begging mode

BN goes into begging mode

It remains hopeful of another term.
February trial date for cops in Indonesian woman rape case

February trial date for cops in Indonesian woman rape case

Sessions Court judge Meor Sulaiman Ahmad Tarmizi will hear the case on Feb 25 and 26, as he says the case was of public interest and must be expedited.
Calling the government's bluff on Lynas

Calling the government's bluff on Lynas

NONE This was done when ‘Mashal of Lynas openly admitted that international law doesn't allow for exportation of radioactive waste'.
TOL does not require export of waste, Lynas insists

TOL does not require export of waste, Lynas insists

NONE The company has undertaken this voluntarily ‘to appease the anxiety of the people’, says executive chairperson Nicholas Curtis.
MIC views Sg Siput recapture as emblem of revival

MIC views Sg Siput recapture as emblem of revival

COMMENT The party is eyeing the recapture of its former bastion as a springboard for a return to its parliamentary eminence.
Islamic law and non-Muslims in Kelantan

Islamic law and non-Muslims in Kelantan

COMMENT We expected the top PAS leadership to correct the gender segregation rule for non-Muslims, and quickly too. But why didn't they?
Minor scuffle mars Putrajaya rally by the stateless

Minor scuffle mars Putrajaya rally by the stateless

NONE UPDATED 6.55PM March to the National Registration Department headquarters was in support of their claims to citizenship.
Best to bury Lynas waste in Pahang MB's backyard

Best to bury Lynas waste in Pahang MB's backyard

NONE FREE YOURSAY 'If the waste is not dangerous, why bother to send it out of this country? Indeed, Australia has refused the waste.'
The MIC's extremely bitter harvest

The MIC's extremely bitter harvest

NONE COMMENT 'MIC's failure is not one of ‘race' but one of ‘class'. This should surprise nobody since the noxious fumes of ‘caste' has...'
Rosmah can be famous, but not at taxpayers' expense

Rosmah can be famous, but not at taxpayers' expense

NONE FREE YOURSAY 'Biographies are written for famous people who have done great deeds for humankind, and are not written by oneself.'
Tee Yong  diverts by accusing others of diversion

Tee Yong diverts by accusing others of diversion

NONE FREE YOURSAY 'You ignore the corrupted land deals that happened in your party's backyard and yet you call DAP hypocrites.'
Gerakan team let hair down in Kota Baru salon

Gerakan team let hair down in Kota Baru salon

NONE UPDATED 3.05PM Gerakan's David Choong had his hair cut by a female hairdresser, but the state exco has since suspended the ruling.
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