Archive - 13 December 2012

He details how, within a few hours, he allegedly executed Najib's instructions to turn Bala around. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The birth certificates were alleged to have been issued during a mobile operation by the NRD in the Semporna area.

Food manufacturers have pledged to limit advertising products that don't meet nutritional criteria for children aged 12 and below, says health minister.

UPDATED 7.05PM Indian Rights Action Team notes Malaysia does not have a system to look into citizenship applications in an objective manner.

Repeal controversial regulations that infringe upon the rights of non-Muslims, the two long-time political rivals tell Kelantan government.

DEWAN NEGARA The Education Ministry says this can prevent individuals from getting involved in corrupt practices when they enter working life.

'I gave up my post in Umno Youth long before I joined the EC,' says Sabah EC deputy director of operations Aksyah Nasrah.

Based on the list of candidates, more than half of the contenders are either members of Parliament or assemblypersons, or both.

This is after the High Court is informed that his mother’s lawyer, R Sivarasa, has been admitted to hospital after fainting yesterday.

Reveal plan to convert radioactive wastes into commercially safe products that will be exported, 80 NGOs demand of Lynas.

Kong says the Transport Ministry’s doors are closed to discussions with Pakatan-led state gov'ts, but not to organisations.

We must get out of the glass shell.

Besides his mother, police also record the statement of the three-year-old victim’s stepmother, who recorded the abuse some two months ago.

He says no one has asked the cabinet to make the temporary operating licence for Lynas Corp available for public scrutiny.

In doing this, the DAP can prove that it is truly sincere in wanting to gain Malay support, says the Penang Malay Congress.

UPDATED 2.44PM Surendran says the minister's claim is proof that BN is turning stateless M'sian citizens into non-citizens.

Pakatan Rakyat, too, must avoid repeating the Republicans' mistakes, losing twice after losing sight of the middle ground.

COMMENT It's a government department feeding the citizens a staple diet of championing Malay supremacy and lauding Umno.

‘This is a failure of NRD. Neither the NRD, Home Ministry nor the government are going to resolve it,' says PKR's N Surendran.

COMMENT A former crony's threat to expose dirty linen from the Altantuya murder leaves the PM and his wife dangling by a thread.

Most other developed nations, says DAP’s Tony Pua, have far less than eight players in the industry, yet remain highly competitive and innovative.

FREE YOURSAY 'Can you define indecent behaviour in public? Holding hands? Putting the arm around a woman's waist? Hugging?'

QUESTION TIME The lure of a new newspaper, an equity stake and becoming the supremo once again were too enticing.

Penang pledges RM2.3 million for women's development; a state level Women's Ministry in Komtar.

FREE YOURSAY 'Many of the ills the country is facing today are due largely to the misguided policy of Mahathir during his 22-year reign.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘So, why are Malaysians earning much less than Singaporeans? Singapore does not have natural resources, nor the NEP, or whatever...'

The seriousness and attention given to the case by Hong Kong's ICAC indicate that full investigation will follow, says Rafizi.

FREE YOURSAY 'If Lynas is now claiming that they will convert the waste into a commercially safe product, does that not...'

EXCLUSIVE Deepak drops another bombshell - he claims that payments to Bala came from PM's younger brother, Nazim.

While not required to call a by-election within any fixed time-frame, Lee Hsien Loong says he’ll decide based on what is best for the country.