Archive - 31 January 2013

The police said today they would allow a second post-mortem to be carried out on a security guard whose death has turned controversial.

PM invites the public to rescue the state which he claims is getting 'hotter' due to rampant logging by the PAS-led state government.

The Information, Communications and Culture Ministry will do this by strengthening existing mediums, such as RTM radio stations and Radio Kenyalang, for rural areas. 

The NRD says that there are five discrepancies in the purpoted circular on sending unclaimed identity cards to Sabah.

'I thought PM would say something in his sleep, but he didn't.'

‘There is no difference in dissolving the state assembly after Chap Goh Meh or in March because the elections are almost here’.

UPDATED 6.35PM SABAH RCI A Tawau court officer helps him get the IC within a year of him promising to vote for BN.

Beef imports to Indonesia, in particularly from trading partner Australia, are tightly regulated by the government.

US-based International Lease Finance Corporation filed the petition after Batavia failed to pay US$4.68 million for the lease of several Airbus A330s.

MyWatch chairperson R Sri Sanjeevan claims police threatened to kill him and that no action is taken against cyber gambling in Jelebu.

Its GM Rosli Jaafar says state BN chief Teng Chang Yeow had made "untruthful and irresponsible criticism" on Penang's affordable housing programme.

UPDATED 5.10PM Foo Voon Kong says his wife has no criminal record and that there was no cause for police to shoot.

UPDATED 6.40PM They will take action against people who were not friendly, or they think were not friendly to them, says the former PM.

It was found dead of suspected poisoning, the latest in a series of fatalities that has shaken conservation efforts.

Four women tell their tales of woe, pleading to be recognised as citizens in the country where they were born and bred.

Selangor DAP slams Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad for continuing to run its ‘I Love BN’ video advertisements in their trains.

UPDATED 625PM TNB has finally decided to use an alternative route for its controversial high-tension wires project.

UPDATED 6.30PM If the recent S'pore by-election is any indication, cash handouts by the Najib gov't won't help BN much, notes a researcher.

UPDATED 3.50PM ‘Najib has been doing a decent job, and Umno is likely to reclaim the Malay heartland in the next general polls,’ Abdullah said.

Andrew Leong, from Subang Jaya, who was driving to work on a corn farm in Queensland, died when their cars plunged into a swollen river on Sunday.

The proposed acquisition of water firms by Selangor is deemed a normal business transaction, and Putrajaya won't interfere.

UPDATED 3PM SABAH RCI An NRD director testifies that records show some 600 blue IC numbers are being used by more than one person.

UPDATED 3.25PM Christians, who make up 40pct of East Malaysia's electorate, are increasingly politically aware, says Denison.

Apart from the duo, statements were also recorded from a number of individuals, says state police chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi.

COMMENT I am confident Hindraf will not betray the cause of equal rights, non-discrimination and justice it has been valiantly fighting for.

They are Pahang, Kelantan, Terengganu, Selangor and Kedah, says Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad chairperson Mohd Tajol Rosli Ghazali.

'We will do this by ensuring the highest possible voter-turnout on Malaysian soil and casting our votes in full force'.

This, warns PM Najib, will lead to the value of currency to drop, inflation, crippled tourism and a country’s security to become unstable.

The Bachok MP says becoming a candidate is not a big agenda item for him as whatever is entrusted, one must perform the task well.

Questions of the police’s racial bias.

UPDATED 2PM The directive for unused and uncollected MyKads to be sent to Sabah is false, says the home minister.

UPDATED 4.25PM Tensions arose as 30 red IC holders were prevented from entering the state NRD office to protest their status.

FREE YOURSAY 'If BN wins it's business as usual as in the past five decades. The people have to decide if that's what they really want.'

COMMENT What does the future hold for Malaysia under such an indecisive leader as Najib Abdul Razak?

Proponents of Malaysia Secular Forum say civil society cannot flourish without clear church-state separation.

FREE YOURSAY 'There is progress. During his time, Nasir Yusof came by lorry. Nowadays, air-conditioned buses are provided.'

Prof Syed Farid fields questions on Protestant Islam, and whether there is a need to ‘protestanise' the religion in Malaysia.

FREE YOURSAY 'They will now have to share the cake with the millions of instant bumis from the Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan...'

The country's financial situation must precarious if a 15-percent hike in oil royalty to Sarawak can bankrupt the federal gov't.

Meanwhile, MIC seeks to assist Sugumar's family to appoint an independent pathologist for the second post-mortem.

His flight was blocked by a M'sian police commissioner on orders from ‘higher ups', says the Philippine justice secretary.