Archive - 4 February 2013

They are not under the patronage of stronger youth bodies and also failed to submit their annual statements to the Registrar of Youth, says minister.

A visiting delegation from that country expresses this hope during a courtesy call on Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

UPDATED 11PM It will gather detailed information on cause of the death and expedite the process to bring back the body.

SAPP’s proposal to issue ICs to qualified M'sians in Sabah once they have formed the state gov't is impractical, says Sabah DCM Yahya Hussin.

Iqbal Ameer, the son of Mydin hypermarket chain owner Ameer Ali, says his firm booked Psy for an event in Sepang, not Penang.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang today declined to comment on calls from various quarters to review the sacking of Nasharudin Mat Isa as a member of the party’s ulama syura council.

A woman, accused of running a Sydney brothel, told six Malaysian women she held in alleged “sexual servitude”, they had to perform sex acts to settle debts they incurred in coming to Australia, a court was told.

The health minister says Oeko Institute's report commissioned by a local NGO involves technical matters which was beyond him.

Justice O'Hara has set July 5 for both parties to submit their respective witnesses’ statements before the commencement of the trial.

The three-member panel unanimously dismisses Utusan Malaysia’s appeal and orders it to pay an additional RM20,000 in costs.

The date is set pending disposal of his appeal against the High Court's rejection of his application to strike out the Bafia charge.

Motorists using 24 expressways during the Chinese New Year will enjoy toll rebates and discounts of between five and 37.5pct.

The revolution against several Arab gov'ts, dubbed Arab Spring, can also take place in Malaysia if we are not strict, he warns.

Hadi says that questions on this should be directed to the Home Ministry which controls the publication of Malay bibles.

The suit is over Abdul Khalid and the Selangor government’s failure to provide free water as promised in the opposition coalition’s 2008 manifesto.

The Penang Development Corporation accuses state BN head Teng Chang Yeow of lying about the delivery of units and the price range.

Sungai Air Tawar assemblyperson Raja Ideris Raja Ahmad says he would decline to be fielded for the sixth time in the next general election.

That is, if it continues to operate after the 13th general election, says the leader of environs group Himpunan Hijau.

‘While Malaysians were celebrating the New Year, their gov't was forcibly returning Uighur asylum seekers to a dangerously uncertain fate in China.’

As at Jan 29, 2013, 12 confirmed cases of Influenza A(H1N1) had been reported compared to only 12 confirmed cases for 2012.

MPSP says the tourism minister has no respect for the law and has insulted the workers who were carrying out their duties.

UPDATED 3.30PM A case in point is the lukewarm response of 300 parents who were told to vote for the BN at an event.

A message has been copied and pasted on almost all of Psy’s recent Facebook updates by many Malaysian users.

As the PM was elected by the people, Malacca CM Ali Rustam says such act disrespects the principles of democracy embedded in the constitution.

It says no one has been withdrawn from contesting in the coming general election or bought over, as claimed by the state BN.

The South Korean singer’s appearance on Feb 11, says CM Lim Guan Eng, will attract local and international tourists to the state.

As of 0102 GMT, MISC was 17.3pct higher at RM5.22 per share, outperforming the country's benchmark stock index’s 0.54pct rise.

The chief secretary to the government, Dr Ali Hamsa, says in a statement that the Agong has consented to the reappointment.

Ready to pick up where the Tunku left off?

Sec-gen Lim Guan Eng is confident that the party’s submission of its annual statement to the Registrar of Societies will be hassle-free and on time.

DAP's Tony Pua says the latest RM120 million allocation shows the incompetence of Syabas and BN’s support for its cronies.

UPDATED 12.35PM Sugumar’s family has also written to the PM seeking the required authorisation for a second post-mortem.

Surendran says Najib must first come to grips with the stateless issue and custodial deaths that largely affect Indians.

FREE YOURSAY 'The constitution has made it clear, so have the courts and so has Pakatan Rakyat. PAS wants to differ, let it.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Like an unfaithful wife who had been sleeping around, Nasha should not just get a divorce but be kicked out of the family home.'

FREE VOXPOP 'They want to retain a rent-seeker culture and continue a kingdom where only a few enjoy the feast...'

FREE YOURSAY 'It is now confirmed that there was, and still is, a Project IC. Of course, no one's responsible, it just happened by chance.'