Archive - 28 March 2013

A Sulu militant was shot dead after he assaulted Malaysian security forces personnel with a machete in Semporna today.

She says Selangor is only one of the states being considered but it's far from decided as ‘it can be any state assembly seat’.

Almost 500 houses at a water village in Kampung Numbak, Sepanggar near Kota Kinabalu were destroyed in a fire last night.

NS state election director Afizam Abdullah Sani handed the notification to EC chief Abdul Aziz in Putrajaya.

Perak PAS deputy chief Asmuni Awi suspects that the authorities wanted to delay the party truck from its arrival at various programmes.

Amanda Natasha Nur Rania Alya, Meor Muhammad Azrai Tufail and Sharifah Nur Arissa Zulaikha Damia are among popular names parents choose for their chidlren.

Running its own servers and with round-the-clock programming, it's a cohesive and concerted effort to showcase party propaganda.

A total of 370 residents in five villages blighted by the intrusion received a compassionate aid of RM1,000 from the federal gov't today.

'We don't know the cost yet,' says Defence Minister Zahid. But industry sources said it could run into billions of dollars.

However Wan Salleh Wan Isa denies the charge by Kedah Anti-corruption Action Group, saying he had not received a sen from party HQ.

The Cheras Umno chief says he is listed in a PKR poster as a ‘political analyst’ due to speak at a ceramah tomorrow.

Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd managing director Bashir Ahmad Abdul Majid has requested the board to seek a suitable successor.

UPDATED 7.07PM Negri Sembilan MB Mohamad Hasan says the new caretaker government will still, however, take care of the welfare of  the people.

Defence Minsiter Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says these include six gov’t contracts, three letters of acceptance by the ministry, 11 MoAs and four MoUs.

Bukit Aman says Papagomo was no longer a postal voter after he was sacked from the police force in September 2012.

Zainon, affectionately known as ‘Pak Non’, breathed his last at 2.25pm yesterday at Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital.

Penang Malay Congress advises the state to listen to the views of experts and to first obtain an Environmental Impact Assessment.

China’s naval patrol ships in the seas around the Spratlys come uncomfortably close, but deny firing on a Vietnamese fishing boat.

There are reasons why Najib Abdul Razak has not dissolved Parliament and there are several matters to be finalised, Dr Mahathir says.

KINIBIZ Those living in the KL area enjoyed the largest income growth, earning RM3,000 more than the national average in 2009.

EC has no power to draft guidelines or instruct AG to do so as he comes under the PM's Department, says the EC chief.

The Court of Appeal puts a case involving controversial Billion Venture on hold until the Federal Court decides on a similar landmark case.

Blocked in the morning, the anti-graft panel manages to raid the office in the afternoon, with a little help from the local police.

Thai DPM and Finance Minister Kittirat Na-Ranong says that Thailand is now among the world’s top ten automobile production bases.

In Germany, the federal office for information technology security called it the largest mass attack that the office had ever seen.

KINIBIZ The company's accounts - since it was set up in late February 2009 - show a different picture to what 1MDB's website paints.

He says the national car maker must start to inject more models into the local market, to post a challenge to foreign car makers.

UPDATED 1.05PM Has it led to racial strife? I don't know. You had better check the facts before reporting on that, he says.

UPDATED 1.29PM UK presenter Ben Fogle has put his involvement on hold till he gets a clearer picture of alleged S'wak corruption.

The state executive committee and himself will continue to function as the caretaker state government, says Menteri Besar Mohamad Hasan.

Najib Abdul Razak has committed a 'democratic crime' by putting off calling for GE13, says the Islamic party's veep Mahfuz Omar.

FREE YOURSAY ‘If only Najib had declared such an intention, instead of putting the nation on election alert over the last five years.'

Instead of spying on their own; wasting funds on arms, the resources could be spent on providing better national security and fighting crime.

FREE YOURSAY ‘The automatic dissolution provision was meant to be a safety barrier, in case a ‘recalcitrant' executive is unwilling to call for polls.'

FREE YOURSAY 'If BN wants to see real reform, they need more like Saifuddin. He is one BN leader whom I will urge all to vote for.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Her bizarre interpretation is that since the film has not been approved for public view, no action can be taken.'

Bersih laments that phantom voters and electoral fraud have spawned xenophobic and racist attacks against migrants.

COMMENT Najib discovers there's no dividends from a disinclination to offend Mahathir and his dismal dithering over GE13 date.