Archive - 29 May 2013

Malaysia Young Journalists Club feels the gov’t must come down hard on Malaysiakini to prevent it from disrupting unity.

Sarawak police releases the list of 11 passengers feared missing when an express boat capsized in the Rajang River, near Belaga, yesterday.

The MIC deputy president says the writer of the article should have got his views before writing an article with ‘far-reaching implications’.

After serving four terms as Johor menteri besar, Abdul Ghani Othman is speculated to be appointed chairperson of Sime Darby Bhd.

Malacca state financial officer Naim Abu Bakar has been appointed as the Malacca state secretary effective June 1.

Two former Perak assemblypersons were acquitted and discharged by the Sessions Court in Ipoh on three counts of corruption.

These will go on until the authorities fulfil the three demands of the people, including resignation of the Election Commission heads, says Johari Abdul.

The police report is over a statement made by Nurul Izzah Anwar linking him to the purchase of 4.856 hectares of land in Bukit Kiara.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan underwent surgery to treat a shoulder injury he suffered while performing stunts for an upcoming film, his aides said today.

Ahmad Shabery Cheek says with the screening of the film on statehood, the people would be able to evaluate the message it contained.

SAC Amar Singh Ishar Singh says they had been reassigned to desk duties at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters so as to facilitate the probe.

Rafizi Ramli reveals two police reports were lodged by counting agents over how ballots at one centre were counted early while at another, rejected.

Judge Rozina Ayob made the decision after being informed by her father that she and Nik Nazmi were relatives.

Petaling Jaya Sessions Court Judge Rozina Ayub says she is related to PKR's Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and thus cannot hear the case.

The state PKR Youth chief says having a 'positive' attitude in accepting criticisms will help enhance cooperation between the Pakatan allies.

The minister in the PM's Dept claims his officer wasn't trying to settle the case out of court, but to offer assistance to the family. [VIDEO]

The coalition denies involvement in the rally, but says it has no problem with the ‘civil society movement’, or the use of the Bersih moniker.

Opposing the deal, Matang’s ex-CFO claims many shareholders are dead or have moved, not highly educated and ‘do not know what is going on’.

The death of drug addict suspect R Jamesh Ramesh in Penang police custody is yet another number in the statistics of such deaths.

UPDATED 5.20PM SABAH RCI An academician, who has conducted a study, traces the declining tolerance to drastic changes in the state’s population.

UNHCR will hear from NGOs Suaram and Aliran tomorrow on how various rights, such as to freedom of expression, have been 'severely restricted'.

Cops did not inform the Legal Aid Foundation when they arrested Dharmendran, who later died in police custody.

UPDATED 6.40PM Khalid Abu Bakar should have made public the cause of the death in custody, agrees a senior federal counsel.

KINIBIZ Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) is understood to be in talks with Bank Negara Malaysia to give up its building society licence.

AirAsia X chairperson Rafidah Aziz has belatedly weighed into the spat, to distance the airline from a comment by the CEO.

It is a tragic proof of the failure of equitable development in Sarawak after 50 years, says DAP's Lim Kit Siang.

SABAH RCI According to its chief engineer Quirine @ Quirinos Jokinol, this is because threats have been made against its workers.

Ongoing arrests of opposition leaders and NGO activists reminiscent of the 1987 Operasi Lalang crackdown, warns Suaram.

What the people want, says DAP national adviser Lim Kit Siang, is the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission.

UPDATED 2.10PM SABAH RCI Lim Yit Tiu, who held this refugee document for about 10 years, says he paid this ‘levy’ every year.

Prosecutors say the Liberty Reserve is believed to be the largest online money-laundering case in history, the New York Times reports.

The law professor implicated in the sex-for-grades case has been found guilty of corruption after a trial that spanned five months.

DAP and PKR to get three seats each in exco and PAS four, while sultan's demand for six Malay exco members will be met.

He's clearly reputationally dead.

UPDATED 5.20PM Sarawak Police Commissioner Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani says 179 other passengers managed to swim to shore.

This is the first broken promise of the BN election manifesto: car prices will not be lowered until after GE14 due in 2018.

UPDATED 12.40AM Tian, Tamrin, Haris, Hishamuddin Rais and student activist Safwan Anang all claim trial. [VIDEO]

COMMENT It should continue to strengthen its multicultural and ‘welfare state’ policies, not get into ethnic politics or vote buying.

UPDATED 12.17PM Former info minister Zainuddin Maidin also blogged about how a turning BN into a single party won't work.

COMMENT There's little room for error with households paying up to 60% of their disposable income on debt repayments.

FREE YOURSAY 'Reduce one percent every year until the fifth year, then promise to reduce the remaining 25 percent if BN is re-elected. Brilliant.'

COMMENT The case that has thrown the shameful failings of a core state institution into relief is that of Professor Tey Tsun Hang.

FREE YOURSAY 'Five years would be GE time and BN would be dangling the same carrot to hoodwink the rakyat once more.'

P Waythamoorthy would understand the concerns and needs of NGOs, claims a contingent of four groups from Penang and Kedah.

FREE YOURSAY 'In badminton, there is a level playing ground for both sides. The referee and linesmen are neutral.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Hindraf dropping the demand of a cessation to custodial deaths is as good as giving BN the green light for...'

FREE YOURSAY 'I am very sure our Agong and our sultans know what is going on in the EC. I hope they will help the rakyat...'