Archive - 4 June 2013

MBPJ has set conditions for developers to build tactile paths in an effort to make PJ more disabled friendly.

Malaysians want immediate action by the cabinet to end the outrageously high rate of deaths in police custody, says DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang.

Segamat MCA chief says had Pakatan taken over Johor, such policies would have turned ‘economically-successful Johor into the next Kelantan’.

UPDATED 6.50PM PKR will call a press conference tomorrow to announce the venue and details of the rally, says the Pandan MP.

An aide to Azmin Ali was interrogated over a YouTube clip, apparently on orders of the Attorney-General's Chambers.

UPDATED 5.40PM Facilities are only for the use of MPs, says the new minister in charge, who will table a motion in the new session.

The family of Karuna Nithi claims his body had fresh swollen marks, bruises and blood in his ears, when they saw his body on Sunday.

If a street rally is needed to help set up the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC), so be it, he says.

COMMENT Malaysians should keep their eyes on whether Najib will allow Section 9A to be repealed, not on another parliamentary select committee.

UPDATED 6.20PM A state BN candidate bought ballot papers from EC officers and voted on their behalf, claims PKR's Rafizi Ramli. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 5.17PM For all the talk of ‘new politics’, this will not extend to BN MPs being allowed to vote on conscience.

Minister Paul Low sought feedback over matters concerning custodial death in order to raise the issue in cabinet.

UPDATED 5.15PM NGOs calling for Pakatan MPs to head the committee have no power to do so, says Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz.

As such, the NGO questions the minister's rationale for considering a new law to regulate such portals.

Billionaire Vincent Tan has not ruled out the possibility of listing Cardiff City Football Club and 7-Eleven to raise funds.

Popular 1950s comedy actor S Shamsuddin, affectionately known as Sudin, of ‘Bujang Lapuk’ fame, died in Singapore this morning.

Dr Chin Fook Weng says the election process would begin with elections at the branch level tomorrow (June 5).

UPDATED 4.35PM Khalid Samad says his blog posting made no mention of the word ‘kelewatan’ (delay), as this did not arise.

The secondary school teacher based in Gelang Patah will be temporarily based at the Johor Bahru district education department.

UPDATED 3.55PM SAMM and several other NGOs in organising the May 25 rally had defied a government crackdown and warnings.

UPDATED 4.24PM Khalid Samad says he sent a letter to the Public Works Department in February, requesting a site visit.

DAP regrets Ahmad Shabery Cheek is starting off his tenure by breaking BN's earliest promise, says sec-gen Lim Guan Eng.

S Ambiga also stresses that Bersih maintains its stand that everyone has the constitutional right to hold a rally.

UPDATED 2.55PM The International Trade and Industries Ministry has not sufficiently consulted the public, claims the Malay economic group.

UPDATED 3.22PM Comply first with provisions of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, reminds the home minister.

UPDATED 3.15PM There are claims the present set-up is better than the IPCMC, says Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi.

UPDATED 4PM But the home minister says he is not threatening to deregister the party, which has fallen foul of the ROS.

How about win-win-win instead.

UPDATED 4.45PM The female suspect is being held by police to assist in investigations, and may face charges under two laws.

The people had no other choice in GE13, which was why Umno won more seats in Parliament, says ex-PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

ADUN SPEAKS The federal government’s copycat plan to restrict free flow of information in cyberspace only shows how ‘kiasu’ it is.

COMMENT ‘Once a man is in handcuffs, our men in blue are conditioned to think he is a worm, and their duty is to teach him a lesson.’

UPDATED 1.20PM The pressure group had written twice for an appointment, but director-general Alias Ahmad was 'at a meeting' this morning. [VIDEO]

Abdul Aziz Bari says even the Agong cannot deny the rights guaranteed by the constitution, including questioning of GE13 results.

COMMENT With just 1,000 days up to the 2016 general election, the PAP is no longer confident of doing better than it did in 2011.

A bitter Lim Guan Eng holds this view of the mudraking that has infuriated Taiwan-based Malaysian investor Pua Khein Seng.

UPDATED 2.10PM Home Ministry officers threatened sellers of court charges if the PAS journal is found in their premises, says Ahmad Lutfi.

The party mocks minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan's take on local government elections and his disregard for democracy.

COMMENT Soldered to a past from which it cannot disenthrall, the ruling party opts for the delusion rather than the reality of reform.

FREE YOURSAY 'Is Ahmad Shabery a secret agent of the Singapore government? Why is he following the law of Singapore?'

FREE YOURSAY 'It's pretty obvious really - you ban something because either you don't agree with it, or you are plain scared of it.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘This film comes at a suspiciously appropriate time after the blame on a certain community after GE13.'

COMMENT It is what the government of the day says or does not say, or does or does not do, that has brought the PDRM into a state of disrepute.