Archive - 5 June 2013

While it's Umno member's prerogative, he expresses confidence it will not affect the position of the current Umno president and deputy.

On the ninth day of the search and rescue (SAR) operation for victims of the Kawan Mas express boat which sank in the Rajang River last week, three Buddhist monks who were brought in from Wan Velurachin, Thonburi, Bangkok are also participating in the search.

Lee, 33, who filed the suit through the legal firm of Messrs Harjit Sandhu at the Civil High Court registry in Kuala Lumpur, named DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng as the defendant.

Petron Malaysia today disclosed to Bursa Malaysia that Mirzan Mahathir does not own any shares nor does he have any role in the company.

P Uthayakumar's wife is experiencing mixed feelings - she is saddened that he was jailed, but is proud of his steadfast resolve.

MPK committee member Suhaimi Sulong says the victim was only slightly hurt and was allowed to leave the hospital the next day.

Petroliam Nasional Bhd, Malaysia’s state oil firm, expects pre-tax profit of RM89 billion (US$28.76 billion) this year, equal to last year.

MCA president urges netizens to be careful so as to avoid being 'manipulated' by those trying to 'incite hate' for political reasons.

UPDATED 5PM The seven-member task force will meet on June 11 to examine the custodial death cases of N Dhamendran and R Jamesh Ramesh. [VIDEO]

In a strange twist of fate, one brother is sworn-in as a deputy minister and another goes to jail on the same day. [VIDEO]

COMMENT Custodial deaths continue to rally an outcry for the IPCMC. But will it work when the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission itself does not?

The RM10mil suit against ex-IGP Rahim Noor and six others was resolved after both parties reached an out-of-court settlement.

UPDATED 5.20PM The state will hold talks with federal officers by the end of the week in the search of a solution, says Selangor MB.

UPDATED 5.15PM However, Khalid Ibrahim notes that Saifuddin's exact role in the state government will be determined at a meeting of PKR leaders.

MCMC says it cannot be hasty to emulate countries like China to block sites like Facebook as there are many considerations to be made.

EC deputy chairperson Wan Ahmad Wan Omar says that the freedom would definitely be abused by people with vested interests.

Head of Tesso Nillo National Park, Kupin Simbolon, says the poison residue was found in the stomach of the elephants’ carcasses.

Meanwhile, it is reported that deputy state secretary (development) Khazali Din, 58, is to take over as the state financial officer.

UPDATED 4.45PM A RM1 million dramatised version of ‘Interlok’ is in the works, re-igniting the ire of those opposed to the novel.

His counsel says Anwar would be calling four witnesses. Wan Muhammad Azri is expected to call two witnesses.

He urges the Transport Ministry to reveal details of an audit, and says MAHB must bear responsibility for the 'embarrasment'.

UPDATED 5.44PM Three policemen were today charged with the murder of N Dhamendran while he was in their custody. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 1PM It has a constitutional duty to clear the air and to nullify the polls results if the allegation is true, notes Rafizi.

UPDATED 1.10PM It accuses the daily of ‘front-paging lies' in order to ‘drive its owner's agenda of having the DAP deregistered'.

PM Najib is certifiably nuts.

UPDATED 1.15PM It may settle for Padang Merbok in order to prevent drawn-out negotiations with the authorities.

‘The EC has no power to investigate cases like this and will hand it over to the police,’ says its deputy chairperson Wan Ahmad.

The intensifying competition in Malaysia is part of a wider battle for low cost carrier dominance between AirAsia and Lion Air.

Prosecuting activists for peaceful protests a mockery of Najib's promises for a rights-respecting gov't, says Human Rights Watch.

Accused of publishing seditious material in a letter to the British PM in 2007, the Hindraf founder has refused to continue his defence.

UPDATED 5.35PM The newly sworn-in senator says it is also a 'sign of honour' for the long struggle of Indian Malaysians. [VIDEO]

Having been totally wiped out of its Penang base, the party will hold elections for its state leaders in September and national leaders in October.

COMMENT An ecological emergency confronts Malaysians, who must translate consciousness to a sense of political and public purpose.

Badrul Hisham Shaharin is accused of failing to notify police about the rally, under Section 9(1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act. [VIDEO]

FREE YOURSAY ‘Asking why is DAP so scared of deregistration is akin to asking an Indian why he is scared of being killed in a police lock-up.'

COMMENT It can amend electoral rules for the next GE, provided Parliament passes these in compliance with the constitution.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Perhaps that is what you get when you have to scrape the bottom of the barrel for choice of cabinet ministers.'

FREE VOXPOP 'PAP is the twin brother of Umno when it comes to oppression of the opposition as both know that their days are numbered.'

COMMENT Both indirection and projecting onto others what it itself is responsible for undermines its grasp on reality.