Archive - 9 July 2013

This is according to Transparency International's 2013 Global Corruption Barometer results released today.

Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said it was not in line with the federal constitution and would result in overlapping jurisdictions and laws.

A senior police officer threw some tantrums after Suhakam's chairperson explained his objection to reinstating the EO.

This is the first time in history EC is agreeing its returning officer was wrong to allow Tian Chua to contest, says his lawyer.

The Air Operations Unit of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) will receive a King Air aircraft equipped with radar in October to maintain security in of Eastern Sabah Safety Zone placed under the supervision of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom). 

Penang MCA accuses the CM of abusing his powers in appointing Nur Fitriah Abdul Halim as a councillor to make DAP appear multiracial.

Lawyer S Selvarajah for the Titular Roman Catholic Archbishop says the notice of motion was filed at the Court of Appeal registry yesterday.

UPDATED 7.10PM PARLIAMENT The home minister is left agitated by a question on police action over an assault allegation. [VIDEO]

PARLIAMENT Work to replace the existing pump in Kampung Baru in KL will be carried out to resolve the problem of flash floods in the area.

UPDATED 6.35PM The minister stresses that the programme is to allow the gov’t to understand the aspirations and views of the youth.

UPDATED 7.55PM Those who don't break the law should not be afraid of the Sedition Act 1948, says Jempol MP Isa Samad.

VT Singham in his judgment on the negligence suit filed by A Kugan's mother calls for the IPCMC, as recommended by the royal commission, to be set up soon.

UPDATED 11.12PM Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abdul Rahman of Umno will contest Azlan Yusof of PAS in the by-election. [VIDEO]

DAP will ignore the Selangor MB's instruction on 'partial declaration' and direct its exco members to declare their assets.

PARLIAMENT The speaker says that government affairs should take precedence over other matters, which includes discussions on A Kugan's death.

Internet freedom will not be stifled by the new regulations, Communications and Information Minister Yaacob Ibrahim tells Parliament.

The magistrate’s court in Kuala Lumpur today set Aug 2 for mention of a case involving three policemen accused of murdering a detainee last May 21.

Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin says Ayub Rahmat’s appointment brought to 10 the number of Johor state exco members.

UPDATED 4.35PM R Sivarasa says PKR will continue to repeat the accusation until someone is arrested over P Karuna Nithi's death.

UPDATED 4.20PM In the latest death in custody case, Cheong Fook Meng was said to have been involved in an altercation at a restaurant on July 4.

UPDATED 4.30PM Low should tell us how many ‘publicity-hungry politicians' have lodged reports and not given facts, he says. [VIDEO]

The survey found that on a worldwide basis political parties are considered to be the most corrupt institution, scoring 3.8 on a scale of 5.

UPDATED 4.10PM 'You are listening to the wrong person,' exclaims an exco member, objecting to Josie Fernandez. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 2.35PM State MACC director Samarajoo Manikam says the witnesses questioned by the commission ‘did not disclose an offence’.

UPDATED 3.20PM The people see a sharp drop in effectiveness in combatting corruption, notes a TI global survey.

Acting president Chang Ko Youn says Gerakan believes the gov't would be pro-active in widening democratic space by repealing the Act.

UPDATED 4.30PM PARLIAMENT The Transport Ministry says the cost for the project remains at RM4bil with RM3bil paid out so far.

UPDATED 4PM Rafizi looks at the sources of cash in hand and says the gov't may not recoup that lent to the company. [VIDEO]

New exco members are not required to declare assets obtained prior to their appointments due to security reasons, says the menteri besar.

The inquest is for the case of Cheah Chin Lee who was found dead in the lock-up of the Tanjung Tokong Police Station on Aug 13 last year.

UPDATED 4.27PM Former cabinet ministers Ng Yen Yen and Rais Yatim are the main subjects of Pakatan Rakyat’s scrutiny.

UPDATED 4.00PM This is Husam Musa's view of the education minister II's call for PAS to stay out of Kuala Besut by-election. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 3.52PM PARLIAMENT Anwar says not doing so will render the election petitions meaningless. [VIDEO]

He will be assisted by PAS’ central election director Hatta Ramli and Terengganu deputy commissioner Satiful Bahri Mamat.

Liew Chin Tong says there should be amendments to empower judges to replace the death sentence with jail time for drug mules.

Two examples of lack of logic.

Ramli Yusuff claims the 2007 articles published by the newspapers, among them Utusan Malaysia, NST and The Star, had defamed him.

ADUN SPEAKS Why confine them to council-owned buildings and the court complex, given the need to protect folk against crime?

The Department of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating why the lightning rod on Menara Umno fell off during a storm on June 13.

Based on police statistics, it makes no sense for the authorities to blame rising crime on the repeal of the Emergency Ordinance.

FREE YOURSAY ‘The seat must be contested even if the opposition were to lose. It is just to tell BN that they do not walk away...'

FREE YOURSAY ‘As for politics, let the best-qualified win. That guarantees stability, not some racial pre-setting of poll outcomes.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Fine, let it stay but then will it be applied to all seditious cases or is there an exception clause which exempts BN stooges...?'

The Khalid administration concedes that its Geran Selangorku programme was inefficient and the new committee will oversee it.