Archive - 31 July 2013

DPM Muhyiddin Yassin challenges the group to read every sentence in the blueprint for proof the gov't is trying to diminish the Chinese language.

50 representative of Taman Seri Pristana residents says SK Seri Pristana has achieved much success with Mohd Nasir Mohd Noor at the helm.

Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan tells Dewan Negara the disposal of the assets from 2004 to 2012 netted RM15.7 billion return.

Despite rising crime linked to its repeal, Umno vice-president Shafie Apdal says all quarters must first be consulted. 

UPDATED 11.15PM The DAP wants the ROS to provide grounds for ordering the party to hold fresh CEC elections. [VIDEO]

Malacca Chief Minister Idris Haron said the speed limit would be implemented starting tomorrow and will remain in force until Aug 18.

The reduced quota for all countries, is due to the upgrading of various facilities and the redevelopment of the city of Mecca.

The KL High Court says Joseph Sipalan need not reveal his sources for his article which had led to a legal dispute between two politicians.

Gobikrishnan says the police were mostly interested in his critical tweets, but not so much about the shooting of his friend Sanjeevan.

The party finds it strange that the Election Court has rejected 11 cases filed by the party, with same reasons and the same costs imposed.

The DPM should apologise for blaming non-Muslims without getting his facts right about the dog trainer's video, says Lim Kit Siang.

UPDATED 5.50PM Maznah Mohd Yusof has come under fire for a Hari Raya Aidilfitri greeting video she posted involving her dogs. [VIDEO]

Torrential monsoon rains in South-East Asia have triggered floods and landslides, killing at least 20 people and displacing thousands.

Malaysia’s top 10 oil and gas services firms by market capitalisation have been popular with investors this year, soaring an average 55pct so far.

The Umno leader's urging to use the Sedition Act over the canteen fiasco irks Chua. MIC and Gerakan also take him to task.

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KINIBIZ Three STC members have cried foul over the three resolutions passed at a recent EGM over the sale of the turf club land.

UPDATED 6.45PM 'Give Islam a chance to prove its ability to handle and curb the rising crime (rate),' says Nasrudin Hassan.

UPDATED 3.50PM Police have released CCTV stills of a bespectacled man in connection with the fatal shooting of Hussain Najadi.

Lim Guan Eng questions why the minister didn't urge a fresh GE when the EC erred over use of indelible ink but is insisting on new DAP polls.

Members of the Batu Kawan Farmers Association came to Komtar hand over a memorandum on their plight to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin says M'sians are mature enough and that no one should decide for them what they can or can't watch.

‘The New Village’ should not be screened to the public if it is seen as glorifying the CPM, says Kedah MB Mukhriz Mahathir.

UPDATED 2.25PM Citing past history, it says that any such law would pose 'grave danger to the civil and political rights of all Malaysians'.

According to Utusan Malaysia, Abdullah Hassan has claimed that the threats were made on the Facebook page 'Gerakan Anti Syiah Malaysia'.

DAP is still in the dark as to why it must hold fresh CEC elections as the letter it received yesterday made no mention of any reason.

It says revision of gun licences is required as this could be one way criminals are getting firearms despite tight gun controls.

Maznah Mohd Yusof denies that her video with dogs is an insult to Islam and is saddened that it has been misinterpreted.

Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim says the gov't had ‘refused’ to provide the number of staff in the Special Branch and Special Task Force.

The footage, which lasts 1 minute and 44 seconds, shows a  dog trainer named Chetz strolling near a mosque with three dogs.

The deputy prime minister urges that stern action be taken against the culprits for tarnishing the image and sanctity of Islam.

Strategically playing dumb again?

UPDATED 3PM This is in relation to the finding that he had defamed the senior lawyer Shafee in three articles in 2008.

UPDATED 2.24PM Her lawyer tells the High Court that the NRD has given her an identity card after almost 10 years. [VIDEO]

COMMENT Is this to ‘clear’ Umno head Najib Abdul Razak or because the appeal against the Altantuya murder conviction is coming up?

COMMENT BN lost Selangor with a larger margin in the just concluded GE and yet Umno does not seem to have learnt its lesson.

UPDATED 2.15PM The BN retained Kuala Selangor, Sungai Besar and Sabak Bernam, while PAS kept Sepang - these are all federal seats.

COMMENT Bureaucracy, power play and political correctness are all turn-offs to the creative mind, which will look elsewhere for support.

UPDATED 12.05PM In explaining herself to a MIC leader, she claimed to have also told Malay students to 'return to Indonesia'.

COMMENT ‘What kind of prison is this when a pillow and chair are substitute for medical treatment and that if a prisoner complains...'

FREE YOURSAY ‘We will investigate the inspector's complaint but in the meanwhile we will charge him with murder? This does not make sense.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The ones who highlight the truth are threatened, and those who did wrong protected and hailed as heroes.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The failure of the police gives rise to public suspicion on police/gov't links with criminals. What's next?'

UPDATED 3.40PM A news report has quoted the IGP as saying that R Sri Sanjeevan was shot by his ‘friends' and not hired killers.