Archive - 2 August 2013

The Kota Kinabalu High Court has fixed Aug 6 for judgment on detective corporal Hassan Ali Basari who is accused of concealing information on terrorist activities in Lahad Datu early this year.

The Umno deputy president says the woes of urbanites range from bread and butter issues to matters like human rights and graft. [VIDEOS]

The MyWatch chairperson is prescribed antibiotics for the infection and is unconscious due to the medication, but doctors say he is improving.

In the 8.45am incident, the dealer Wong Foo Yui, 34, was hit once from the three shots fired at him while he was in his Toyota Camry.

UPDATED 11.55PM There was high drama after Shafee Abdullah and an Iranian's kin tried to stop Immigration officers from re-arresting him.

What they need most are a few good men.

Tamil Mala r, a popular Tamil daily, is to be published again for distribution in the Klang Valley from Saturday and nationwide, from Aug 17, and will have a business supplement as well. 

His lawyer Latheefa Koya says two RCI officers spent about an hour recording Anwar’s statement at the PKR headquarters.

SMK Alam Megah principal Yati Dani keeps her word and expresses regret over her actions in ticking off noisy students.

In his written judgement in the landmark Indira Gandhi ruling, judge Lee Swee Seng says international conventions are binding on Malaysia.

Abdul Farid Alias, 45, has been appointed the new president and chief executive officer of Malayan Banking Bhd effective today.

The project was the PM’s idea in the first place, says Rafizi Ramli who also calls for probe on leaders and civil servants involved in the project.

'Aren't the recent (happenings) a reproduction (of my experience?) The only changes are the main cast,' says the ex-chief.

Guan Eng denies the claim in the report that 753 members had complained of being denied their right to attend party polls.

The former CEO and a director of KPF Quality Foods are charged in a KL court with criminal breach of trust (CBT), involving more than RM30 million.

UPDATED 5.05PM They are to be charged under Section 4(2) with gathering near the Al Rahman mosque at UM on June 26, during Blackout 505.

UPDATED 4.10PM Wong Tack is peeved that the officials were not in when he went there to obtain a copy of the Lynas permanent disposal facility plan.

The sermon, issued by Jakim, also warned that Islamic affairs and syariah law are also ‘openly debated without giving due respect to Islam’.

UPDATED 4.20PM Minister in the PM's Department Jamil Khir Baharom says Jakim had been instructed to convey the decision to the MCMC.

The MCCBCHST hopes that the deputy premier, when reprimanding about ‘insulting religion’, would have included all who have done so.

Party secretary-general accuses the ROS of having acted beyond its powers by instructing DAP to hold a fresh CEC election.

The embassy closings are tied to US intelligence about an al-Qaeda plot against US diplomatic posts in the Middle East and Muslim countries.

The judge rejected the petitions on grounds that the petitioners failed to comply with Regulation 9 of the Election Petition Rules 1954.

Creating an atmosphere of fear.

Gerakan sec-gen wants the billions in defence shopping curbed and for the government to fix our negative financial outlook.

Bukit Tengah state rep Ong Chin Wen recounts how he defeated Penang BN chief Teng Chang Yeow with a 5,190 majority.

One coalition urges that ‘secret’ negotiations to be halted until all Malaysia’s proposals and positions on the deal are presented to the rakyat.

Ruslan Kassim claims that the DAP secretary-general is resisting the ROS' order because he is afraid of facing the delegates.

A party branch chairperson has urged the police to probe if Muhyiddin violated the law by jumping the gun. [VIDEO]

Persatuan Hindraf Malaysia’s national adviser N Ganesan says the report will put to rest speculations about the progress of the blueprint.

MIC Youth secretary C Sivarraajh urges Umno leaders and NGOs who defended the headmaster to stop twisting the issue for political gains.

He says he feels his 22-year leadership experience as a branch Umno Youth leader will help strengthen the party.

Magistrate Nur A’minahtul allows the transfer following an application by deputy public prosecutor S Nithia. [VIDEO]

The lack of gravity of the response does not give M’sians and investors any comfort that concrete actions will be undertaken.

UPDATED 1.10PM According to lawyer S Visvanathan Nair, she was released today with her sister standing as surety. [VIDEO]

PAS Youth chief Nasrudin Hassan has proposed that proponents of the EO and ISA lobby for the adoption of Syariah law instead.

FREE YOURSAY ‘In a nutshell, BN has been pumping up the economy through unbridled spending which came from borrowings.'

COMMENT Let the DG state whether he is directing DAP to hold a CEC re-election as 753 delegates were 'denied their right to attend'.

FREE YOURSAY 'What a sad day. Our gov't and police only know how to pick on petty issues and bully people in the name of religion.'

KINIBIZ Tiger wonders if non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) have make it just a little too easy to get everyone indebted.

FREE YOURSAY 'Just press the forward button to the Umno elections so that Malaysians do not have to put up with this doggone craziness.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The blame should be on the PM... One can't help feeling that he, too, is part of this unacceptable behaviour.'

COMMENT A post-GE13 spell of keeping his counsel ends for the DPM with scatter-shot comments that stoke rather than soothe sensitivities.

Ambiga also takes a swipe at Muhyiddin for jumping the gun on the video by suggesting that it was the work of a non-Muslim.