Archive - 15 August 2013

The entire police force is on crime prevention, from the district police chiefs to the police station chiefs are on general duty, says a police spokesperson.

After watching a screening, the Malay Consultative Council claims the film has a 'hidden message' and doesn't want it distributed.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Idris Jala is told to explain the suggestion for the national carrier be sold off.     

Penang Teong Guan Association chair Khor Kai Keng says the Tai Su Yeah is not hot on the scantily clad regular feature.

The court decides the opposition leader has a prima facie case against the Perkasa chief and the latter is ordered to pay costs.

Lawyer Karpal Singh has reiterated that his statement on the removal of Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as menteri besar by the sultan of Perak, was purely a legal opinion on the manner the crisis was handled.

The results for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2013 Repeat students will be released next Wednesday.

State CID chief SAC Mazlan Kesah says the case was classified under Section 323 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing grievous hurt.

State Umno Wanita chief Zabariah Wahab says the 13 divisions are fully behind Shahrizat for her commitment to the party and women's development.

UPDATED 7.35PM SABAH RCI Mat Swadi Awi says the ex-CM had asked him to distribute new voters where Usno was weak.

The BN parliamentarians get to keep their seats after two Election Courts throw out the petitions for not adhering to the Election Petition Rules 1954.

UPDATED 7.13PM He refuses to hand over the bullet to the officers from NS, insisting that Bukit Aman probes the shooting incident instead.

A special cabinet meeting today decided that there cannot be a fixed timeline for the TPPA because of many unresolved issues.

That's the only response reporters, restricted from asking questions 'unrealted to the event', are able to elicit from Mahathir on Pak Lah...

Johor police chief Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff says they now needed to sort out certain matters and the recorded statements.

Lim's explanation comes in the wake of criticism of nepotism against Nazri Abdul Aziz who appointed his son as a special officer.

Domestic violence cases jumped by 27 percent in 10 years and out of 9,938 cases, only 817 have seen conviction, notes Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim.

This comes in the wake of criticism of nepotism against Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz who appointed his son Nedim as a special officer.

UPDATED 7.05PM SABAH RCI Joseph Pairin Kitingan says the fact that Najib had consented to the setting-up of the RCI was a display of political will.

UPDATED 6.30PM Asked if the persecution of Shiites in M'sia should continue, he says, ‘There are better ways to deal with them.’

UPDATED 6.42PM 'The price of freedom... is people get killed... you can't do anything to prevent it', he says.

MCA Wangsa Maju division chief Yew Teong Look says the party’s presidential council had not made a convincing decision.

UPDATED 4.05PM 'We want democracy but someone must lose if someone wins. It's not possible to have a win-win (situation),' says the ex-PM.

They are not violent but lost in deviant teachings and so will be handed over to the religious department for action, says KL CID chief Ku Wah Chin.

UPDATED 3.30PM He says the unity gov't idea was  a ‘knee jerk reaction’ which shows that M'sia was not yet a mature democracy.

Taiwan daily says Chinese Petroleum Corporation may shut down the subsidiary that is to build the oil refinery in Johor.

UPDATED 3.49PM Sources tell Malaysiakini that the decision was reached at a CEC meeting in Kuala Lumpur last night.

UPDATED 3.15PM This is Nazri's response to criticism on his son being listed as a 'special officer' under his Tourism Ministry.

UPDATED 2.50PM The Umno Youth chief's lodging of a report against DAP MP Chong Chieng Jen has drawn flak from Latheefa Koya.

Vincent Tan has appointed Maybank Investment Bank and UBS AG to advise on the initial public offering of 7-Eleven Sdn Bhd.

COMMENT What we Malaysians need to have is a real and stronger appreciation for science, in all the richness of its context.

As the saying goes, ‘same old, same old’.

UPDATED 6.51PM SABAH RCI Mohd Akjan says he made an agreement with the ‘Sulu sultanate’ that it would drop its claim if he was sultan.

UPDATED 6.33PM SABAH RCI ‘Sabah sultan’ Mohd Akjan says he helped the so-called Sulu sultan meet Dr M and Pak Lah.

Interfaith relations have become challenging, especially when the question of sensitivities are not addressed, say the duo.

FREE YOURSAY 'And the attempt to de-sanitise it at this sensitive time indicates that the potential threat to Najib's position is real.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘We shall stay in this country, and for those who think that they can trick us into leaving, they better think again.'

FREE YOURSAY 'He has been too awfully quiet even when we can see the economy and racial harmony spiralling downwards at breakneck speed.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘The resort owner should have been advised not to repeat the incident. In his eagerness to please his customers, he was unaware of...'

He will work with FAM to make recommendations to Fifa, which has the power to revoke the organiser's licence.

While not party to the TPPA negotiations, he says his ministry has told Miti it is ‘protesting' moves to any increase in drug prices.