Archive - 16 August 2013

Malefactors making a mockery of it.

Singapore’s first clean and green driverless shuttle transportation system will soon see passengers shuttling between Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and JTC Corporation’s (JTC) CleanTech Park.

Ex-MCA veep Chua Jui Meng speculates that the current president will either re-contest or push Chua junior towards MCA's 'centre of gravity'. [VIDEO]

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad will hold Aidilfitri open house at No 58, Jalan Kuda Emas, The Mines, Seri Kembangan in Kuala Lumpur this Sunday.

In a statement released today, the PMO says that media reports of such talks are merely ‘a figment of the writer’s imagination’.

Tamil daily Tamil Malar which hit the news stands in the Klang Valley after its launch on Aug 3, is set to go nationwide starting tomorrow due to overwhelming support from readers.

Kuching deputy police chief Supt Abang Ahmad Abang Julai says the robbers ransacked his house and escaped with valuables worth RM30,000.

Magistrate Ariff Mohamad Shariff released the accused Mohammad Affandi Ismail, 36, on a RM5,000 bail with one surety. He paid the bail.

Sometimes foes, sometimes admirers.

SABAH RCI The conducting officer informs the commission that the ex-CM has decided not to rebut an ex-district chief's accusations against him.

'(It’s okay if) he assists in the programmes and does not involve any payment to him by the government,' says the prime minister.

The human rights NGO has urged the government to stop 'selective persecution' targeting the organisation and focus on curbing crime instead.

Kelantan Umno election panel chair Hasan Harun says this is because many of the Puteri Umno members are living outside the state.

He says he called the press conference on Feb 6, 2009, to provide the legal position of the issue for the benefit of the public.

The campaign is backed by 15 pro-establishment pages of Facebook, which published an identical posting promoting the campaign.

When the names of those with suspicious citizenship are struck off, says Heng Seai Kie, the EC will be cleared of suspicion of registering phantom voters.

UPDATED 4.15PM SABAH RCI Abdul Aziz Shamsudin swears that he never owned the No 18, Jalan Kampung Pandan house.

Chew Siang Chee, 45, pleads not guilty after the charges were read out before Sessions Judge Azwarnida Affandi in Kuala Lumpur.

The group of 80 PAS members and local residents is urging the cessation of violence by security forces towards civilians in Egypt.

The DAP state chief lashes out at Khairy, accusing him of indulging in Umno diversionary tactics while the criminals rampage on.

FT Minister Tengku Adnan hands out aid to the victims and allegedly says gov't is not obliged to do so as they are from an opposition constituency.

ANALYSIS If Zairil gets in again, it will help DAP curb its 'anti-Malay' perception and also prove the last results weren't fabricated.

UPDATED 4.00PM It is later found on the rooftop, leading Wee to see ‘malicious political purposes' in the video shooting. [VIDEO]

The PM says the transformation involved individual and family, physical and mental, and organisational aspects.

The Sedili Besar resort owner has spent four days in remand while police probe his allowing Buddhists to use his surau. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 3.40PM SABAH RCI Ex-Sandakan district chief Hassnar Ibrahim implicates the agency in his testimony this morning.

A Facebook photo shows students wearing headbands with sheets of paper on both sides to prevent them from peeking at each other’s exam papers.

‘I got into politics because of policy not because of politics, and I wish that our politics was evidence-based, empirically-based.’

Registrar of Societies only wants to make winter out of the spring of justice, democracy, freedom and hope offered by the DAP, says SG Lim Guan Eng.

State DAP chief Ngeh Koo Ham says the BN gov’t even refuses to provide written answers that can be found in a ‘reference book’.

Strengthen civil society instead.

The gov't has to be aware of implications of Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism under the TPPA...

UPDATED 2.39PM Meanwhile Anthony Loke berates the sports minister for engaging in 'cheap politics' to play to the Umno gallery. [VIDEO]

These centres are at gov't hospitals all over to assist domestic violence victims, says Penang exco member Dr Afif Bahardin.

COMMENT The Chindian Diaries project is aspiring to document stories from the community in Malaysia and Singapore.

FREE YOURSAY 'The case will go on with or without Suaram, and Najib's head is now on the guillotine which will fall on him...'

FREE VOXPOP 'Like in your reality game show ‘The Apprentice Asia', we would like you to point your finger at...'

FREE YOURSAY 'What is Nazri's son Nedim responsible for as special officer? Security matters involving tourists?'

FREE YOURSAY 'Can the tourism minister say that there is no other person better qualified than his own son in the whole country for this job?'

FREE YOURSAY ‘Remember the farce of Umno's 1987/88 elections when Justice Harun Hashim declared the party an illegal organisation?'