Archive - 20 August 2013

Its head Khairy Jamaluddin said PTPTN loans were necessity for students and were different from loans made out of personal choice.

 

Water problems in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya can be resolved within three months, says Minister Maximus Ongkili.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak says there was a possibility the situation there could become more serious, even dangerous.

But Malaysiakini was not part of the guest list and was restricted from entering the premiere or interviewing the filmmakers.

JOHOR ASSEMBLY Sedili rep Rasman Ithnain causes tempers to fray in the assembly with his statements, causing both sides to label each other ‘racist’.

Earlier today, PPIM activist Zharif Johor lodges a police report over Wan Ji Wan Hussin’s video which was allegedly ‘insulting’ to the sultans.

Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) reported a net losses of RM175.98 million in the second quarter ended June 30 compared with a net loss of RM349.25 million in the same quarter a year ago.

The PM refuses to answer journalists’ questions for the second day in a row, and instead asks, ‘why are you so interested in her?’

Singapore experienced a slight haze from 10am today due to smoke from fires in southern Sumatra, according to the National Environment Agency.

Former Umno veep Mohd Isa Abdul Samad announces his intention to contest for the post of vice-president at the party polls this October.

Asia-Pacific countries today pledged to work together to tackle people smuggling and the flow of asylum seekers across the region.

'We kept to the SOP and only fired a number of shots which hit them,' says Penang chief police officer Abdul Rahim Hanafi.

Those remanded are being held for ‘various offences’, while the rest have been released after their details were recorded.

The Islamic party in a memo to the Prime Minister's Office also asks for an OIC session to condemn the Egyptian military's atrocities.

Detailed discussions on market access, including tariffs, will start in the next RCEP session slated for late September this year.

The PCA is not a detention law - it is an expanded investigative tool for the police, notes human rights lawyer Edmund Bon.

MB Mukhriz Mahathir says that the rector, to be announced soon, was among seven candidates interviewed for the post.

The offence, under Section 16 of the Perak Syariah Criminal Enactment 1992, was allegedly committed last Aug 5.

Mopingki Manuring, the first witness, says he was made to understand that Form 14 recorded the total number of votes for the channel.

Sisters in Islam says this is because only six out of thousands of young women who underwent the programme have given birth at the camps since 2004.

Palanivel says he had received 1,500 nominations (for the post of president) so far, and added that the nominations could reach 1,800 by tomorrow.

As shootings continue to occur, here is what you need to know about this little-known law that police have resorted to reviving.

The date was decided after the DPP told the court that they had yet to receive forensic, medical and chemical reports.

The Persatuan Hindraf Malaysia chairperson says photos and the injuries suggest the five were shot ‘point blank’.

JOHOR ASSEMBLY Senggarang rep Aziz Ismail had said the sultan may get a whiff of a ‘smelly pig farm’ while in his constituency.

The film should be screened if it portrays the historical aspect of the communist insurgency, says ex-general Mohd Azumi Mohamed.

Its chairperson says it is a wise move as the resort owner’s action in allowing use of the surau for meditation constitutes polytheism of Allah.

Speaking on behalf of the families, Seri Delima rep RSN Rayer says they claimed the bodies last night after lodging police reports.

UPDATED 4.40PM PAS questions Zahid's motive in trying to revive the EO when the police are using a law that allows for 71 days' remand.

UPDATED 2.55PM PKR and Umno Youth have objected to including PTPTN in the national credit information system.

The minister says it will be akin to mocking the democratic process if he quits over his son's appointment.

UPDATED 5.12PM The two men allegedly secretly videographed the houses of MCA Youth chief Wee Ka Siong and his neighbour.

UPDATED 2.15PM Ong Kian Ming says the Education Malaysia Global Services has facilitated monopolies instead.

UPDATED 2.30PM A curt Rohani Abdul Karim says 'special adviser’ Shahrizat Abdul Jalil is not being assigned to the women’s development ministry.

COMMENT It's a mistake to have the CM involved in the opening of St Joseph's Private School’s new building as it is a religious event, not a political one.

A weak earthquake of magnitude 3.8 on the Richter scale, struck Kupang in Kedah at 8.26am today, the Meteorological Department reports.

A challenge for society.

COMMENT Acerbic asides from books on Pak Lah and Karpal help relieve a polity revolving obsessively on racial and religious issues.

FREE YOURSAY 'Now who is going to feed the families of those who have lost their jobs, including those who depend on tourist arrivals...?

Wider issues involve infringement of privacy and the absence of sex education to prevent unplanned pregnancies, say activists.

FREE YOURSAY 'What MAS needs, but will not get, is the best management team you can find, and be free from all political interference.'

FREE YOURSAY 'If Nedim is doing work in Nazri's constituency, then his name should not be on the ministry staff list but the service centre's.'