Archive - 22 August 2013

The special committee on corruption urges the Act be updated to prosecute companies whose employees commit offences.

Muhyiddin Yassin says the plan must go on otherwise it would be a 'sign of weakness' on the gov't's part.

Mahathir snipes at his successor's claim to financial prudence saying it did nothing to help Abdullah's dismal GE performance.

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng says they can vote and contest for the CEC re-election, which is slated for Sept 29.

This is the big speculation in Penang, that the Gerakan secretary-general wants to take over from the state chief, Dr Teng Hock Nan.

'He should not be thinking like the leader of Hindraf. Do not interfere in police work,' he advises the deputy minister in the PM's Dept.

P Ramakrishnan says federal Criminal Investigation Dept director Hadi Ho Abdullah told him this during a meeting this morning.

Its spokesperson, ‘Mr Yip’, declines to comment on the reason there were 53 people on board the bus when only 49 tickets had been sold.

UPDATED 8.05PM Syed Hamid says the bus that crashed had 53 passengers but was licensed to carry 65. Also, no agency had blacklisted it.

The gazetting of the 18 islands in the now Bakun reservoir will deprive the displaced indigenous community further, says their spokesperson.

Kedah police are in the process of identifying the remaining members of the ‘04' secret society in the state.

A Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) polling agent for the Kota Marudu seat in the 13th general election, Majlis Lubok, told the Election Court in Kota Kinabalu today that the Ketua Tempat Mengundi (KTM) or polling station head at Balai Raya Bombong did not announce the number of votes obtained by the contenders for the seat.

Judge Hue Siew Kheng makes the decision after hearing the oral and written submissions by the respondents concerned.

She claims her nephews saw the bus driver exchanging gestures with a cabbie just before the latter tried to overtake the bus.

UPDATED 5.45PM Catholic Archbishop Murphy Pakiam  fails to strike out Home Ministry and government's appeal on 'Allah' matter.

The tourism and culture minister had said he would be meeting with relevant groups in efforts to preserve and revive Tanjong Tokong.

Ahmad Habib, who was a student during the 1969 riots, says that the compound at Harun Idris' house was heavily guarded.

Tenure of the elected new village chiefs also to be extended from two to four years, state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah announces.

Saifuddin's lawyer says High Court Judicial Commissioner SM Komathy Suppiah allowed Ibrahim’s application and struck out the suit.

UPDATED 5.28PM The Sabah CM joining in the veep fray will reduce the state’s chances in the coming party polls, says the fiery MP.

The 10-point solution PM Najib Abdul Razak offered the Christian community in 2011 does not cover use of the term ‘Allah', Court of Appeal hears.

Indonesia's Industry minister Mohamad Hidayat says Germany’s Volkswagen AG would build the car plant in Cikampek, West Java.

Palanivel says he would step down in the first quarter of 2016 at the end of his term before the deputy president takes over.

If police were certain EO detainees would return to crime, provisions in the PCA and Penal Code could have been used before their release.

The use of the law mirrors the lack of transparency and impartiality of the ISA and EO, says NGO Lawyers For Liberty.

'I don’t think it will happen by this October, not only for Malaysia, but other countries as well,' says Deputy Minister Ir Hamim Samuri.

Of the 14 M'sians, 11 were Chinese, two were Malays and one was a Sikh while the foreigners were a Bangladeshi, a Nepalese and a South Korean. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 2.50PM Rafizi Ramli says the survey findings would be presented in a ‘Tweetup’ at the MBPJ library on Aug 29.

KINIBIZ The number of private higher education institutions in Malaysia has become a cause for concern to economists and analysts alike.

Going one step further, the IGP says motorists who have failed to settle their summonses may see their licences being suspended.

Four commercial flights will bring home 420 Malaysian students from strife-torn Egypt today and tomorrow under the ‘Ops Piramid 2'.

According to an HKL spokesperson, as at 11am, the post-mortem had been conducted on 30 bodies and 17 had been identified.

Bentong Police deputy chief DSP Wan Azhar Ruddin Wan Ismail says today the search was resumed at 9.45am at the scene.

KINIBIZ Tiger understands that what is acceptable to a politician in charge of a ministry is not always acceptable to the man on the street.

FREE VOXPOP ‘Umno members can say anything against royalty and get away. For others, it is the sedition charge slapped against them.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘Why not try explaining their suspicions instead of sticking to the obstinate stance that we are law enforcers and demand you believe us?’

KINIBIZ Successful talks may finally see the Selangor state government acquire all four water concessionaires in the state.

UPDATED 2.50PM Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching says that this is to ensure that in a divorce, both spouses stay responsible for a child’s education past 18.

A media with no clue of public service.

COMMENT Three guns among five dead, one with execution-style wounds, resurrect an old saw on criminal...

UPDATED 12.20PM The bus that plunged into a ravine off Genting Highlands had been blacklisted prior the trip to the resort.

FREE YOURSAY ‘What if the Tanjung Sutera resort surau had complied with building by-laws? Would it make a difference?'

The lawyer and 24 others will know if they will face contempt proceedings for alleging plagiarism in a written judgment.

The Censorship Board has yet to make its decision on its review of the film, which is supposed to hit cinemas nationwide today.

UPDATED 1.10PM The bid to include Ng Sek San's art installation project of little flags in a M'sia Day art exhibition hits a bumpy road.

FREE YOURSAY 'The bus companies continue to flout regulations, encouraging drivers to exceed the permitted number...'

Agencies such as the Road Safety Department and Road Transport Department had been directed to find causes for the accident.