Archive - 24 August 2013

Klias state representative Lajim Ukin was today appointed Sabah PKR chief, replacing Ahmad Thamrin Mohd Jaini.

The Home Ministry plans to use the electronic monitoring device (EMD) on offenders charged under Sosma by the end of next month.

One of the two bodies from Wednesday's tragedy that had yet to be identified has been established as that of Lai Kuan Peng, 53.

Chuck Hagel arrives today for a three-day visit in what observers say is an effort to reaffirm long-standing defence ties with Malaysia.

Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi tells a forum how he fell victim to gangsters asking for protection money.

First the Israeli connection to the new gov't slogan and now, hot on the heels of the Altantuya case, a more ironic one, says Lim Kit Siang.

The 70-year-old says that ARE factory at her hometown is so much smaller than Lynas but the damages have been really devastating.

'However, feedback received from the divisions is that they do not want the posts of Umno president and deputy president to be contested.'

Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin has to give up her Puteri Umno chief's post as she has exceeded the age limit for officer bearers in the wing.

It seeks two amendments - to allow MACC to hire and fire and to accord the MACC chief similar protection as judges.

UPDATED 5.45PM 'But my public relation officers said Tan Sri (Taib) had already explained that he was not referring to MACC.'

The DAP national chairperson says the affected members can take the issue to court, but for the party the decision remains firm.

MCA's Heng Seai Kie questions the discrepancies and wants the gov’t to make public all findings on the tragic accident.

Of the police list of gang members, 23pct were Chinese and under 5pct were Malays, says CID director Aman Hadi Ho.

Perak police arrested four men believed to be involved in the shooting case in Ipoh last month in a raid on a double-storey house yesterday.

UPDATED 3PM He says that if merely putting up a flag would make someone more loyal, it would have been done a long time ago.

The party's request is based on the precedent set by the government of appointing a private practitioner as prosecutor previously.

UPDATED 2.26pm The new National Automotive Policy will open up the market and result in cheaper cars, says the Malaysian Automotive Institute.

In a thinly-veiled attack, the home minister suggested that a critic of the government should go back to his NGO instead.

A Hospital Kuala Lumpur spokesperson says only nine bodies had yet to be claimed, including two that had yet to be identified.

UPDATED 7.11PM So far there are only 150,000 signatures and Wong Tack says he will not leave Dataran. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 2.44PM Everybody wants change but the nation is not ready for it, according to Home Minister Zahid Hamidi.

His ministry will study the need to introduce a law to make it compulsory for all premises to fly the Jalur Gemilang throughout August.

FREE YOURSAY 'The result was already known the moment the Home Ministry filed their appeal on the ‘Allah' verdict.'

The Altantuya acquittal could not be a more powerful 'soft launch' than Najib's new branding campaign of 'Endless Possibilities'.

After the surau controversy broke out two weeks ago, the resort was temporarily closed and its entrance padlocked. [VIDEO]

PAS info chief Tuan Ibrahim queries what these workers will be employed as and whether the influx could contribute to crime.

FREE YOURSAY 'He singlehandedly destroyed the fabric of Malaysian society, and fostered a culture of corruption...'

FREE YOURSAY 'The court verdict comes as no surprise to anyone as the 'questions' raised by the judges have been the public's talking point.'

FREE YOURSAY 'So Altantuya Shariibuu brought herself to Puncak Alam, shot herself in the forehead and then blew herself up!'