Archive - 29 August 2013

The Kedah Islamic Religious Department (JAIK) can now take action immediatey against any individual reported to be involved in the Syiah teachings without feeling awry, said Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir.     

He is annoyed at Sitiawan assemblyman Ngeh Koo Ham harping on the issue of allegedly misusing 120,000 acres of state land.

UPDATED 7.55PM 'I is for Idiot' by Anurendra Jegadeva has been removed from the M50 Selamat Hari Malaysia art exhibition by the police.

‘Fitch are (run by) young guys. They calculate based on their calculations and everything,’ says Finance Ministry sec-gen.

Abdul Rahman Dahlan believes that there is a hidden hand behind the families living in tents but refuses to speculate on who is calling the shots.

UPDATED 6.10PM The highest amount of costs awarded was for the election petition for the Tapah parliamentary seat, which was RM150,000.

Communications Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek says a meeting between the ministry and the AG’s Chambers would be held this afternoon.

PKR's Seri Setia rep Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad says evaluating someone based on his or her race and not their personality is blatant racism.

‘If they are arrested, investigated and charged (in the court), will they be happy?’ asks acting Selangor police chief A Thaiveegan.

If the proposed migrant crackdown goes down, Tenaganita feels the government is colluding with agents to operate a system of labour trafficking. 

The haze which hit Kedah and Penang yesterday seems to have cleared a little today, with the air quality improving to the moderate level. 

Natural Resource and Environment Minister G Palanivel says Indonesia wanted to resolve the problem only with Malaysia and Singapore.

ANALYSIS A US-led cruise missile attack can provoke reprisals from Damascus, ranging from missile strikes to terrorist attacks and cyberwar.

UPDATED 4PM Khalid Abu Bakar, however, assures that the ‘right action’ will be taken should a probe reveal this to be true. [VIDEO]

‘To say it was not proper is not sufficient. Action must be taken so that such incidents do not recur in the future,’ he says.

UPDATED 6PM ‘We have 90 to 95pct of schools that've done very well on national integration,’ says the deputy education minister.

UPDATED 3.30PM 'The film seems intent on spreading untruths and enhancing polarisation instead of promoting truth,' says Kua Kia Soong.

UPDATED 3.35PM DAP's Teresa Kok says it is worrying that all the bullying victims 'happen to come from one race'.

Broderick Chin, a manager at a vegetable oil company in Dumai district in Riau province, will be formally charged by prosecutors.

UPDATED 3.09PM Within 24 hours, the Penang gov't amends a letter to cinema operators, 'advising' instead of 'ordering' them.

UPDATED 2.53PM They have listed the gangs as illegal under the Societies Act and opened avenues to seize their accounts and assets. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 4.30PM He says the movie must be seen as it tells the story of statesmen who rescued the nation following May 13 riot.

The Tanda Putera director warns cinemas which do not screen her movie may land in trouble with the National Film Corporation.

UPDATED 2.50PM The PM refuses to confirm or deny talk that the 2014 Budget will include the much talked about 4pct GST.

UPDATED 5.50PM The minister in the PM’s Department says the country should do this so as to strengthen its economic position in global trends.

UPDATED 2.45PM ‘This is not a witchhunt, because this is what was desired by the people,’ he says in Putrajaya today.

UPDATED 2.40PM The PM tell his deputy minister to speak with one voice in response to the latter’s remarks on a police shooting. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 3.38PM Finance Ministry sec-gen Mohd Irwan Siregar Abdullah says there would be rebates for individuals and SMEs.

The Communications Ministry feels that the play may give the impression that Singaporeans are belittling Malaysians.

COMMENT Discrimination in the renting or buying of a property is illegal in Australia under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.

A fiscal policy committee meeting on Monday will be chaired by PM Najib and its decisions will be reflected in the 2014 Budget.

Vincent Wijeysingha, who came out as gay last month, issues a statement on Facebook saying he was resigning from the opposition SDP.

Syabas says the water interruption in Gombak had recovered by 85pct, while 90pct of other areas would recover in stages.

A flash flood which occurred after a heavy downpour yesterday inundated 300 houses in five housing areas and villages in Kulim.

The haze situation in Riau has taken a turn for the worse with the Air Pollutants Index in Pekanbaru reaching 300 yesterday.

KINIBIZ Tiger is a bit concerned about that other jungle - yes, the market - where things often behave very irrationally.

UPDATED 12.10PM GSC says it will refund customers who have purchased tickets to catch the movie at its cinemas in two complexes.

Kedah Gerakan Youth disagrees with Umno on the proposal to block the flow of the Sungai Muda river in Kedah to Penang.

UPDATED 11.35AM The chief minister equates his urging to cinemas in Penang not to screen the controversial movie to a 'travel advisory'.

UPDATED 1.25PM Production house Pesona Pictures has urged detractors of the Tanda Putera movie to watch the controversial film in cinemas.

FREE YOURSAY 'Those who are loyal to the country will enrich the country and not milk and steal money from it. Shame on you.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The police have become shameless school bullies. OCPD, go fight someone your size like the triad gangs and not nine-year-old students.'

FREE YOURSAY 'No one is going to stand for a flag and anthem of a broken nation. Years of paying taxes and being a law-abiding citizen...'

FREE YOURSAY 'Guan Eng is doing just what the central government does when they ban rock concerts from performing in Malaysia.'

They say the move is regressive for a state government which constantly preaches freedom of expression and speech.