Archive - 2 September 2013

UPDATED 10.20PM It is understood that they were arrested for unfurling the Sang Saka Malaya flag at Dataran Merdeka.

The prime minister does not expect inflationary pressures from fuel price hikes to be highly detrimental to the public.

He says the compound of the 101-year-old temple would be beautified instead and a fence built around the temple.

'The only people with big cars are prominent figures. Kampung people don’t have cars,' Kinabatangan MP Bung Mokhtar Radin tweeted.

The DAP supremo says that the only way to clear this up to have a royal commission of inquiry on the riots to establish the truth once and for all.

The five-day inquest is to verify the death of hawker Lim Chin Aik, believed to have been buried at the site of the mishap in Penang.

UPDATED 9.55PM The PM boasts that a bigger BR1M payout would serve as a social safety net but is coy on the GST.

May 13's shadow blights every Malaysian.

UPDATED 8.30PM This is the first increase in RON95 prices since December 2010. The RON95 grade petrol will now cost RM2.10 per litre.

UPDATED 8.05PM Its director-general Abdul Rahman Othman says the parties failed to notify it about the changes in its pro-tem committee.

After the movie, the state youth wing chief Amir Ghazali says the film helps Najib Abdul Razak look good for the coming Umno polls.

The state wants the National Water Services Commission to take legal action against the party responsible for dumping diesel into the S'gor River.

UPDATED 7.50PM Director-general Abdul Rahman Othman says the party should inform his office of steps taken to re-elect its CEC.

An anonymous letter is claiming that three top BN leaders were spotted at an event organised by 'Geng 36', says an NGO.

PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Akin counters PAS' gripe that the latter had been told off when they suggested talks with BN.

The Centre for Independent Journalism sees recent action by the authorities as ‘immature’ and a ‘blatant violation of human rights’.

UPDATED 6.40PM Shahnaz claims her ex-husband Bekir has RM2.1bil in banks and stakes in firms worth another RM1bil.

UPDATED 6PM N Surendran claims the gov’t had insulted all Hindus by tearing down deities at the Muneswarar kuil. [VIDEOS]

Malaysians need to know what benefits have been derived from the RM38 billion borrowed, notes Penang CM Lim Guan Eng.

UPDATED 5.21PM They want the party president and his deputy to keep their posts in the Umno polls, says the state liaison committee head.

The central bank has rejected plans by BIMB Holdings to issue an Islamic bond and raise US$884 million it needs to gain full control of Bank Islam.

'What is happening now has to do with a loophole. We can nab small-time crooks but their leaders slip free,' says Wan Junaidi.

Zainudin Maidin asks if the report of Tanda Putera's poor turnout is meant to prove Penang's advisory had merit.

The arrest were made in Putrajaya, Seremban, Kampar, Malacca, Johor Baru, Kuantan and Kuching in a one-night operation.

The petition should have been heard today but PAS filed a second objection prior to the commencement of the petition proceedings.

Its vice-chief Raja Ahmad Iskandar points out that Anwar had made that statement without consulting Pakatan.

UPDATED 11.25PM Water supply which was disrupted due to the oil spillage has been restored by up to 96 per cent as of 4pm today.

The possibility of the air strikes has recalled some painful memories for Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic.

KINIBIZ Tiger was surprised that the gov't appears to be stirring out of its election-induced slumber to finally take some action.

Its director Shuhaimi Baba says most of the ‘technical faults’ raised about the film had already been rectified in post-production.

Perak police believe that S Jambu Keshan belonged to ‘Geng 04' and that the turf war between Geng 04 and Geng 08 could involve drugs.

UPDATED 2.37PM Shahnaz A Majid testifies on 'physical, emotional and mental abuse' over 19 years marriage to the Sarawak CM's son.

KINIBIZ Even the shortest stroll through the corporate jungle with Tiger will demonstrate that in this case youths were not to blame.

UPDATED 12.35PM The temple committee insists that the land 'taken back' by DBKL belongs to the state and not to a developer.

COMMENT Anwar's urging for national dialogue has elicited the predictable sterile response from BN but Pakatan must remain unfazed.

It wants to know why Najib Abdul Razak has yet to deliver his promise on implementing the blueprint to uplift Indian Malaysians.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Is issuing a notice after the demolition following the law? Shouldn't the gov't set an example by following the law?'

Umno Youth deputy chief Razali Ibrahim has proposed that the May 13 film be made a topic of academic study by students and academicians.

FREE YOURSAY ' While Umno is at it, they should also blame the Chinese for the collapse of the Greek, Roman, Persian, Ottoman and British empires.'

FREE YOURSAY 'In Mahathir's time Bangladeshis came by the trailer loads through Bukit Kayu Hitam. Now, it's by the plane loads.'