Archive - 19 September 2013

The Universiti Malaya Centre for Democracy and Elections finds that 46pct of voters hold this belief, while another 33pct disagreed.

The announcement in Mentaloon, Kedah was greeted by cheers from the crowd of several hundred supporters from several states.

UPDATED 7.55PM A UM study finds that an overwhelming majority of Malaysian voters are tired of political bickering. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 6.13PM ‘We proposed a debate with Umno and they rejected, ... a dialogue and they rejected. So, apa lagi Umno mahu?' asks the PKR leader.

The International Commission of Jurists questions why this private practitioner is prosecutor in the appeal against Anwar Ibrahim's acquittal.

UPDATED 6.15PM Najib denies Anwar’s claims and reiterates that Dr Mahathir had said there is no secret project that the gov't has done. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 5.55PM PM Najib also reiterates his administration's stand that the ex-CPM leader’s ashes cannot be brought back to be buried here. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 5.40PM Najib says this is since Umno won 88 seats during the May 5 GE, as opposed to the 79 it won in 2008. [VIDEO]

Gerakan youth is 'baffled' at how the defence minister dismissed M'sia's rating of 'very high' regarding corruption in defence buys.

UPDATED 6.25PM The PM and his deputy announce that they will be defending their respective posts in the coming party polls.

No leadership tussles are on the cards as the James Masing-led Parti Rakyat Sarawak holds its triennial conclave in Sibu from today.

Westports Holdings Bhd, en route to be listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia on Oct 18, intends to raise up to RM2.2 billion at its public initial offering (IPO) and a market capitalisation of RM8.53 billion, upon listing.

A resident of Makkah, who wants to be known as Jaafar, says this was the second time they experienced a drizzle in six months.

KINIBIZ Tiger exposes the ‘bumiputera economic empowerment’ plan for what it is - a handout. And that too to people who don’t deserve or need it.

UPDATED 4.10PM BERSIH TRIBUNAL 'This is not meddling. These are distinguished people,' the Bersih 2.0 co-chairperson tells reporters.

UPDATED 2.40PM The move to demolish the shelter run by Muhammad Azmi Ismail has been delayed until December.

UPDATED 4PM Make your claim that Bersih ferried Bangladeshis to vote in GE13 before the tribunal, says Ambiga.

UPDATED 4.25PM BERSIH TRIBUNAL Tapah candidate K Vasantha Kumar alleges the Tapah MIC division Wanita leader is known to the community there.

The NGO for ex-BN reps abhors any move to bring home the CPM leader's ashes as he was not a hero, says its info chief.

ANALYSIS Mukhriz Mahathir's decision to run for a vice-president's post may pose a threat to incumbent Hishammuddin Hussein.

The accident occurred about 8.45am when the bulldozer driven by Thomas Johin, 41, was doing extraction works with two mechanics.

A group of students today protest 'Taib Mahmud Court' at Adelaide University, named after the controversial Sarawak CM who is also an alumni.

UPDATED 4.15PM BERSIH TRIBUNAL Observer Pemantau says bribery took place in nearly half of the 51 seats it observed.

Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming says the Sustainable Energy Development Authority is meeting less than half its renewable energy target.

UPDATED 2.25PM SABAH RCI He says a special task force on granting of citizenship still exists under Abdullah and Najib. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 1.45PM Tengku Adnan claims Bersih brought in foreigners in taxis to pose as citizens, so as to vote in Putrajaya.

UPDATED 2.50PM However, the prime minister tells CNBC he does not rule out the possibility of implementing capital controls as a last resort.

Three women were injured after a 50-metre stretch of the first-floor ceiling at Jem shopping mall in Jurong East collapsed last night.

Following his close brush with death, the anti-crime watchdog says his work was not worth another bullet or his family’s safety.

UPDATED 1.10PM Today's hearing of the civil suit of Norizan Salleh who survived being shot five times by the police, is deferred.

UPDATED 12.40PM Judicial commissioner Ahmad Nasfy Yasin also allows those convicted to pay the RM5,000 fine imposed within six months.

UPDATE 2.05PM SABAH RCI 'The system has been in operation before him, was under him, and continued after that,' says Anwar.

UPDATED 3.45PM Its coordinator Lena Hendry had claimed trial to a charge of showing a film without Censor Board's nod.

COMMENT Rising prices and an impending economic downturn, and subsidy cuts, may work against the BN in Sarawak in 2015.

N Surendran says an exchange on a needs - rather than race-based approach - will be more constructive. 

UPDATED 11.40AM The minister says CPM leader Chin Peng never took up the offer to return to Malaysia after the ceasefire pact.

Obabiyi Aisha Ajibola wept and recited the Quran after being named World Muslimah (Miss Muslim World) in Jakarta.

COMMENT 'Given the huge amount of money from the public purse, there is a case for the non-Malays to put up questions.'

Thai AirAsia X submitted an application for an air operator’s licence on June 20 and expected approval to be granted by the end of this month.

Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali says among the proposals to be presented was the creation of a second Permodalan Nasional Bhd.

SABAH RCI This comes after former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad pleaded ignorance of ‘Project IC’ when on the stand last week.

FREE VOXPOP ‘We are constantly under threat. The latest is that a dead communist's ashes may be brought here for burial.'

Are we going to check every Tom, Dick and Harry who crosses the border, asks lawyer and Penang Gerakan leader Baljit Singh.

COMMENT ‘Alarm bells should be ringing as high corruption risks in the defence sector and increasing crime rates...'

FREE YOURSAY ‘Osama did not sign any peace pact with the US but Chin Peng did with the Malaysian gov't. That is the difference...'