Archive - 27 September 2013

Should this happen, The Economist states the PM could faced a putsch, despite being forced to revert back to race-based policies.

Getting rid of the bad apples of BN.

EC chair Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said he expected the notice within the next three days as the Kedah gov't offices were open during the weekend.

Leading by example, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily will travel by public transport every Wednesday beginning Oct 9 as part of fuel conservation drive to save US$5 billion in oil import bills, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.

Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) will continue to monitor the status of electricity supply in the state and the Federal Territory of Labuan to ensure the stability of the Sabah interconnection grid.

A sales assistant was sentenced to 12 years’ jail by the Ampang Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur today after finding him guilty of attempting to murder an Umno Youth leader last year.

Anyone can be indiscriminately detained.

Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan clarifies on his Twitter account that there will be no increase in fuel prices tonight, despite rumours.

The apology was reportedly made during a meeting between the school authorities and the parent-teacher association yesterday.

UPDATED 6.05PM The former premier, who has always pushed for harsh laws, approves of the PCA amendments. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 5.45PM Responding to the RM20mil paid for consultation work on the education blueprint, the ex-PM throws in a sarcastic response.

The nomination process for MIC’s divisional level elections began today involving the states of Kedah, Penang, Negri Sembilan, Malacca, Terengganu and Kelantan. 

The floods in Thailand are expected to worsen as heavy rain is forecast to continue until next week, especially around the northern and eastern regions.

He says if the society and gov'ts used moderation in their actions, then the country would have a much more just, fair and inclusive society.

Ahmad Maslan says even if only 10pct of the subsidised petrol and diesel went into the black economy, it is still a huge amount.

'Anyone bringing in human remains without a permit is committing an offence. We fear the remains can transmit infectious diseases,' he says.

UPDATED 7.30PM Six former high-ranking officers from Genneva Malaysia face a record 926 charges in a KL sessions court.

UPDATED 5PM MCA slams MPKB officers for telling salon operators to remove posters of models whose heads are not covered.

‘I don't hate the Asatru religion and did not intend to insult them,' explains the director of the ‘Vikingdom' film, Yusry Abdul Halim.

UPDATED 4.10PM Persatuan Hindraf Malaysia has expressed concern about Najib regressing into Mahathirism.

Student activists and Suaram members distribute flyers outside the National Mosque, warning of the dangers of detention without trial. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 3.35PM Fifty-six percent of respondents in the survey feel that efforts to battle graft have a significant impact.

Najib has been caught ‘not honouring his promise' again. His pre-polls pledge was no fuel  price hikes. Whither ‘Janji ditepati', asks Chong Chieng Jen.

COMMENT We now should expect the supplementary budget size to exceed 5pct of the approved 2013 Budget (RM251 billion).

UPDATED 6.21PM Instead, it says it didn't submit entries for the Asia Youth Championships as it clashes with the upcoming PMR examination.

Actress Lisa Surihani takes a reporter to task for not first speaking with her husband, Yusry of KRU Studios, over the Vikingdom debacle.

UPDATED 6.35PM Lim says the daily on Aug 18 published an article quoting ‘Father Augustus Chen’, that defamed him.

Criminologist Akhbar Satar says the amendments to the PCA are not similar to the Internal Security Act as alleged by some quarters.

Berita Harian quotes Razali Ibrahim as saying the statistic was based on a Corruption Barometer done by TI-M last July.

A DAP MP is wondering if the RazakSat-2 satellite is another disaster in the making, and questions the escalating cost and delay.

UPDATED 2.15PM Justice Rosnaini Saub says the court has no jurisdiction to challenge the party’s decision.

UPDATED 1.35PM 'The party is just a platform, without people it will eventually fall,' says Luyang rep Hiew King Cheu.

Cooperation should prevail.

The committee would also give suggestions and recommendations to the gov't so as to avoid similar incidents in the future.

It says the increase in the number of burst pipe cases was worrying as it created a lot of problems for the water supply concessionaire.

FREE YOURSAY 'To BN, as we have seen from the callous disregard to the peace deal signed with the CPM, agreements are made to be broken.'

Razaleigh's proposal resonates in Sarawak with all shades of the ethnic spectrum as pressure mounts for the review of the agreements.

FREE YOURSAY 'Chin Peng and his loyal warriors have more dignity in their pinky nails than the entire BN cabinet from 1957 onwards.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘How is it that during my school days in the 50s and 60s, no principals ever told me to 'balik Cina' or 'balik India'?

Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Hamzah Zainudin says the gov't will not back any provisions for the rights of such groups.

FREE YOURSAY 'How is it considered ‘smuggling' when the CPM mementoes were never declared illegal? And if they are, on what basis...?'

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Paul Low asks the electorate to reject any form of enticement to influence their vote.

KINIBIZ Maybank has produced major luminaries - two central bank governors, two ministers and rival bankers.

Suaram says Suhakam has lived up to the 'A-status' awarded by the ICC, a Geneva-based UN body, in 2009.

Government events start to turn into subtle campaigning sessions as candidates buckle down for the party elections.