Archive - 2 October 2013

PARLIAMENT Defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein claims many felt the safety of female trainees and the baby were more important.

Ahmad Shabery Cheek says blocking access to Facebook is 'not a good move' as it brings more benefits than the irresponsible acts by some.

The Pahang MB did not deny that the state had approved 101.2 hectares of land to a developer to build houses and shopping centres.

‘We are a strong entity, and have proven our compatibility in our ability to work together and in weathering many challenges together,’ he says.

The Royal Malaysian Police will seek an extradition order from the Australian Federal Police if the employer of the main suspect in the murder Arab-Malaysian Banking Group founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi refused to surrender himself this week.

PARLIAMENT The Prevention of Crime (Amendment and  Extension) Bill 2013, allowing detention without trial, is bulldozed through.

The PAS spiritual leader warns of divine retribution whereas the information chief calls for a protest over the audit report.

The Youth and Sports Ministry had to foot the hefty bill after sponsors for the K-Pop concert at Hari Belia 2012 pulled out.

The NGO strongly believes that the police being probed by an independent body is much more effective than if it investigates itself.

Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing this morning for his state visits to Indonesia and Malaysia and to attend the 21st Leaders’ Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec).

The Court of Appeal will hear the prosecution’s appeal against Anwar’s acquittal on a charge of sodomising his former aide, Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

The Malacca state assembly endorses his appointment, although opposition MPs think that Umno could have made a better choice.

Lack of public toilets and open defecation were among issues highlighted at the World Toilet Summit that opened in Indonesia today.

PARLIAMENT The Baling rep and PKR’s Kapar MP banter over the govt's handling of the deaths of Sulu gunmen and Chin Peng.

AUDIT REPORT Like several other GLCs that suffered losses, staff of Prasarana received bonuses of up to two months' salary.

AUDIT REPORT This due to the installation of a portable transceiver station without the approval of the local authority.

UPDATED 6.30PM These units failed to prevent abuses, resulting in the continuous criticism in the auditor-general's reports, says Gerakan's Mah Siew Keong.

UPDATED 5.40PM Led by the Wangsa Maju division chief, they demand answers on the party's assets from their president.

A total of 462,940 candidates sat for the last Peperiksaan Menengah Rendah (PMR) at 3,530 examination centres nationwide today.

Sarawak PKR head Baru Bian argues that it should be the government that sorts out issues relating to the Murum dam.

Four policemen pleaded not guilty in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today to a charge of murdering a lockup detainee, N Dharmenderan, in May this year.

AUDIT REPORT A CCTV unit installed in a Perak community college cost eight times more than the same thing in Malacca college.

UPDATED 4.15PM AUDIT REPORT Unrecognised expenses on cards issued to Khazanah accumulated RM1.26mill last year alone.

AUDIT REPORT An audit conducted until July last year reveals that the management of the General Assistance Scheme was ‘less than satisfactory’.

The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is proving highly sensitive in developing countries such as Malaysia.

MP SPEAKS 'How can the rakyat be convinced that our PM is serious about fighting corruption, and that Pemandu is not just for window-dressing?’

UPDATED 2.22PM AUDIT REPORT The company couldn't say ‘No’ to contractors who want compensation.

For now, Obama is following the model used by Democratic President Bill Clinton in 1995 and 1996 - Lay the blame at the feet of Republicans.

UPDATED 3PM AUDIT REPORT Unlike the crackdown on DAP by the ROS, the Auditor-General's Report finds its enforcement lacking.

'A search of their home did not reveal any criminal elements either,' says North Seberang Perai police chief ACP Abdul Rahman Ibrahim.

AUDIT REPORT 'Records pertaining to applications for public housing rentals not maintained properly and maintenance of public housing not planned.'

UPDATED 5.30PM As President Obama tends to a domestic crisis at home, anti-TPPA protesters vow to greet his rep on Oct 11.

UPDATED 3PM The Serdang MP claims both GLCs have removed the questionable academic credentials from their website.

UPDATED 3.30PM The cost of Putrajaya's entire space programme should be subjected to public scrutiny, says two DAP MPs.

COMMENT Our passion for liberty, truth and justice must push us to act to shun detention without trial.

UPDATED 12.50pm Khalid Abu Bakar says the missing police guns may not have fallen into the hands of criminals.

UPDATED 3.10PM Nobody is afraid of the committee's probes, as is seen from the Auditor-General's Report 2012, says DAP sec-gen Lim Guan Eng.

The sidewalk roof at Xiri Supermarket in Kuala Berang, Terengganu collapsed yesterday evening after being hit by a heavy downpour and strong winds.

UPDATED 12.40PM AUDIT REPORT The Youth and Sports Ministry is fingered for ‘imprudent’ spending on nine programmes last year.

KINIBIZ Clear, concise and thoroughly researched answers to the most pressing and basic questions on the Goods and Services Tax or GST.

UPDATED 3PM PARLIAMENT In a written answer, PM Najib says that the amount was the latest recorded at the end of the 2012 fiscal year.

COMMENT Not consulted over PCA changes and judicial promotions underscore the Bar Council's relegated stature.

Malaysia's dedicated and highly motivated NGO activists have taken note of TI-M's shabby treatment of Josie Fernandez.

The deal should ring alarm bells.

UPDATED 2.55PM PARLIAMENT But the gov’t will act if such degrees are used for public service jobs.

With the impoundment of the Murum dam, their villages will soon be flooded and if they move, they are threatened by wild animals.

AUDIT REPORT Financial planning, programme coordination and laws must all be improved for the welfare of victims.

AUDIT REPORT The cost also went up from RM175.3 million to RM190.9 million after three price adjustments up to December 2012.

FREE YOURSAY 'Why is the BN regime and all its useless NGOs so frighten of DAP? Is it because DAP is transparent and not corrupt?'

AUDIT REPORT The audit also finds four hospitals ini Perak, Selangor, Terengganu and Sarawak are short of 54 ambulances.

AUDIT REPORT These were patched up after a check, but this was not the only problem uncovered at the Kota Kinabalu airport.

AUDIT REPORT The committee set up to monitor the MERS 999 project fails to administer the gov't contract.

AUDIT REPORT Delays in installing sewerage pipes led to the project cost rising from RM81.45 million to RM121.65 million.

The ex-PM says 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M) need not be continued in a bid to reduce the people's dependency on the gov't.

FREE YOURSAY 'Nobody is on the side of criminals but on the side of protecting the individual's civil rights to be treated with fairness and equality.'

AUDIT REPORT The death rates at rearing stations run by the Sarawak Agriculture Dept reveal a sorry state of affairs.

Umno info chief says the gov't will not use the 2014 Budget to lure voters in the upcoming Sungai Limau by-election in Kedah.

FREE YOURSAY ‘The amended PCA should be visited on these ‘clowns'... They are more dangerous than gangsters.'

UPDATED 2.15PM She says Ahmad Shabery must apologise to M'sians at the Bersih 3.0 rally for claiming they attacked reporters.

AUDIT REPORT One of the squat toilets in the Kota Setar district land office complex has barely enough foot space.

AUDIT REPORT Twenty state-of-the-art clocks have been used as ordinary wall clocks in RTM's HQ, which cost taxpayers RM76,200.