Archive - 5 October 2013

'As the minister of youth and sports, I convene meetings with youth leaders on regular basis. Most of them are also Umno Youth delegates.' 

'The middlemen are not aimed at a certain race. Even if the middlemen are Malays, they will also be eliminated.'

Sekolah St Thomas Action Committee chairperson K Uma Selvam claimed the school would be permanently closed starting next year.

'The cabinet has approved the setting up of the council and we will definitely overcome this problem,' says minister Joseph Kurup.

A special committee has been set up to study and scrutinise the Auditor-General's Report 2012, says Ali Hamsa.

The discovery of a weapons stash in an estate coupled with NCR activists getting brutalised lately raises serious security concerns.

His liberal leanings have apparently diverted the wing from its true objectives, prompting outsiders to take up the Malay cause.

A parent claims a police officer questioned her 10-year-old child, a student at a school in Kajang, without her presence.

Challenger Syed Rosli Syed Herman Jamallulail claims Khairy had used his ministry's machinery for campaigning.

He suggests to China's President Xi that the body be called 'Cheng Ho Multi-cultural and Friendship Association'.

Xi Jinping, wife Peng Liyuan and the Chinese delegation departed for Bali, Indonesia at 2pm for the 21st Apec forum leaders meeting.

The Umno Youth chief says there is a need to provide ample opportunities for candidates to introduce themselves to the delegates.

'Obviously we have to counter the adverse publicity by telling the truth about ourselves,' says the embattled CM.

He says the party had conducted the re-election of the CEC according to the ROS' order and they should recognise it this time.

COMMENT We need to ask tough questions and the right questions in going about affirmative action to ensure real progress.

It's a series of déjà vu for DAP following its party re-election last week as the new central executive committee revisited some old issues.

Its MD in a flurry of terse tweets blames the purchase of new trains and buses on the company's losses, saying 'What do you expect?'.

FREE Malaysiakini describes Zahid's behaviour at a press conference yesterday as 'conduct unbecoming of a minister'.

MCA deputy president Liow Tiong Lai becomes centre of controversy as banning a debate on the motion to censure him catches fire.

COMMENT Is it right that villagers of over a century have to make way for corporate greed just because the right party holds the right papers?

UPDATED 4.45PM MP Lim Lip Eng lodges a police report over the auditor-general's report on this and the K-Pop payout.

Akramsyah Muammar Ubaidah says Khairy's liberal method undermines the party wing's original struggle.

Former deputy prime minister Musa Hitam calls on the six vice-president candidates to face off on national TV so people can assess their worth.

FREE YOURSAY 'Lee Hwa Beng should be proud that he is no longer a MCA member when the party is led by a shameless...'

A'Famosa Animal World Safari has allegedly told Astro Awani to pull down a video from its website or face legal action.

FREE YOURSAY 'There should be no excuses from Pakatan MPs to be absent from Parliament for the crucial PCA vote.'

COMMENT Stung by the disclosure of the loss of handcuffs, weapons and vehicles by cops, he rounds on Malaysiakini.

FREE YOURSAY 'Zahid, this is a national concern so you are required to explain why and how the weapons were lost. We will talk about it all we want.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The pen is indeed mightier than the sword, or a very large number of guns. Keep up the good work to keep the politicians honest.'