Archive - 15 October 2013

Salleh Said Keruak says the top Umno leadership had not instructed Sabah Umno to follow any 'preferred list' for the vice-president's posts.

Shabery Cheek says he would apply to the Dewan Rakyat to have RTM allowed to telecast live his session with the PAC over the K-Pop sponsorship.

A schoolboy was shot in the neck when a pistol went off while a police officer was removing its bullets.

Gobind Singh Deo has been tasked to scrutinise the statements published by the media and if necessary file defamation suits.

Teng should contest the post as he is 'strong-willed, outspoken and seems (to have an) insurmountable leadership style'.

MP Tony Pua says the court had 'neglected its equal, if not greater role to protect and defend the rights of the minority'.

'I have been bombarded on my Twitter in the last couple of days with people asking me not to go,' says Padang Serai MP.

'We must remember that laws are used to safeguard the public interest on the whole and not for the sake of any religious group.'

Two candidates who contested the Umno Youth vice-chief and Wanita Umno division chief posts have sent letters to protest the results.

'Any displeasure emanating from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong will not reflect positively on the government of the day,' says Karpal Singh.

Constitutional law expert Abdul Aziz Bari describes the appellate court judgment yesterday as 'startling' and 'disturbing'.

UPDATED 5.48PM The ailing party has as many as three hopefuls eyeing the top post in internal polls later this month.

FREE YOURSAY 'Liow and Chua are feathers of the same bird. So it makes no different who wins the president's post.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Shahrizat's victory speaks volumes about the moral standards of Wanita Umno who voted her.'

KINIBIZ In late July, Silver Bird informed Bursa that it found two parties willing to provide funding to the tune of RM16 million.

'Muslims should protect other faiths to ensure freedom of religion. We should show ... there is no compulsion in Islam,' says Mujahid.

'Walk into a church in Cairo, Baghdad or Beirut this coming Sunday and you will hear the name of 'Allah' invoked,' says UAE newspaper The National.

COMMENT Persisting on the legal front is not likely to bring vindication while fomenters of religious tensions will continue to have a field day.

COMMENT This election is much more than Najib versus Mahathir, it involves psychology, financial interests and personal ties.

FREE YOURSAY 'It is a shame that the word 'Allah' is causing confusion in Malaysia only and no other parts of world.'