
No evacuation call made, say Cameron flood victims
Cameron Highlands locals claim police made no attempt at early evacuation.
Cameron Highlands locals claim police made no attempt at early evacuation.

No GST, but increasing taxes on the rich, cutting gov't wastage and defence spending, and scrapping national service are in its shadow budget.

Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim challenges MCA's claim that the new tax will redistribute wealth from the haves to the have-nots.

UPDATED 6.55PM PARLIAMENT Wan Junaidi says gang members here even dare hold a public funeral procession.





Lawyers for Liberty says allowing police to hold a person for 60 days instead of the current 30, spells disaster.







UPDATED 4.35PM SG LIMAU Chor Chee Heong says what the Kedah MB wants to do is prioritise help to those who need it most.
UPDATED 4.14PM PAC chief Nur Jazlan says standing orders bar PAC proceedings being made public until the final report is tabled.
UPDATED 4.10PM PAC chief Nur Jazlan says it is in the midst of ratifying the report produced by the previous panel.




Ex-mufti Asri agrees that cow slaughter in schools is inappropriate but this also applies to other religious acts in public places.


PSM and Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas submit a memo to the gov’t urging incentives for their small and medium enterprise employers.

Gerakan must change the perception that it 'kow tows' to Umno, says sec-gen Mah Siew Keong, who is battling for the presidency.




UPDATED 2.51PM
The Centre for Public Policy Studies says the new tax must come with curbing graft and more transparency in expenditure.



UPDATED 2.55PM
He says the slaughter of cows was never allowed in schools, but the gov't will not issue a circular on the matter.


SG LIMAU The first day of the campaign trial has taken on a deep religious undertone as PAS and Umno try to outdo each other.

UPDATED 1.05PM DAP’s Raub MP Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz says that this is because water levels do not ‘rise in an instant’.
UPDATED 12.50PM Lim Guan Eng says the Grand Plaza Service Apartments had been valued at £80mil six months before purchase.
UPDATED 3.50PM PARLIAMENT It would mean that they could no longer 'manipulate the system', says Nur Jazlan Mohamed
FREE VOXPOP 'If you want to educate Muslim students, then take them to the nearest masjid where the ritual is carried out.'

FREE YOURSAY 'This could be his last hurrah - to wait for the next round might be too late given his age, and Najib will further...'
FREE YOURSAY ‘How can you ever ask someone to take over a ‘handicapped company' such as NFC without any sweetener?'
COMMENT And, the recently passed amendments to the Prevention of Crime Act are the last nail in the coffin' for human rights.

UPDATED 11.40AM Yet again the Umno-owned daily apologises for defaming a person - this time to former PRM chief Syed Husin Ali.

Muhammad Asri Mohd Ali says he did not mean to defend long-serving politicians, but was instead pointing out their dilemmas.

COMMENT Although the publication that was before the court was 'The Herald', the ruling affects all books and publications.

UPDATED 7.20PM Jerit is urging the people to tweet to the PM from noon today to protest the move to introduce the GST.