Archive - 20 November 2013

The incident occurred at 8.30pm when the health minister was on his way to Malacca to attend a meeting to discuss the MIC general assembly.

In his last major speech as Youth chief, Nasrudin Hassan urges incoming Youth leaders’ to add value to their words and be in tune with political 'realities'.

'I think there was a clear statement by your gov't, two days ago, on the matter and I don't want go beyond it,' says the US ambassador to Malaysia.

An auxiliary policeman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court in Kajang today to attempting to murder his ex-lover’s brother, two days ago.

PARLIAMENT No civil servants have been sacked over involvement in politics, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Claiming that PAS is being marginalised by its allies, Penang Umno has urged the Islamic party to reviews its ties with PKR and DAP.

The family of the Taiwanese tourist Hsu Li Min, 57, who was shot dead by a group of armed assailants in Pom-Pom Island, Semporna last Friday, have appealed for his post-mortem report to be speeded up.  

A 48-year-old mobile phone shop salesman was today fined RM15,000 after he was found guilty of posting remarks insulting the sultan of Perak four years ago.

He is currently undergoing treatment which involved chest physiotherapy and exercise.

PARLIAMENT Pengerang MP Azalina Othman, who had tagged along, said the jet was approved by Muhyiddin.

Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim slams the Kedah MB for asking federal government to raise the RM10,000 annual royalty payment for Penang.

KINIBIZ It could argue that there is nothing in its enabling law to mandate any such obligation to the bumiputera community.

UPDATED 7.20PM They want the PM to stop their eviction from ancestral land to be used for a mega-dam in Belaga.

He believes when GST is in place, the government will make RM4,000 per car, and reckons around 500,000 transactions yearly.

Johor DAP chief regrets some in PAS have been regurgitating Umno's nationalist rhetoric instead of coming up with alternative racial integration plan.

The MACC must be protecting corrupt politicians, concludes PKR’s Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli, looking at figures for the last four years.

ANALYSIS The 1,000-plus PAS delegates will on Friday pick either 'cultural activists' or 'Islamic scholars' to take their party forward.

UPDATED 6.25PM Following Harimau Malaya’s dismal performance, the two demanded Sultan Ahmad Shah's resignation as FAM president.

UPDATED 5PM 'If there are any conflicts between the two parties, this is normal,' Lim Guan Eng tells a press conference.

It is protesting against the satellite TV service provider which will increase the fee for certain packages with effect from Nov 24.

The decision, announced by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a television address, follows increasingly tense relations between the neighbours.

The former finance minister says the government would have to take positive steps in the soon-to-be-revised National Automotive Policy.

Youth information deputy chief Najwan Halimi is unhappy with comments by the Muslim NGO’s head against Anwar Ibrahim.

UPDATED 5.03PM Its chairperson Nur Jazlan Mohamed says this is after the new PAC line-up has endorsed the report, prepared by the previous panel.

The additional ferry provides services from 6am until midnight for 14 days during the festive seasons, says Assistant Minister Lee Kim Shin.

UPDATED 5.20PM He hits out at Opposition leader Shamsudin, saying he had his facts wrong in criticising the state on supplementary budgets.

Teng Chang Khim says the Selangor PWD, through Vast Consultants Sdn Bhd, was preparing the design for the bridge.

SARAWAK ASSEMBLY DAP rep Chong Chieng Jen's motion accuses Umno of forgetting the spirit of the Malaysia Agreement.

The Penang DAP election is expected to be an explosive affair as disgruntled ex-state assembly reps aim to make a comeback.

COMMENT The 1,300-plus delegates have difficult decisions to make and it is likely that these issues will not be solved.

Five groups in Bangsar say it's wrong for DBKL to base the new rates on rental as many homes are resided by home owners.

UPDATED 5.41PM Seven Pakatan MPs in Kuala Lumpur will put their demand across during a meeting with the FT minister tomorrow.

The motion is to pressure federal government to implement syariah and to assist any state that wants to do so, says its info chief.

The Selangor and Penang governments have been asked to explain whether they backing PAS' intention to expand hudud beyond Kelantan.

UPDATED 5.07PM Taiping rep Nga Kor Ming says the loss over the past three years is 14.4 percent, followed by Paraguay which lost 9.6 percent.

Cars older than 10 years should be sent for roadworthiness tests instead, suggests MCA's Young Professionals Bureau chief.

UPDATED 4.54PM Anwar Ibrahim says his team has checked and determined the opposition never made such allegation.

UPDATED 3.50PM 'When Obama couldn't come to M'sia, he ... didn't send his wife,' says PAS veep Mahfuz Omar.

FREE YOURSAY 'Organisations like Pekida and Perkasa are outsourced by Umno to do its dirty work so that it can play good cop.'

Powers for the minister under Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Bill 2013 are far too wide, says PKR's See Chee How.

UPDATED 3.10PM PARLIAMENT Wan Junaidi says the gov't cannot dismiss this and will be planning legislative changes.

INTERVIEW The NGO claims one of aims of the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs is to destroy the Muslim community.

This is due to ‘different fundamental objectives’ and composition of membership, notes SUPP’s Sibu branch head.

COMMENT It would be folly to ignore the disenchantment aired yesterday by Penang PAS despite the party having only one rep in the state assembly.

The party should raise its grouses at Pakatan Rakyat meetings or with the state executive council, says Abdul Malik Kassim.

FREE YOURSAY 'Rosmah representing Malaysia at the 4th Qatar International Businesswomen's Forum? Is she a minister?'

FREE VOXPOP 'May Allah keep you safe and heal you from all your afflictions, and may you return soon a healthy and wise leader.'

FREE YOURSAY 'We have to be grateful for little mercies. One day's jail for contempt is a lot better than nothing at all.'

The PAS deputy chief, who is defending his post in the party's polls on Friday, says he is doing it to support media freedom.