Archive - 22 November 2013

Reporting the opposite of the truth.

Malacca police are looking for four men to assist in the investigation into two robbery cases where the robbers who preyed on foreign workers, had posed as policemen and Immigration officers.

Court of Appeal judge Justice Mohtarudin Baki today recused himself from a three-man bench of of the court that was to hear Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal to set aside two charges he is facing under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 (PAA) over his alleged involvement in the Bersih 3.0 rally last year.  

Mat Sabu's challenger for the No 2 post says if Malay votes return to the party, Pakatan Rakyat will take Putrajaya in the next general election.

The Gombak MP opens a Pandora's Box, saying the PM and his wife never flew by MAS since Najib Razak took office in 2008 .

Sessions Court judge Norsharidah Awang, in dismissing Mohamed Salleh’s application, says there was no defect in the charges.

KINIBIZ All that remains is for Malaysia Airlines to play its cards right. The game is yield management and the stakes are high.

MIC's Jaspal Singh launches an acerbic salvo on the minister over his remarks, which the former describes as 'tinged with racism'.

UPDATED 6.11PM Lawyer Gobind Singh claims the Thai pathologist cannot testify at the negligence suit due to ‘political interference'.

UPDATED 11.40PM CM Musa Aman confirms the state will continue to charge sales and services tax on top of the GST.

Harun Mat Saad, 47, was reported to have been admitted to the hospital at 2.30pm yesterday after showing symptoms of a stroke.

UPDATED 6.35PM MUKTAMAR  A technical glitch with ballot papers causes voting for the 18 central committee posts to be put off to tomorrow.

The opposition leader is taking the public for a ride with his '40,000 Bangladeshi voters', claim says MCA publicity bureau deputy Loh Seng Kok.

It's not the media's role to draw investments, says Kadir Jasin, but it has been done with positive news reports to bring in investors.

Connivance is far more deplorable.

UPDATED 4.05PM A UTM lecturer says he had done this over allegations that Ridhuan Tee had plagiarised his articles.

It has not been easy to quantify the losses and damages incurred by consumers due to the massive blackout in June this year, says deputy minister.

UPDATED 4.02PM Tears flow as Teoh Lee Lan testifies, not from questioning but from remembering the family's shortlived joy.

Wildlife activists take Malaysian government to task for failing to act against globally notorious endangered animals trafficker Anson Wong.

S'WAK ASSEMBLY The party rep lists a litany woes that Sibu is suffering from, alleging that its council keeps ignoring complaints.

It is backtracking on earlier statements made by the acting transport minister, as a result of strong public objections, says Teresa Kok.

The community and Education Ministry officials are at a loss as to who to listen to on such issues, says Gerakan’s Dominic Lau.

Justice Azman Husin allowed the application by Wahid Md Don and raised the RM50,000 bail imposed by the lower court to RM200,000.

Pending assemblyperson Violet Yong demands to know why commercial developments are rising on land alienated for educational use.

UPDATED 3.30PM S'GOR ASSEMBLY This is his reward for spending about 10 minutes arguing with the deputy speaker.

The Federal Court decision for Shafee ‘plunges prosecutorial standards in Malaysia to a disgraceful new low', says N Surendran.

UPDATED 4.06PM MUKTAMAR President Abdul Hadi Awang describes the cooperation as good, and that there are bound to be problems in any gov’t.

COMMENT As Australian-Indonesian ties slump to their lowest point in more than a decade, the deputy sheriff has one hand caught in the cookie jar.

KINIBIZ A group representing open AP holders contends abolishing them will only lead to higher car prices.

COMMENT In allowing counsel Shafee to appear as lead prosecutor in the Anwar sodomy appeal, apex court scants what the notion of rule of law properly entails.

FREE YOURSAY 'If he had copied the academic works of Airil Yasreen, he should face an investigation panel and answer the allegations.'

UPDATED 12.29PM The four water firms have until Dec 4 to respond to the offer made through Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Bhd, says MB Khalid.

UPDATED 1.25PM MUKTAMAR The PAS president pledges that the party will be an active partner in the coalition.

National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia warns that more than 1,000 cabin crew could stage a ‘walkout' in the coming weeks.

It's normal practice to allow the motion to be read first before rejecting it. So why wasn't he allowed to do so? asks Gooi Hsiao Leung.

COMMENT If the police with years of experience can lose them, what will happen if enforcement agencies are given guns?

FREE She will speak about leading the polls reform movement next Wednesday at a fund-raising dinner for Malaysiakini's new building.

FREE YOURSAY 'Rosmah did not do anything wrong. All she did was to ask DPM to get the cabinet to approve the travel.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The gov't has been caught with its pants down and it is wriggling around to escape the sticky situation...'

COMMENT New PAS Youth chief Suhaizan Kaiat's track record shows that he can bring more to the table than V-Day snoop squads...