Archive - 2 December 2013

Two more people are detained in Semporna, Sabah, in connection with the murder of Pahang Islamic Religious Department (Jaip) enforcement chief Mohd Raffli Abdul Malik.

The Kedah government wants to investigate claims that a property developer had destroyed temple ruins in Bujang Valley site 11.

PARLIAMENT Deputy Minister Razali Ibrahim says this will involve amending related laws and will be brought to the Dewan Rakyat.

The police have arrested two men believed to be linked to the kidnapping of a Taiwanese woman and the murder of a man, believed to be her husband, in Pom Pom Island, Semporna last month.

UPDATED 7.40PM AG Abdul Gani Patail says the court threw out the case, based on a finding of fact and not by a finding of law.

The Meteorological Department today issued an orange-stage heavy rain warning for Kuantan, Pekan, Rompin and Bera in Pahang, saying the rain would continue until tomorrow. 

There is no evidential basis to justify a remark made by a Federal Court judge in his judgment that Anwar Ibrahim had homosexual tendencies, the Federal Court in Putrajaya heard today.

Rompin OCPD DSP Ahmad Johari Jahaya says the residents of four villages were evacuated from 10 am when floodwaters rose to more than one metre.

PARLIAMENT It admits making a wrongful response to the International Labour Organisation on a dispute with the bank employees union.

Pudu wet market traders in Kuala Lumpur say the ruling should not be imposed until the new abattoir in Desa Tun Razak is completed.

Karunairaj, 47, who has at least seven aliases, is held at the Chengalpet camp. He faces six cases in Malaysia and nine in India.

All 73 Penan families from Long Tangau and Long Menapa in Belaga have begun moving into their new homes in Metalun.

Expressing shock over the Bujang Valley incident, S Murugesan urges Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir to repurchase the land.

Justice was swift back in the day, says former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad, as it was important to display a tough stance on graft.

UPDATED 4.59PM Subang MP R Sivarasa says Justice VT Singham had held that the July 5, 2012 judgment had no order for demolition.

DAP leader calls destruction of historical site in Kedah an attempt to erase the historical memory of the Indian presence in Malaysia.

UPDATED 3.30 PM His silence has cast doubt on whether he is fit to represent the gov't in the Sodomy II appeal, says Anwar.

UPDATED 7.17PM The former KL CID chief maintains a police report is not required for an RCI to be set up, as was the case in several instances.

UPDATED 6.52PM But the former PM says it's stable and anytime ‘better than the rakyat taking to the streets, killing one another’.

Despite losing in the recent polls, Mahfuz is now PAS info chief, while Nik Amar and Abu Bakar Chik are central committee members.

UPDATED 6.41PM In peninsular Malaysia, electricity tariff increases 4.99 sen per kilowatt from Jan 1.

UPDATED 2.25PM UMT's ship is three years overdue, the East Coast Highway 2 costs more, and Finas' accounts are not in order.

While Umno is proud of its past glory it is also committed to have a clear vision for the future, says Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

UPDATED 2.20PM AUDIT REPORT The cost of the section supervised by the PWD had ballooned to RM2.9 billion.

FREE YOURSAY 'Apologising only on the instruction of Karpal Singh won't go down well. It is another sign of arrogance and selective defiance.'

Court of Appeal president Md Raus Sharif says the court would hear the appeals on that day if the parties failed to reach a settlement.

AUDIT REPORT Syarikat Ijhraa failed to complete construction of the RM41.46 million ‘KD Pelandok’ training centre in Lumut.

The opposition wants Najib and Mukriz to explain how an ancient Hindu temple in Kedah can be demolished by private developers.

The Umno supreme council designate-member was sacked from PAS last May, says its veep Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

UPDATED 12.56PM They refuse to budge for fear that the ‘poor treatment' received by the natives of Bakun and Murum, will be their fate.

ANALYSIS And MIC gets a ticking off from PM Najib, who tells it to earn the full trust of the Indians at the grassroots.

UPDATED 4.25PM After holding the post for a decade, the former premier has decided to call it quits in order to concentrate on his health.

Former Bukit Aman CID director Mohd Fauzi Shaari passed away at the Selayang Hospital last night due to liver and kidney complications.

UPDATED 12.11PM PARLIAMENT This is based on how often Malaysia applies the relevant section of anti-graft law, says a deputy minister.

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His trouble and tears provide a heartbreaking insight into the suffering of ‘imported’ workers who are played out by agents.

UPDATED 12.45PM It will wait for archeologists to confirm if a developer is destroying 8th century ruins in the Bujang Valley.

Set for next year, 'e-muallaf' will play Big Brother to Muslim converts to ensure they don't succumb to 'threats by the enemies of Islam'.

The delegates want discipline among leaders and members in view of name-calling and personal attacks on journalists.

Chow Kon Yeow, who heads the state party for the seventh term, insists that ‘factionalism is only the conjecture of the media’.

FREE YOURSAY 'Top Umno leaders in the government do not need any pay rise. The kickbacks, commissions and rent-seeking are...'