Archive - 18 December 2013

The six-year-old and his mother were walking to the school with their two cousins, aged four and five, and two other children, both girls, when the car ploughed into them.

Farmers and fishermen from northern states in the peninsula believe that the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement would put them out of a job.

The remains of the late actress Azean Irdawaty Yusoef were laid to rest at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur today.

Abdul Gani Patail says Rafizi should not trouble himself in approaching Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

Two men on a motorcycle pushed a woman to the ground as she emerged from a bank in Kuantan and snatched her handbag containing more than RM20,000, police said today.

Attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail confirmed today that religious teacher Halimah Hussein, the first woman to be detained and charged under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma), is still on the run.

UPDATED 6.45PM About 55 percent of those surveyed also say they do not understand the goods and services tax, which will be introduced in 2015.

1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), a sovereign wealth fund, is considering selling RM1.5 billion (US$461.96 million) of Islamic bonds to relocate air force units from a base sitting on prime land in the capital, Bloomberg reported today.

UPDATED 5.55PM This is gov't's worst showing among 1,005 voters, with some 49 percent seeing the country 'heading south'.

The suit filed by a bread maker over the alleged discovery of a lizard in the bread bought by a consumer on Jan 6 has been dismissed.

UPDATED 5.50PM The latest Merdeka Center survey shows that the PM's popularity is down among all three ethnic groups.

The Penang CM admits close ties with the PAS leader, but rejects this to be criterion for Mat Sabu's appointment as the party's Penang chief.

Instead of waffling on public debates for the party top posts, ex-MCA president Ong Tee Keat said it should be made mandatory.

MP SPEAKS The other hikes in fuel and sugar prices, electricity tariffs, school bus, public bus and train fares all prove mismanagement of the BN gov't.

The unidentified woman died of respiratory failure on Dec 6, six days after she was admitted to a hospital in Jiangxi.

UPDATED 5.02PM This is despite state-linked companies like PKNS owning minor shares in several highway concessionares.

Persatuan Hindraf M'sia is appalled at the hotel project between Kg Chitty and the Muthu Mariamman temple in Malacca.

Nobody is above the law, says Anwar Ibrahim, who questions why police have, to date, only hauled up former CID chief Mat Zain over his SD.

A coalition of student activists and youth groups will stage a protest on New Year’s Eve to protest price hikes.

Reduce burdens of the youth instead of making empty, populist statements, Pasir Mas MP Nik Abduh tells the youth minister.

UPDATED 6.20PM The Shah Alam MP says local authorities and state government must work together with developers, instead of creating conflict.

The PAS spiritual leader says Umno was prepared to stir up new ‘propaganda’ to tarnish the Islamic party’s name in the eyes of the public.

The chief minister claims that the federal government is lying when it claims that the highway contracts cannot be re-negotiated.

UPDATED 1.40PM PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim adds that the GST will not bring down illicit outflow as claimed.

Kepala Batas MP Reezal Merican points out that the BN gov’t had promised in its election manifesto to reduce intra-city tolls.

UPDATED 4.25PM The state is willing to forgo profits for its GLCs, he says, adding the MB will issue a directive to reps of three firms.

UPDATED 1.30PM He says the gov’t is merely pushing the burden on the people and carrying on with its own extravagance.

The illusion created is that reforms have been put in place and the poor believe this. The reality, however, is grim, says the think-tank.

COMMENT With politicians always immersed in their own battles for power, the consumer struggles with rising costs and access to basic needs...

The party wants the ROS to explain or withdraw its Dec 6 letter, otherwise it is prepared to bring the ROS to court, says Gobind Singh Deo.

‘In Indonesia, the way they understand and practice Islam is more on the (basis) of compassion,’ says filmmaker Yati Kaprawi.

The government's persecution of Shiite Muslims is only for its own political mileage, says Lawyers for Liberty.

FREE VOXPOP ‘A notice that had different versions. The water outage can be of any duration, one day or 13 hours per day until Dec 22. All are accepted.'

FREE YOURSAY 'The intent of the provision to revise the toll rates was to cater for the operator in the event the concessions was not profitable.'

Two major Islamic groups, Abim and Gamis, plan to launch campaigns to oppose the proposed increase in highway toll charges.

FREE YOURSAY 'Did someone forget to inform the PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) in Kuching about the 18-point Agreement?'

Pointing to inconsistencies in the lawyer's reply, Anwar says it's all about Shafee's bid to become attorney-general.

FREE YOURSAY 'What is so degrading if you too had to cool your heels awhile at the airport like millions of other travellers do?'

FREE YOURSAY 'It is unfortunate that Najib used the Umno assembly to defend his wife instead of stopping her from...'

They hope his strong ties with Pakatan leaders in the state will help overcome the ‘marginalised' position of PAS in Penang.

Five UiTM researchers discover a whopping 8,518 defects, mostly due to poor workmanship, in just one hospital alone.