Archive - 24 January 2015

Terengganu’s Tengku Ampuan Intan Zaharah dies

Forty-day mourning period for country's fourth Raja Permaisuri Agong.

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Local gov’t polls ‘undemocractic’, says NGO

Such elections could lead to minority groups not being represented.

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Indonesian search teams fail to lift AirAsia fuselage

QZ8501 FREE ‘because of the strong currents the straps were detached.’

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Crackdown on printers of foreign dailies

Home minister says Myanmar, Nepal, Bengali papers tarnished BN's image.

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Saifuddin mocks Hadi 'the people's saviour'

The former Umno MP, in a biting Twitter post, takes a jab at the PAS leader.

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Adopt 'people-centric' growth, NGOs urge Asean

It must uphold democracy and human rights, says Asean Peoples' Forum.

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Lawyer: Jakim can sue Eric Paulsen for libel

Senior lawyer Mohd Hafarizam Harun says it could serve as a lesson.

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Tycoon’s wife seeks RM1.2bil in UK divorce

Khoo Kay Peng is trying to have the divorce case moved to Malaysia.

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Shabery seeks Asean support for real-time flight monitoring

Little has changed to the story of the black box since the 60s.

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FT Ministry freezes all overseas travelling

Exception for only very necessary cases, says Tengku Adnan.

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Cops suspended for forcing singer to sing in custody

Zamani Ibrahim is vocalist of a leading Malaysian band in the 1990s.

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Dr M: Vision 2020 on target if gov’t cuts spending

It must quickly identify and stop unnecessary projects and allocations.

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BN minister backs Hadi on local government polls

UPDATED 5PM Rahman Dahlan, too, says 'no', citing higher risk of racial strive.

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Two more perspectives to KL as a 'slum' city

Allow me to offer two different perspectives to Stephen Ng’s article titled, ‘KL developing into a slum city’.

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DAP returns salvo, tells Sarawak BN to drop 'dacing'

S’wak BN should use logo of ‘Bujang Senang’ - a notorious crocodile.

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Sarawak gov't urged to legalise the race 'Dayak'

S'wak DAP says the Interpretation Ordinance 2005 needs to be amended.

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'Is Hadi reason why Selangor local election bid stalled?'

UPDATED 7.08PM Coalition of Good Governance smells rat with Hadi's rant.

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Other ex-ministers urged to verify Zahid's claim

Other ex-ministers urged to verify Zahid's claim

Kit Siang asks trio if it is common to write support letters to the FBI.

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Special court for tourists in Sabah and Sarawak

It will help solve cases involving foreign tourists as victims, witnesses or offenders.

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Sabah flood victims increase, while S'wak improves

FLOODS The overall number of victims in both states are now at 5,608 from 5,747 this morning.

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Nancy: Sabah, Sarawak rights not eroded by Sedition Act

It will include action against those seeking secession of Sarawak, Sabah.

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Nik Aziz not going for chemo

Son says the stage-four prostate cancer patient is only taking medicine.

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PM to walk down memory lane in Worcestershire

He will visit his former college - Malvern College at Worcestershire.

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Najib, now is not the best time to implement GST

COMMENT The fall in fuel prices have not made the prices of other goods go down.

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Beyond rallies, Bersih faces first test in Sarawak

It has only 11 days left to organise voters to object to new polling boundaries.

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Doubts over veracity of Auditor-General’s Reports

Clarifying RTM’s purchase of wall clocks for RM3,810 apiece as reported in the Auditor-General’s Report, Public Accounts Committee chairperson Nur Jazlan Mohamed said the picture given by the Audit Report was not correct. He was speaking at the public forum ‘Government Audit - Formality or Accountability?’ in Penang yesterday.

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Unfair to blame Australia for Sirul's case, says QC

'We didn’t allow him to flee M'sia, strict bail conditions should've been imposed.'

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KL developing into a modern ‘slum’ city

In Part 2 of this series, we look at the impact of unsustainable urban planning.

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Residents dare Kidex to show preconditions met

Group challenges firm to show how all conditions for highway met.

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PAC chief bombarded with queries on graft

Gov't departments are said to be using the wrong method when spending public funds.

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‘BN not hungry enough to slay vampire of corruption’

Penang CM says it must be serious about stopping excess and abuse.

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Leaders fight over the carcass of MIC

FREE YOURSAY ‘Most voters could not care less if it survives or is de-registered.’

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For households, little money left to spend

Spending power relies on money left over after all expenses have been met.

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Australia moves Sirul to maximum security prison

UPDATED 12.18PM He is transferred to a detention facility in Sydney.

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Daim must be talking about his rich Chinese buddies

FREE YOURSAY ‘Yes, the non-bumis are not marginalised. Want to swap positions?’

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Hadi should do away with general elections, too

FREE YOURSAY 'He is more scared of the Chinese than of Umno running the country.'

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If a democracy is flawed, why call it a democracy?

COMMENT How are elections fair when the electoral boundaries are not?

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Kudos to judge for defending constitution

FREE YOURSAY ‘Dare we expect the Federal Court judges to be as brave?’

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The fast that turned into a farce

The 30-hour hunger strike exposed MIC’s irrelevance to the Indian community.

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