Archive - 29 March 2015

Guan Eng critic is not Kedah chief, says DAP

Guan Eng critic is not Kedah chief, says DAP

Loke says Bernama erroneously reported member's views as state position.
Supermarkets packed with pre-GST shoppers

Supermarkets packed with pre-GST shoppers

Shoppers stock up on essentials fearing price hikes come GST on April 1.
Land marked for new homes three months after floods

Land marked for new homes three months after floods

Permanent homes will be built for 1,415 families displaced in the Kelantan flood.
Umno: Bickering shows Pakatan can't be fed gov't

Umno: Bickering shows Pakatan can't be fed gov't

Pakatan needs to prove it can be united before it can take Putrajaya.
Be like Mydin, absorb GST, says Ahmad Maslan

Be like Mydin, absorb GST, says Ahmad Maslan

Deputy finance minister applauds Mydin, says others should emulate it.
Ferrari’s Vettel storms to Malaysian GP win

Ferrari’s Vettel storms to Malaysian GP win

The triumph ended a long drought for Formula One’s most successful team
Are the police trying to create a ‘white terror’?

Are the police trying to create a ‘white terror’?

Universiti Malaya’s Students' Council (PMUM) and Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth (Umany) are indignant and condemns the police who is trying to create white terror, which is intending to stifle the dissidents, in response to the investigation for the remarks of a lecturer of Universiti Malaya.
Customs: GST on sardines as it's processed food

Customs: GST on sardines as it's processed food

This is unlike lobsters which are under the category of crustaceans, it said.
Has the IGP really gone bonkers?

Has the IGP really gone bonkers?

Two days ago, I asked whether the inspector-general of police (IGP), Khalid Abu Bakar had gone bonkers in his latest tweet command to his police subordinates to investigate Universiti Malaya senior lecturer Dr Khoo Ying Hoo for her article ‘Who owns the police’ in The Malaysian Insider on March 16, 2015 under Section 500 of the Penal Code on criminal defamation when it is the height of the ridiculous to accuse of her of intimidation of the police, although her article was quite critical of high-handed police actions.
Police raid PKR HQ over Rafizi's circular

Police raid PKR HQ over Rafizi's circular

UPDATED 6.45PM Police broke down his office door and seized four computers.
'Deputy minister clutching at straws on English'

'Deputy minister clutching at straws on English'

MP SPEAKS Claiming our command of English best in Asia against facts.
Hard for PM, wife to let go of daughter

Hard for PM, wife to let go of daughter

Protests and pressure for PM to resign fails to take the shine off wedding.
Pics copyright lands Sarawak Report in the soup

Pics copyright lands Sarawak Report in the soup

It says mystery man has bought copyright for Low's photos to shut the site down.
Kedah Umno Youth wants action against TMI

Kedah Umno Youth wants action against TMI

Saiful Hazizy says the report shows the news portal was now desperate.
Cops fail to get remand for Khalid Samad, trio

Cops fail to get remand for Khalid Samad, trio

UPDATED 3.11PM Laywer says police submitted incomplete investigation papers.
Lee Kuan Yew was sui generis

Lee Kuan Yew was sui generis

COMMENT Founder of modern S'pore avoided post-colonial doldrums.
IGP: We don’t tolerate freedom to incite

IGP: We don’t tolerate freedom to incite

He explains the crackdown was because they were inciting others.
Singaporeans mourn Lee Kuan Yew

Singaporeans mourn Lee Kuan Yew

'There will never be another Lee Kuan Yew. No one person can take his place.'
CM slams brute force on rallyers but not criminals

CM slams brute force on rallyers but not criminals

UPDATED 2.59PM 'Peaceful assembly more serious than threatening harm?'
Najib's newlyweds bar wedding pix from net

Najib's newlyweds bar wedding pix from net

Nooryana Najib and Daniyar tell guests not to share videos and photos.
Anti-Terrorism Act to be tabled next week

Anti-Terrorism Act to be tabled next week

UPDATED 1.10PM Five other bills to be amended as well, says Home Minister Zahid.
Sure lah, our English better than Singlish

Sure lah, our English better than Singlish

FREE YOURSAY ‘Just ask a school leaver to write an essay, and see for yourself.’
Ski masks, guns odious display of PDRM might

Ski masks, guns odious display of PDRM might

FREE YOURSAY ‘Are they so embarrassed that they had to hide their faces?’
What expertise does MACC man in TBH case have?

What expertise does MACC man in TBH case have?

FREE YOURSAY ‘You meant making sure the witness never walks out of MACC?’
Better than our neighbour?

Better than our neighbour?

Quoting dodgy studies won’t fix the problem.
The stark difference between LKY and Dr M

The stark difference between LKY and Dr M

FREE YOURSAY ‘One believed in meritocracy while the other, Malay supremacy.’
Don’t think Malaysians are stupid

Don’t think Malaysians are stupid

COMMENT Pak Lah called them Little Napoleons, little folk wearing big hats.
Kita Lawan, a divided Pakatan and the wedding

Kita Lawan, a divided Pakatan and the wedding

Three reasons why turnout was soggy at yesterday’s ‘wedding march’ for Najib.
Now Shah Alam MP held over 'wedding march'

Now Shah Alam MP held over 'wedding march'

UDPATED 9.50AM He is picked up after the Kita Lawan rally, after Fariz Musa's arrest.