Archive - 26 June 2015

FREE The Penang groups say no studies or stats to show 24-hour restaurants lead to social problems.

FREE Some Umno Supreme Council members regret online info taken as truth.

FREE In a 5-4 decision, it ruled state laws not allowed to ban same-sex marriage.

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He also hints that, among others, MIC's G Palanivel could be dropped.

'Postponing party polls is bad practice and shows lack of faith in members'.

FREE Special Affairs Department says it's being used by gov't critics.

FREE Cops say three reports on offices splashed with paint, one with its door burnt.

Forcing him out is now the only option left for detractors, say analysts.

UPDATED 8.55PM He says this will be done after Thai authorities finish probing Justo.

UPDATED 8.40PM Elections have been deferred by 18 months, says Najib.

FREE PM cites RM20m given to Kg Baru Jamek mosque for re-development.

FREE The decision on participation will be dictated by Parliament, says the minister.

FREE Come clean - did you make a colossal mistake, or what, asks Kit Siang.

Judge ruled all 370 plaintiffs will have to pay RM1,000 each in costs.

FREE Wan Saiful Wan Jan says Bangladeshis usually prefer not to go into plantations.

COMMENT While Pakatan split in the news, BN breaks up before our eyes.

FREE Nancy Shukri responds to proposal for ‘rules to curb social ills’.

FREE Lua Norman’s breath alcohol content at the time was 111mg/100ml.

Even primary school students are aware that food, clothing and shelter are very basic necessities to human life.

FREE Putrajaya continues the narrative that 1MDB is a victim of a fiend.

Penang gov’t must explain what happened to its pledge, party says.

G18's Dzulkefly Ahmad says progressives don't want to be 'syok sendiri'.

FREE Disciplinary hearings have been set at two universities for 15 students.

FREE Sticking to his 'twisted' excuse, Annuar Musa now sings a different tune.

Bar Council president warns act could be abused to allow torture as under ISA.

FREE MP SPEAKS It’s time the rakyat reminds the gov’t about ‘amanah’.

FREE UPDATED 3.50PM The group files report with MACC, terming it 'an act of betrayal.'

FREE Johor prince Tunku Idris cites the words of Mufti Ismail Musa Menk.

FREE It concerns the publication of an article on Feb 19 on the 1MDB fund issue.

FREE UPDATED 3.20PM He accuses Subra of misleading the public over a ROS letter.

This is despite Ipoh Timur PAS Youth chief Salman Saleh wanting him be replaced.

FREE Selangor sultan tells Farah to ignore narrow-minded people.

With reference to news reports from the president of the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) that four doctors were recently reprimanded for hiring unregistered doctors in their clinics, the Medical Practitioners Coalition Associations Malaysia (MPCAM ), an association consisting mainly of general practitioners, views the matter highlighted by the Malaysian Medical Council president seriously though the numbers highlighted by the council is less than 0.1 percent of the total registered clinics.

FREE It produces documents to show they were duplicated, with no changes.

Najib's lawyers want time to reply to the affidavits served on them yesterday.

FREE The ringgit weakened 0.6 percent in five days and 0.2 percent today.

FREE PAS spiritual leader however doesn’t say who that rival is.

When then-prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad started the Malaysia Incorporated and Privatisation policies in earnest in the 1980s, I never envisaged that these concepts would evolve into the monstrous disasters that we see today.

FREE He does not rule out extraditing Malaysians to Thailand over the matter.

UPDATED 2.30PM Azmin's aide says MB upbeat that his state gov't is still intact.

This statement is being made by the Say No to Dash (SNTD) committee in response to an invitation to a buka puasa with Projek Lintasan Kota Holdings Sdn Bhd (Prolintas) today (June 26, 2015).

FREE The research firm says it was put on the Internet and published.

FREE This is a move to reduce social ills, says Minister in the PM’s Dept Shahidan.

FREE UPDATED 3.35PM Annual report by State Department on Malaysia highlights shameful abuses.

COMMENT We don’t have a bottomless pit of money to bail out all the scandals.

UPDATED 12.55PM Wan Azizah files it as Anwar is not allowed to leave prison.

FREE Analyst says the rescue plan is likely politically backed.

FREE Kit Siang demands this from Mohammad Lan Allani and Halim Rahman.

FREE Mueller says it has taken the industry 10 years to have a fleet rollover.

The very recent incident of a light bulb going off, leaving the portrait of Dr Mahathir Mohamad in darkness while those of the other six Umno presidents flanking him on the right and left remained lit at the headquarters of the political party in the federal capital, has got tongues wagging and tempers flying in the country.

The proposal that food outlets close their doors by midnight to reduce social problems appears to be another case of politicians attempting to legislate how businesses should operate. An earlier case is how the public should dress when visiting government departments, the merit of which is still being debated and now even Cuepacs is supporting it.

Following urine-drinking ruckus, group breaks fast together to show comradeship.

FREE YOURSAY ‘1MDB must prove that the facts were indeed twisted by Justo.’

Sisters in Islam (SIS) expresses growing concern at the recent events regarding unwarranted dress code enforcement. After the incident at the Road and Transport Department (JPJ), we are repulsed to see the repetition of discrimination in other public buildings. SIS is extremely concerned that this growing policing of women’s attire by government officials could make the state of Malaysia even more conservative than what it already is.

FREE A photo of Harith Iskandar’s son was published on a child porn website.

FREE The home minister says this is to meet the demands of employers.

FREE Energy Ministry says this was decided at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

FREE Pua hits back at Umno lawyer, asking him to question PM's impartiality, not his.

FREE YOURSAY 'Why do we let religious courts have a bigger say in Malaysia?'

COMMENT Frontliners can make or break the reputation of an organisation.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Light bulb moments like these are divine in timing and intent.’

Justo met with PetroSaudi executive last October in Bangkok, says source.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Why didn't he order a probe on 1MDB over the WSJ report.’