Archive - 2 September 2015

The minister says a special committee has been set up to look into the plans.

[UPDATED 9.46PM] He was nabbed in Singapore over alleged fraud amounting to some RM660,000.

This is on suspicion of corruption and money-laundering.

Panidkar Amin says democracy is a relative term and there is no clear definition.

Zeti says the financial systems had to be both value-adding and value-based.

Salleh Keruak responds to Jose Ugaz's scathing speech at the anti-graft conference in Putrajaya.

Spad says the project would take about five years to be completed.

The offer is valid from today and will close on Sept 23, 2015.

MPs, state assemblypersons and party leaders are called in to give statements.

Current president says he will contact Ling Liong Sik to clarify the matter.

She laments what wherever she goes, she is being asked 'What is happening to Malaysia?'

Liow Tiong Lai has accused DAP of sowing the seeds of racial discord.

Party disciplinary tribunal chief Megat Najmuddin Megat Khas says it needs to be clarified if they had met on the matter.

Veteran MP wants to know if the minister's latest job specification is to remove all the 'shocks' of a failed anti-corruption campaign.

[UPDATED 8.55PM] Kelantan MB says Hatta must register divorce since he took oath he'll split with wife if he leaves PAS.

[UPDATED 7.18PM] Speaking after Jose Ugaz, minister quips he is not at the conference to defend the PM.

Hishammuddin said this in his Twitter response to @WanKhairilAmmar.

'Honesty and integrity. What does that mean for Malaysia?' asks TI chief in his speech.

Defending Mahathir's presence at the rally, the former minister says the doctor was there to help remove the 'tumour' plaguing the nation.

This is to prevent speculation and misinformation, the dept says in a statement.

Investor sentiment has soured recently due to slowing domestic consumption.

An unidentified man who was arrested admits being near the Aug 17 shrine blast site.

[UPDATED 5.52PM] Transparency International Jose Ugaz's scathing speech gets resounding applause at major anti-graft conference.

Penang chief minister decides to sue Umno-owned daily for linking him to the Bersih 4 rally.

I’m going to start off with a simple yes/no question:

“Does your mother know that you are stupid?”

UPDATED 5.20PM The ex-journalist however fails to provide evidence during the dramatic press conference.

If need be, Maria Chin says, Bersih will take the matter to court.

COMMENT Racism stands no chance when reason is allowed to prevail.

There is no need for the police to call Mahathir or any other rally participant, says Maria Chin.

Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset shows the viewer could be right there in the action.

'If they dared to do it, they should be brave enough to take responsibility.'

UPDATED 5.35PM Paul Low says he speaks a lot in the cabinet, almost every week.

Maria Chin however gives the Umno MP a dressing down for sowing racial animosity.

UPDATED 5.07PM He says urging PM's resignation related to dismantling of the gov't in power.

[UPDATED 2.52PM] Hanipa Maidin says PAS will not be beneficial to the new Pakatan and could alienate non-Muslims.

UPDATED 3.25PM PKR launches a Bersih 4 photography competition in a bid to counter official propaganda.

UPDATED 3.35PM Till yesterday, the PM was to go for this anti-graft meeting of 'fearless activists' says minister Paul Low.

Opposition leader says the police should maintain this new image and not ruin it by going after the Bersih 4 leaders.

The frontpage report is accompanied by a photo of Bersih and opposition leaders and list a litany of abuses it claims the rally was guilty of.

MP SPEAKS This is unless the trust deficit of the Najib gov’t is not addressed.

Kit Siang says the act is not the political or civic culture he wants to see in Malaysia.

Stomping Hadi photo incident proves PAS made right call to opt out, says number two.

UPDATED 3.05PM DAP’s Lim Lip Eng says a stampede could have erupted, resulting in casualties or worse.

Anina vows to keep struggling despite losing her party membership for filing a lawsuit against Najib.

At 5pm, the ringgit was quoted at 4.2070/2150 against the greenback.

Syed Ali says Parti Amanah Negara is joining the murky mess, and tells opposition not to hoodwink people.

Ethnic evaluations of issues more difficult after Bersih 4 success, he says.

UPDATED 1.09PM IGP Khalid Abu Bakar says praise appreciated but rally will still be probed.

COMMENT Bersih 4 is the story of the slow and steady emergence of a confident rakyat learning to claim its power.

UPDATED 1.36PM He doesn't think MACC would tell media if they had launched a probe.

[UPDATED 1.25PM] Calling it 'baseless', Khalid says police would not degrade women to such an extent.

Woman tells of humiliation in lock-up after Bersih eve raid on a music venue where over 100 were arrested.

[UPDATED 12.19PM] 'We will call him, he has made speeches and accusations,' says top cop.

Some 100 supporters greet the Umno deputy president at KLIA upon his arrival from Australia.

PKR de facto leader also congratulates the hundreds of thousands of participants at the rally.

It is not impossible that Najib will have to bow to the will of 'People Power', given the allegations against him, the daily says.

Despite many in it being from PAS, Parti Amanah Negara can strengthen the national opposition, he says.

COMMENT Why the oppressive laws when all we seek is for all Malaysians to live peacefully together, in freedom?

DPM and Home Minister Zahid Hamidi announces the law came into effect from yesterday.

Police shouldn’t only probe those who stomped on photos of PM and Hadi, says DAP.

YOURSAY ‘Bersih had nothing to do, or knew anything of stomping on PAS chief’s image.’

YOURSAY ‘When did releasing balloons deemed as a criminal act in this country?’

YOURSAY ‘It is a pity that someone as old as this should say something as stupid as this.’

YOURSAY ‘If his comments are not seditious then I don't know what is.’

YOURSAY ‘Bersih 4 was meant not only for the Chinese but for all.’