Archive - 6 October 2016

Unicef welcomes the recent announcement by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman on the proposed Child Sexual Crimes Bill.

He says this over Dr M’s insistence that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong can sack the PM.

The minister says Jamal was only one of three million Umno members.

In 2012, Umno bloggers had claimed the man with a woman in the toilet was Azmin.

Ex-Kelantan rep is info chief while an Ireland-trained accountant is treasurer-general.

It is just a simple issue, says Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.

The Bersih torch will be passed on to the state this Saturday.

Paul Low says proposed amendments were expected to be tabled this month or latest by March next year.

There have been three clashes involving Indonesian navy ships and Chinese trawlers this year.

Azizan Osman says he lodged a police report and the matter is currently under investigation.

‘We are prepared for any type of news,’ says her husband, Prof Dr Mohd Alauddin Mohd Ali.

This after MACC seized RM114.5 million in a case of abuse of power in Sabah.

Police say the impact of the crash resulted in the brick wall collapsing and crashing onto the man.

Salam Maal Hijrah to all.

The first National Consultative Council (NCC) was set up in January 1970 by the late Abdul Razak Hussein to find ways to promote and strengthen racial harmony so that normalcy would return and Parliament restored.

UPDATED 6.09PM | 'The government is trying to bully us into keeping silent', claims rally organiser Lydia Chai.

Amanah's Raja Bahrin says rest of the world is just standing by watching and not doing much.

After Umno, PAS is the people's choice, said the party's youth chief urging all to respect the party for it.

The challenge is issued by NGO Bruno Manser Fund in a letter gently worded as an 'invite' to the Oct 14 event.

It's disappointed that greater transparency on income, expenditure of parties not stressed, to battle money politics.

The suspect has been identified as a man with eight previous records of criminal convictions.

Five were from the Philippines, two from Indonesia. Their sentences ranged from 12 months to three years.

Good governance creates trust among the people, says the prime minister.

Following the 16th International Peat Congress (IPC) in Kuching (Sarawak), Malaysia in August 2016, widely-read media reported that the congress supported the view that current agricultural practices in peatland areas, such as plantations, do not have a negative impact on the environment. However, this view is not shared by many of the participants, and does not reflect the broad message conveyed by the research presented at the congress.

UPDATED 5.21PM | Rizal Mansor can come to see for himself, and we’ll explain the corruption allegations, says Yeo Bee Yin.

This is an open letter in reply to Dr Dorina Pojani’s opinion that the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) would work better for Penang.

Asyraf Wajdi laments lack of focus on things like education and strengthening economy.

Court orders he be deported back to the Philippines upon completion of his sentence.

Guan Eng dismisses fears of massive retrenchment in the manufacturing sector.  

The Bersatu president sees himself as the bridge that can bind the opposition parties for good.

The helicopter has been in service with the RMAF since 1967 but can still be used if properly maintained, they say.

UPDATED 3.55PM | Its chief prosecutor has no discretion on who to prosecute and who not to, argues lawyer in Anwar Ibrahim’s qazaf bid.

MP Marama Davidson was one of 13 women aboard the Zaytouna-Olivia.

This comes after a ship carrying 13 humanitarian activists was detained by Israeli forces yesterday.

The Philippines now has 15 confirmed cases, while Singapore has over 400.

UPDATED 2.08PM | This includes PAS and Bersatu, says the former opposition leader

This was disclosed by its business owner Siti Hajjar, who holds an electronic engineering degree.

UPDATED 6.22PM | The Swiss Office of the Attorney-General says its request was forwarded through diplomatic channels.
 

UPDATED 2.11PM | Voters can lend their names to objection letters prepared by the electoral watchdog.

Info chief Nasruddin Hassan says this is the simple condition for those who want to negotiate.

I dispute what Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan reportedly said in a local English daily on Oct 6, 2016 - that students should consider taking up STPM after completing their SPM studies, as it could help them attain a place in public universities after finishing STPM.

What Jamal did was rude and does not reflect Malay values, says Afif Bahardin.

Charge refers to a page of 1MDB audit report that was never produced in court in full, says Pandan MP.

Interested parties can raise objections if they don't agree with EC's proposal, they point out.

The urging comes as the Federal Court will hear a constitutional challenge on street protest ban on Oct 10.

Parts of the foreign intelligence law will expire next year.

UPDATED 4.10PM | Judge however says their conduct was 'totally inappropriate' and provoked sensitivity of M'sians.

Until the M'sian authorities provide full mutual legal assistance in OAG's 1MDB probe, states Bruno Manser Fund.

YOURSAY | “It’s not statesmanlike to respond by slamming those with poor BM.”

Efforts to help people held for suspected Islamic State links may be used to prove he has terrorists links, he fears.

UPDATED 2.38PM | State government issues five-day deadline to the home to cease operations.

He is a former PM of Portugal and former head of the UN refugee agency.

PKR veep seeks help for his NGO, Invoke, to work on improving election campaigning methods.

‘I will not go topless in KT town, for example.’

Just about everyone (apart from the ruling party) is sceptical and dismissive of the move to legislate political funding and I believe they are very right in doing so.

MP SPEAKS | PM should demand AG puts up a new report on SRC International and tables it to Parliament.

COMMENT | How can someone without a proper business have so much money to splash?

Umno leader Jamal has claimed Bersih is infiltrated by Islamic terrorist group IS.

The 10 women activists on board Zaytouna-Olivia, one a Malaysian, were heading to challenge the Israeli blockade on Gaza.

‘We cannot expect foreigners to respect our flag if we do not respect the Negaraku,’ says the prime minister’s wife.

YOURSAY | ‘People who are decently brought up do not attempt to steal from his own house.’

YOURSAY | ‘IGP, I pity your men. They are being hassled and shouted at by these red-shirt thugs.’

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