Archive - 20 December 2016

Immigration Department finds 59 Bangladeshi in two condominium units.

The former Petrosaudi executive will either fly tonight or tomorrow morning.

Partial water supply restoration for KL, Petaling, Gombak, Klang, Kuala Langat and Kuala Selangor.

They were detained for offences related to terrorism and will be investigated under Sosma.

A boy watches DC Comics superheroes come to life in wayang kulit form.

The present system is unsustainable and does not send the right message.

Take what you can for now, says education minister.

As expected, the former premier trains his guns on Najib Abdul Razak.

BN component parties know Act 355 amendments will violate constitution, says ex-MCA president.

PAS president says Iran never sought to spread the Shiite ideology, only to fight foreign intervention and Israel.

Annual allocation of RM2 million will benefit 500 children of settlers who are pursuing their higher education.

Retaliating to the minister's two questions, the DAP starlwart is dishing out questions on a daily basis.

Unemployed G Gunasekaran, 48, changed his plea to guilty at the murder trial which entered its 36th day today.
 

Strategies are supposed to be kept under wraps, says Shahrir Samad.

Co-writer Yana Riza says future quizzes would tackle issues such as marriage, family and rape.

UPDATED 5.40PM | He asks why both Umno and the Chinese community require introspection.

Nazri believes the former finance minister is nostalgic for dictatorial times under Dr M.

They accuse the state exco of allegedly 'misleading' the assembly on the number of prewar houses sold to foreigners.

'Kit Siang is an old man who feels DAP belongs to his family'.

MH370 | The First Principles Review Report on MH370 concludes investigators searching for the missing flight may be looking at the wrong area.

COMMENT | Maybe what we need are rogues that will carry on the fight regardless.

We refer to the various statements made by Member of Parliament for Seputeh YB Teresa Kok over the water disruption in the Klang Valley scheduled for the week before Christmas.

'I'm happy to be sent home. I hope to be back by tonight.'

POLL | Take one last look at 2016 before we move on to the new year. Vote now!

Suhakam wants inquiry into SOP in handling detainees.

UPDATED 4.22PM | Minister says BN teaches that no community can govern on its own.

Lim Guan Eng demands authenticity of state BN chief's “false and defamatory” claims published in The Star.

They are puzzled by the timing of the visit, when Iran is 'brutally killing our brethren, particularly in Aleppo'.

UPDATED 2.50PM | He wants Rahman Dahlan to state if the expected increase in income from crude oil will be used for subsidies.

COMMENT | Why wait till this week to carry out the maintenance work?

As for PM-designate, former law minister says he knows someone who is probably the country's last hope.

UPDATED 3PM | Do it within seven days if total cost of the 150km MRT project won't exceed RM100b, says PKR veep.

UPDATED 2.50PM | It will not only set a good example, but also clear the name of PM and his family, says PKR veep.

UPDATED 4.42PM | Kuala Terengganu MP responds to Jamil Khir's remarks on PAS president's private member's bill.

We, the 36 undersigned civil society organisations, trade unions and groups, are appalled to hear about the case of Siti Noor Aishah Atam, a 29-year-old Malaysian woman, who was arrested for the alleged possession of 12 books, detained, tried and acquitted by the court, and thereafter re-arrested and detained under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca).

UPDATED 1PM | The issue does not rise at all, says Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub.

Current crisis of confidence will not alter coming election results, says Perkasa chief.

UPDATED 2.25PM | 'We are satisfied the statement does not have a seditious tendency,' Court of Appeal rules.

MH370 | The report says new evidence was derived from ocean drift modeling.

Swiss media say a suspect is on the run after the incident near the main train station in Zurich.

The killer, a policeman, then cries 'Allahu Akbar' several times.

Paris court does not pass sentence as decision was made when she was in the French gov’t, during the 2008 financial crisis.

The nationality of the suspected driver, who was later arrested, was unclear.

YOURSAY | ‘With no political philosophy, there can be no grounds for cooperation.’

An attempt to block the Trump win falls far short, with the president-elect getting 304 votes against Clinton’s 228.

Delaying a marriage could be due to various reasons ranging from lack of funds, studies not completed or ‘collective decision’. Similarly, delaying a scheduled maintenance programme could be due to a number of reasons, ranging from needs of some stakeholders, boosting profit numbers or even ‘collective decision’, too. The last excuse is what we read in the mainstream news about the massive Klang Valley water disruption.

‘I would rather live somewhat free in a kleptocracy...’

Businesses, too, seethe over the water cuts that began in large areas of the Klang Valley yesterday.

It also urges the state-owned logging firm to ensure clean water for the natives.

YOURSAY | 'It's a shame that foreigners are doing all the hard work.'

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

Establishing moral limits is our only way forward.