Archive - 14 March 2017

UPDATED 1.28AM | 'I hope the government will pardon my sons, so they can come home.'

'To parents, I must stress that it is their responsibility to closely monitor their children.'

Azalina says this on proposal to ban child marriages in new law on sexual crimes against children.

Police say he has no connection to Pastor Koh's disappearance.

They are from the MACC, police Commercial Crimes Investigation Department and the Securities Commission.

She urges all quarters not to question or cast aspersion on the Permata programme. 

UPDATED 7.22PM | Police say complainant unable to provide Joshua's car plate number or address.

Minister says the safety of Malaysians in North Korea must be ensured.

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges a #BetterDigitalWorld in ensuring the safety of Internet users in conjunction with this year’s World Consumers Day theme as proposed by Consumers International, ‘Consumer Rights in the Digital Age’.

I refer to the newspaper reports in The Star on the March 13, 2017 at page 13 (Nation) where Penang Port Commission (PPC) chairperson Tan Teik Cheng claimed that high-speed catamaran ferries will be introduced to enable pedestrians to commute faster between the Penang Island and the mainland.

Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd made initial offer in 1999 to MOT and not PKA, Lee Hwa Beng explains.

Enrique Panalosa is said to have declared war on private cars in his first defining act as mayor of Bogota, Colombia.

The war of words continues over Forest City's 'freehold signs'. A PKR assemblyperson also joins in.

PAS' Bangi rep questions why police have not taken similar action despite many complaints.

Counsel Jahaberdeen says the bid to verify facts pleaded was not a requirement in the suit.

PARLIAMENT | This after Tengku Adnan says the MP was against development as she feared an influx of Malays.

UPDATED 7.32PM | Teresa Kok and Ng Suee Lim deny the claims and challenge him to show proof.

UPDATED 4.39PM | New name, new logo and symbol for the election, as well as a manifesto, Mahathir says.

UPDATED 5.03PM | Bersatu president says party cannot agree when it is still not clear on the proposed amendments.

State denies reducing ceiling price for foreign property buyers, saying there was only a proposal from Rehda.

Party veep says a sum of RM70k has already been given to lawyers to act against Sarawak Report editor.

UPDATED 4.15PM | The Perkasa president files the application in court, citing 'locus standi' as the head of a 700k-members strong organisation.

He raises an Umno MP’s question on non-development of Labuan since it was made a federal territory in 1984.

UPDATED 3.45PM | Lee Hwa Beng also cites the PAC report to back his statement in court.

They say labels such as 'anti-Malay', 'anti-Islam', 'pro-Jewish' are being falsely bandied about by Umno to divide people. 

A reader wrote to a newspaper complaining about charges imposed by Touch ’n Go Sdn Bhd to activate frozen cards not used for more than 12 months.

Judge Sofian Abd Razak makes the decision after hearing submissions from both parties.

Sekijang MP Anuar Manap says the freehold status is only for strata titles, not the land.

Training his guns on St Regis Langkawi, PKR vice-president says he can run a more profitable hotel.

Penang CM questions why the authorities are ignoring the 'elephant in the room', in cracking down against graft.

DAP veteran gives the thumbs up for planned debate, and vows to attend.

Opposition MPs are in the dark over contents of the new bill, Teo Nie Ching says.

COMMENT | Unlawful practices and corrupt leaders are the real threat to our national sovereignty than anything else.

DAP veteran urges Umno and BN leaders to make up their minds on who is whose puppet.

Logging in the forest reserve affects the water supply in three states, cautions Penang water supply body chief.

In another Johor property scandal, a state land dept insider is accused of smuggling documents out of the vault.

The workers are located in Sarawak, which has immigration autonomy. 

It’s been a month since the murder of the North Korean took place at KLIA2.

'Maybe Najib doesn't know. Maybe Najib did not read the signs'.

Users can report news items they receive to sebenarnya.my, which then checks the veracity of the reports.

And, adds Domestic Trade Minister Hamzah Zainuddin, 'we import more than 50 percent of the sugar from Thailand'.

N Korea's UN rep blames the US and South Korea for the killing of its citizen on Malaysian soil.

UPDATED 6.12PM | Amnesty condemns the move to expedite the execution of Rames and Suthar.

UPDATED 11.41AM | This comes after the censorship board snips a 'gay moment' in the movie.

The US state secretary wants to 'drill down' on the challenge of North Korea's ballistic missile launches.

The popular social network closes off a process that has been exploited by US police departments to track protesters.

He has accused China of unfair trade policies during his election campaign.

Five are also arrested for putting drugs into the coffee sachets and selling them at entertainment outlets in KL.

YOURSAY | ‘Nobody can be ‘better’ at being more Umno than Umno.’

YOURSAY | ‘As long as the corrupt tops are roaming free, there will be more lower level corruption.’

COMMENT | In the longer term, a turn towards protectionism by the US could well be a blessing in disguise for China.

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

It is highly imperative for the ministers and government officials to be careful in releasing important facts and figures, especially in relation to any information that only the government is privy to.

After the UK and Canada, two more democratic countries with an overwhelming number of moderate Muslims, I mean both India and Bangladesh, have blocked the biggest source of radical Islamist televangelism in the region, Peace TV.

The National Union of Flight Attendants (Nufam) is surprised that a Muslim MP, Ghapur Salleh, has given ideas to charge for alcoholic beverages on MAS flights.

Demanding full disclosure accountability.