Archive - 29 December 2019

LETTER | The police have exposed their total lack of impartiality in guaranteeing freedom of assembly.

C Sivarraajh says the question was from an ethnic relations examination paper at the Universiti Malaysia Perlis.

They chant slogans for democracy as they huddled under a sea of umbrellas.

This is despite the Umno sec-gen saying Apandi will chair a meeting to clear things up.

This comes after Sekat secretary invited the Malay NGOs to address some 500 people present at the congress.

KIMANIS POLLS | The frontrunners are Kimanis Umno chief Mohamad Alamin and Anifah Aman's younger brother Ahmad Zachry Anifah.

MP SPEAKS | Rape cases of children comprise 78 percent of the 462 rape cases for the past 5 years.

LETTER | This is the sixth time a large-scale cut has occurred in the past year alone.

INTERVIEW | Abdullah CD says former CPM members given equal treatment with other Thai citizens.

In the spirit of dialogue, group asks Education Ministry to look for a solution that is acceptable to all parties.

KL mayor says 200 enforcement officers will be mobilised to inspect food premises to ensure compliance.

Hanif Omar, Musa Hassan among those called to address issues such as Jawi and revival of communist ideologies.

Two of the victims are critical, with one of them stabbed at least six times.

MP SPEAKS | The narrative from this summit is that people are willing to play their part to rebuild the long lost Islamic golden era.

KIMANIS POLLS | Party president Wee Ka Siong meets grassroots leaders, says party committed to back BN candidate.

Project’s spillover effect includes the creation of about 250 jobs in various capacities, says TNB.

Saying it is greatly alarmed, MCCBCHST calls on the ministry to withdraw approval for religious propagation activities.

Shafie Apdal aide confirms that state cabinet discussed the issue thoroughly and will push for this option.

COMMENT | Cops incapable of judging character and 'risk' posed by peaceful assemblies.

Report: Victim skateboarding downhill with friends before crashing into a pole.

This may include the status of visa-free entry for North Korean citizens into Malaysia.

COMMENT | "It has been 50 years since May 13, 1969, and we still have Muslim youth invoking that semiotic of racial violence."

UPDATED | 12.30PM | NGO Seni Khat Action Team (Sekat) proceeded with its National Jawi Congress in Petaling Jaya today and even got some protesters to join in.

As congress on Jawi proceeds in PJ, Hadi claims that opposition to script is due to prejudice against the religion.

LETTER | Troublemakers not breaking any law by threatening to create chaos if the Dong Zong meeting went on?

UPDATED | 12.15PM | The accident occurred when two buses carrying tourists back from a Red Sea resort town crashed into a truck.

Biden makes back-to-back contradicting statements over subpoena testimony.

Freedom of speech must prevail over violence and Islamic fatwa’s, says Geert Wilders.

LETTER | West Malaysia is caught in a sinking religious intolerance.

No permit needed to conduct cheap sales, says Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

INTERVIEW | 'Once the job's done, the committee goes away, simple,' says electoral reform committee chair Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman.

COMMENT | In order to become a progressive society, we must stop giving in to people who have no respect for the rights of others.