Humayun Kabir

Perak police chief: We're not trigger-happy

His officers have to make ‘split-second decisions’ when fired upon by criminals, he argues.

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Defence called - Osman, Jamaluddin to know on April 23

The two former PKR reps who jumped ship and caused the Pakatan Perak government to fall will know then whether they will have their defence called on a corruption charge.

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Suspected robbers shot dead in Taiping

Police claim the two opened fire on policemen first while attempting to ram their car into a patrol car in an attempt to flee. HRP, however, disagrees.

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Najib must walk the talk with the poor

The NEM must prove to be more than a pretty theory and must help the lower income group in practice, says the Perak Consumers Association.

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All top students should be rewarded equally

DAP MP wants to know why only 30 out of 214 top students in the SPM were awarded national scholarships.

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Ngeh ready to file defamation suits

Police reports have been filed againsthe state DAP chief and he is ready to sue if they are found to be false.

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Row over titles escalates, memo sent to palace

Calls for two Perak Pakatan reps to be stripped of their royal titles go up another notch with several pro-BN parties echoing the call.

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Conversion: Judge needs time to study complex case

Ipoh High Court fixes April 30 to decide on leave for a Hindu mother’s application to quash the certificates of conversion of her three children.

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Furious over possibility of losing titles

Pakatan's Nizar and Ngeh are upset that a BN assemblyman has proposed they be stripped of their titles bestowed by the Sultan of Perak.

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Convert husband fails in bid to keep child

UPDATED 6.05PM The Muslim convert ex-husband of M Indira Gandhi must now surrender custody of all three children.

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Perak boxes in the media

COMMENT The media has a bird's eye view of the Perak state assembly sitting - but from a soundproof visitors' gallery.

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Nizar: Prominent police presence created climate of fear

The opposition refuses to follow routes set out for them while police and security personnel tried to stop them from taking alternate routes to the assembly hall.

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Storm clouds over Perak

The mutual distrust between BN and Pakatan could result in a political punch-up when the state assembly sits tomorrow.

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Perak BN shoots down 5-day assembly proposal

Ganesan has shot down Pakatan’s proposal for a five-day assembly sitting, instead of the two-day sitting which is to begin on March 30.

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Sungai Siput MP to tap people's power

One way to kick bureaucratic butts is getting the public on board to remind them where their pay cheques come from.

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Decision on stay for conversion custody case soon

Lawyers for both sides still wrangling over who gets to care for the children while the final decision over their custody is still pending.

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Parliament must tackle conversion-related problems: DAP

DAP national vice chairman M Kula Segaran called on the nation’s parliamentarians to address the protracted problems arising from conversions.

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Perak sandbox politics may roll on

BN appears set to freeze out ousted Pakatan speaker from the next Perak state assembly sitting for using its official letterhead.

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Business as usual for ousted Perak speaker

Sivakumar has sent out invitations for the coming state assembly sitting and is collecting oral and written questions.

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'Zambry may be Perak MB but I'm still speaker'

Pakatan's Sivakumar says just because the courts declared Zambry the rightful MB, it does not automatically mean that BN’s Ganesan is the rightful speaker.

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RM37 million price tag too high for Zambry

Perak MB wants to give land to squatters in Kuala Sepatang but baulks at RAC's valuation.

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Cops: PAS supporter murder not political

Hilir Perak district police have ruled out the possibility that PAS Perak Supporters Wing Youth chief P Panthiyan was murdered for political reasons.

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Call to legislate care of aging parents

DAP suggests that Malaysia adopt Singapore's laws that jail children who abandon or neglect their aged parents.

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Lackadaisical attitude on conversion issue slammed

The DAP solution for the problem is a Family Court for speedy disposals of such pain-inducing cases.

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