Lee Weng Keat

15 lives lost: Probe exposes systemic failures - who will be held accountable?

15 lives lost: Probe exposes systemic failures - who will be held accountable?

Report indicates infrastructural defects, regulatory failures also played a part in tragedy.
Pahang MB urged to respect 'referendum' on Lynas

Pahang MB urged to respect 'referendum' on Lynas

Himpunan Hijau chief Wong Tack says Kuantan, by voting against BN in the recent GE, showed they were against Lynas and the MB must shut it down.

DAP leaders absent from Black 505 rally in Ipoh

DAP leaders absent from Black 505 rally in Ipoh

NONE Perak DAP chief Ngeh Koo Ham clarifies that the event in Ipoh was not organised by Pakatan Rakyat, but by PKR.
Primary pupils banned from opposition parties?

Primary pupils banned from opposition parties?

Parents were shocked to find that their children were banned from ‘joining opposition parties’, according to a new school regulation.
Rare earth ore in Kuantan under heavy police escort

Rare earth ore in Kuantan under heavy police escort

UPDATED 10.44AM Over 100 containers of rare earths ore have arrived in Kuantan port at midnight under heavy police presence.
Pengerang police question Taiwanese activists

Pengerang police question Taiwanese activists

The six environmentalists were briefing locals how they stopped a state-owed chemical firm - that's now in Johor - when police took them in for an hour.
Free green tea in support of Bersih

Free green tea in support of Bersih

Sunny Beach restaurant in KL introduces its ‘Bersih and Green Week’, giving a cup of green tea to all dining-in customers wearing green or yellow.
Post offices run out of voter registration forms

Post offices run out of voter registration forms

NONE Many trying to beat the March 31 deadline to register as voters were left frustrated by a shortage of forms.

Himpunan Hijau to organise green-yellow protest next

Himpunan Hijau to organise green-yellow protest next

UPDATED 7.10PM The group’s steering committee chairperson Wong Tack says they will join forces with Bersih 2.0 to hold another gathering.
Johor eases entertainment ban on Prophet's birthday

Johor eases entertainment ban on Prophet's birthday

johor entertainment association pc 020212 Johor's state secretary says entertainment operators can open for business but must confine their activities indoors.
'Ah Wah Gor' speeds past 'Ah Jib Gor'

'Ah Wah Gor' speeds past 'Ah Jib Gor'

The political cyber war between the nation's main rivals serves up a curtain raiser for the coming polls with a Facebook competition.
TNB skips Selangor high tension cables meeting

TNB skips Selangor high tension cables meeting

It ignores Selangor gov't and sends workers to disputed Kg Sungai Terentang site in Rawang to start work on cable towers.
Mystery ban on Siasat's Chinese edition episode

Mystery ban on Siasat's Chinese edition episode

ntv7 Last night's episode of widely-watched ntv7's Siasat, titled 'I want to go to school', is suddenly 'banned'.
Pulau Ketam scores first in using indelible ink

Pulau Ketam scores first in using indelible ink

indelible ink Selangor’s move to revive village head elections is smooth and proves indelible ink is ‘cheap and effective’.
NGOs insist DAP's Teoh was murdered

NGOs insist DAP's Teoh was murdered

UPDATED 6.45PM A civil group formed to support Teoh and some NGOs, too, are unconvinced by the RCI's finding that he had committed suicide.

Gopeng MP, state rep nabbed for wearing yellow

Gopeng MP, state rep nabbed for wearing yellow

NONE Police continue with crackdown on Bersih, arresting two PKR reps in Perak.
Two Perak assembly reps, 12 others detained

Two Perak assembly reps, 12 others detained

NONE UPDATED 5.30PM The state reps are among 14 arrested for distributing national flags while wearing Bersih T-shirts.
Election watchdog head thrown out of Kuching

Election watchdog head thrown out of Kuching

NONE 'I had a 90-day stay, but they detained and deported me without reason or formal notice,' says the polls watch chief.
Sarawak to 'deport' election watchdog head

Sarawak to 'deport' election watchdog head

NONE UPDATED 6.10PM Ong BK, who was arrested while visiting a village near Kuching, expects to be deported tonight.
Dead chicken in threat against Serdang MP

Dead chicken in threat against Serdang MP

NONE Teo Nie Ching received a death threat, reinforced by a dead chicken on the door of her office in Sungai Chua.
ROS probes DAP over Tee's sacking

ROS probes DAP over Tee's sacking

NONE Tee Boon Hock, who filed a complaint against DAP in September, has had his statement recorded.
Radio 988FM: 'Brutal' axe begins to fall

Radio 988FM: 'Brutal' axe begins to fall

A senior programme manager has received his walking papers and popular DJ Jamaluddin and the others involved are expected to receive theirs tomorrow.
RTM junks another pro-people series: producer

RTM junks another pro-people series: producer

RTM has apparently canned another series - this time on the Rawang New Village residents' protest against TNB.

 

TNB slaps residents aside, begins survey work

TNB slaps residents aside, begins survey work

NONE The utility giant marches roughshod over Rawang new villagers and begins survey work for cable towers despite a promise to first form a joint committee.