Yusof Ghani

Ummi Hafilda Ali faces the Umno disciplinary committee today for allegedly issuing malicious statements against the Puteri Umno chief. She pleads not guilty and reiterates her vow to go all the way to expose Azalina because 'the truth must be told'.

Ummi Hafilda Ali is ready to meet the prime minister's challenge for her to come up with evidence that Puteri Umno chief Azalina Othman Said is a lesbian. She will begin with a police report and vow not to let Azalina walk away freely. Ummi who once claimed to be a virgin did just that to Anwar Ibrahim.

updated version A detractor of Azalina Othman Said turns 180 degrees and now calls on the wing's members to close ranks and support the Puteri Umno chief. What gives?

A senior official with the Fire and Rescue Department today denies any wrongdoing on its part in organising two grand wedding receptions for the chief's son in September.

It has taken about a month, but the Anti-Corruption Agency has swung into action to investigate the alleged abuse of power by the Fire and Rescue Department director-general and other senior officers.

The contentious saga of a lavish wedding involving the Fire and Rescue Services Department in Kuala Lumpur has taken a bizarre turn. Police, who stopped a 'press conference' last Thursday, are investigating why it was held.

NUBE members claim that commercial banks are attempting to capitalise on the union's internal feud. About 500 members protest at Putrajaya today and ask the Human Resources Ministry to intervene.

updated version An attempt to expose corrupt practices in the Fire and Rescue Department by a senior officer was halted midway when his boss, accompanied by the police, demanded the journalists present to leave.

The Dewan Rakyat is told that the morality of the allegedly raped minor at the centre of Malaysia's current spat with the Philippines is questionable. This 'revelation' by the Home Ministry had DAP women MPs up in arms.

The bombings in Bali vindicates Malaysia's use of the Internal Security Act. The Foreign Minister says though some decry the act as 'draconian', it helps save innocent lives.

In Parliament today, Ong Ka Ting seeks to douse the blazing allegations surrounding Fire and Rescue Department chief Jaafar Sidek Thambi over the grand wedding receptions organised for his son.

Sidang Dewan Rakyat hari ini diberitahu bahawa 34 orang mati dalam tahanan polis, iaitu purata seorang tahanan mati setiap bulan, sejak tahun 2000. Ini termasuk 18 orang dalam tempoh sembilan bulan pertama tahun ini

Elly Zalilah Yusof yang didapati bersalah oleh Lembaga Disiplin Umno kerana melanggar tataetika ahli Umno, mahu bidangkuasa lembaga itu diperluaskan agar ia juga dapat menyiasat aduannya mengenai salahlaku Azalina Othman Said.

updated version The anti-war protest outside the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur today proceeded smoothly with police cooperation. The organisers urge Malaysians to protest every day by boycotting American and British products.

Controversial figure Ummi Hafilda Ali appeals to Puteri Umno divisions to nominate other interested contenders, including herself, for the movement's top post so that they can challenge incumbent Azalina Othman Said.

Prominent politicians, academics and representatives from non-governmental bodies and the media from Indonesia have inked a petition urging the Malaysian government to allow jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim to seek the treatment of his choice.

Malaysia hari ini mengecam pendirian Amerika Syarikat yang membenarkan Israel memiliki senjata pemusnah besar-besaran sedangkan pada masa yang sama mencuba sedaya upaya untuk menyerang Iraq atas alasan memiliki senjata jenis yang sama.

The legality of the Ops Warta II has been challenged even by the de facto Law Minister Dr Rais Yatim. Today, Kota Melaka MP Kerk Kim Hock brings up the matter in Parliament, and gets a three-day suspension.

Dewan Rakyat diberitahu hari ini bahawa Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad tidak mencampuri siasatan Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR) terhadap Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz. Kes tersebut ditutup kerana dikatakan tiada bukti yang kukuh.

Ahli Parlimen DAP Kota Melaka, Kerk Kim Hock yang digantung tiga hari daripada menghadiri sidang Dewan Rakyat berjanji akan terus memperjuangkan nasib pemandu yang teraniya melalui saman polis semasa Ops Warta II.

Puteri Umno pro tem chief Azalina Othman Said's name must be cleared before members go to the polls next month. In order to do this, the police must expedite its probe on the graft allegations against her.

Puteri Umno members at division level should not have any 'fear' of nominating candidates other than the wing's pro-tem chief Azalina Othman Said as Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has clarified that there is no directive from the top that they should only nominate Azalina.

Deputy Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi defended the police for their action in stopping the anti-ISA meeting on Tuesday, claiming that the organiser did not apply for a police permit nor inform the police about the function.