PETALING JAYA, 26 May 2010: Police officers are entitled to kill or injure innocent persons as long as they genuinely believe lives are in danger, said the Home Ministry. Click thumbnail to read ministry’s letterIn a letter to The Nut Graph dated 17 May 2010, the ministry said: “Although police officers’ actions may result in [...]

“People are angry when a member of public is shot but the same can’t be said when police are shot. They have no sympathy at all. Is there a difference between the life of the public and police [officers]?” HOME Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, asking the public to be fair to the police following [...]

PETALING JAYA, 30 April 2010: The police have denied the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) a copy of its written guidelines on the use of firearms despite requests following a shooting that happened last year. “The police have told us that there are written guidelines. However, it is a very confidential document,” Suhakam commissioner Datuk [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 June 2009: Foreign shareholding limits in existing stockbroking companies will be increased to 70% from the current 49% in efforts to further enhance Malaysia’s position as a listing and investment destination, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced here today. He also announced that with immediate effect, the Foreign Investment Committee (FIC) [...]

Photo of Jaya Supermarket on the day of the collapse PETALING JAYA, 29 May 2009: The Selangor government has issued a stop-work order on all demolition activities at the Jaya Shopping Centre in Section 14 here pending investigations into its partial collapse yesterday. “Until the causes of the collapse are determined, only search and rescue [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 May 2009: The Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim) will issue a set of guidelines on 1Malaysia to avoid wrong interpretation or misperception of the concept among the people. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Maj Gen (Rtd) Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom, said the guidelines would also be useful for national leaders [...]