A DEMONSTRATION was held on 19 May 2010 outside RTM headquarters Angkasapuri in Kuala Lumpur calling for media freedom and to protest the termination of former RTM producer Chou Z Lam. Chou alleges that his documentary over the impact of the Bakun Dam on indigenous people in Sarawak was cancelled because of RTM’s leadership’s fears [...]

THE Penanti by-election is the first in three decades which the Barisan Nasional (BN) has decided not to contest. But what initially started off as a quiet and sleepy campaign has perked up in the past 48 hours, with one independent candidate, Aminah Abdullah, alleging that Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) tried to bribe her. PKR [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 May 2009: A public relations officer of a private construction company pleaded not guilty at the Session’s Court today to a charge of sending an email containing 55 indecent pictures to a Gossip magazine reporter nine years ago. Roslan Abu Bakar, 49, from Bukit Sekilau, Kuantan was charged with knowingly initiating the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 13 May 2009: The father of Nurin Jazlin today filed an application for the High Court to decide whether the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and three others (defendants) were responsible for distributing her autopsy pictures on the internet. Jazimin Abdul Jalil, 35, filed the application after the IGP, Selangor police chief, Petaling Jaya [...]

SHAH ALAM, 25 March 2009: The Selangor executive council meeting today decided to extend Elizabeth Wong’s leave until 15 April, to facilitate the ongoing investigation on the release of intimate images of her on the internet. Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, however, did not rule out the possibility that this extension of [...]

SHAH ALAM, 22 March 2009: The Selangor executive council (exco) will decide on the status of Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson’s role in the exco on 25 March, said Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. In a Bernama report yesterday, Abdul Khalid said he and Wong met yesterday over her position as the state Tourism, Consumer [...]