KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Oct 2008: NTV7 is hoping to meet the Film Censorship Board this week to seek clarification over the banning of an Edisi Siasat Mandarin episode. At the same time, three newspapers that submitted their appeals after being issued show-cause letters by the Home Ministry on 12 Sept have yet to hear what […]
Archives for October 2008
Mass of contradictions
By Ooi Ying NeeYOU can hardly tell what’s really going on with Pakatan Rakyat these days. The leaders of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), DAP and PAS, who form the coalition, seem unable to stick to a common line, even when it comes to supporting opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s grab for power. After several leaders issued conflicting […]
Bar Council: Use money for DNA databank for crime prevention instead
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Oct 2008: Instead of building a DNA databank, the Bar Council wants the government to use the monies that would be allocated for it under the DNA Identification Bill 2008, on crime prevention. Malaysian Bar vice-president Ragunath Kesavan said the Bar Council was concerned about the need for such a Bill at […]
Abdullah to announce in the next couple of days if he will defend Umno presidency
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Oct 2008: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he will announce in the next couple of days (7 Oct or 8 Oct) whether he will defend the post of Umno president at the party elections in March 2009. “You wait la! Why are you so impatient?” the prime minister told reporters when […]
Salleh appeals to home minister to resolve citizenship problem in Sabah fast
KOTA KINABALU, 6 Oct 2008: Former Chief Minister Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak has appealed to Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar and the National Registration Department (NRD) director-general to come to Sabah to hold “special closed-session meetings” with those having genuine citizenship problems as soon as possible, to solve the problem once and […]
China posts round-the-clock inspectors in dairy factories
BEIJING, 6 Oct 2008: China has deployed five thousand inspectors for round-the-clock inspections of dairy factories across the country, in efforts to clean up a scandal over melamine-tainted milk which has triggered a rejection of its dairy-linked products at home and abroad. Wang Yong, the new central quality watchdog chief, vowed to make “substantial change” […]
Contentious issues blocked
Translation by Ng Boon HooiFROM 27 Sept to 3 Oct 2008, the Chinese-language media looked at the banning of a TV programme, the teaching of maths and science in English, and the Internal Security Act (ISA). In a Merdekareview.com exclusive report on 1 Oct, the online news portal reported that one of Edisi Siasat Mandarin‘s programmes was axed — […]
Gerakan’s fight
By Deborah LohCentral committee nominees pose for photos after nominations closed on 4 Oct 2008. Seated are (from left) Koh Tsu Koon, Chia Kwang Chye and national election supervisory committee secretary Chin Fook Weng DESPITE being the Barisan Nasional (BN) component party that suffered the most dismally in the 8 March 2008 elections, the life has not […]
The politics of race and unity
Translation by Fahmi FadzilDESPITE Hari Raya Aidilfitri, the Malay press managed to capitalise on some political issues over and above the usual Aidilfitri fare during the week of 27 Sept to 3 Oct 2008. One incident in particular received extra attention: the group of Hindraf supporters who visited Prime Minister (PM) Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s Aidilfitri open […]
Menghayati khutbah Aidilfitri
Oleh Shanon ShahRamai yang bersembahyang (© Kaikai / Dreamstime) PAGI Aidilfitri tahun ini, hujan turun merata-rata di Kedah. Namun, Masjid Alor Merah tetap sarat dengan jemaah solat Aidilfitri. Berbeza sungguh suasananya berbanding dengan malam-malam sebelum hari raya. Di bulan Ramadan, jemaah terawih tidak sampai lima saf pun, tapi pada Aidilfitri, jemaah yang datang lewat terpaksa berdiri di […]
