Updated 14 Nov 2008, 7:21pm PETALING JAYA, 14 Nov 2008: Former Immigration deputy director-general Yusof Abu Bakar, who faces 13 counts of corruption, was slapped with another charge in the Sessions Court here today, this time for accepting a RM5,000 bribe. Yusof, 54, pleaded not guilty to accepting RM5,000 from sales manager Khoo Nee Boon […]
Archives for November 2008
Penan task force completes investigations
By Khairil AnharKUALA LUMPUR, 13 Nov 2008: The special task force set up to probe the allegations of sexual abuse of Penan women is expected to return tomorrow after a five-day fact-finding mission to Sarawak. The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry’s public relations officer Julina Johan said: “The task force was sent to the Baram district […]
No real check and balance to ISA use
By Khairil AnharKUALA LUMPUR, 14 Nov 2008: Habeas corpus does not provide adequate check and balance on the abuse of the Internal Security Act (ISA), said a lawyer. This is because most applications for the writ of habeas corpus are unsuccessful, said KL Bar criminal practice committee chairperson Datuk N Sivananthan. According to Sivananthan, “the rejection rate […]
The roads we take
By Andrew Khoo(© Michal Zacharzewski / sxc.hu) WILLIAM Shakespeare once wrote: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” If only this were true of roads as well. Two weeks ago there was a reference in this column to Jalan Esfahan in Kuala Lumpur. This road was originally Jalan Selat. But in 1998, it was […]
Bleak times ahead
By Deborah Loh(© Tim Reeve / scx.hu) YES, we are staring at the gathering clouds of an economic crisis. Sure, economic fundamentals are strong, as government ministers keep saying, but that’s only half the picture. The other half is the financial scenario, as economic and financial principles are two different things. The sub-prime crisis that began in […]
W for water
By Amir MuhammadThe quality of water is not strain’dIt droppeth as the gentle mercy falls from heaven. Amir Muhammad is a writer, publisher and moviemaker who lives in Damansara, which is more of a state of mind than geography. Amir’s Alphabet will have 26 parts but will not be presented in order, as he was never a […]
Ronnie Liu files motion to set aside warrant of arrest
SHAH ALAM, 13 Nov 2008: Selangor Local Government, Research and Development Committee chairperson Ronnie Liu today filed a notice of motion to set aside the warrant of arrest issued and served on him yesterday. The motion was filed on his behalf by his counsel Gobind Singh Deo at the Shah Alam Hight Court at about […]
Nazri regrets statement on sacked judges
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Nov 2008: All six judges involved in the 1988 judicial crisis were actually sacked and paid their pensions on compassionate grounds, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said. He said the matter came to his knowledge upon his personal investigation, which revealed there was a letter […]
Bar wants IGP to stop cops from harassing lawyers
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 13 Nov 2008: The Bar Council wants the Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan to immediately stop his officers from harassing or intimidating lawyers. In reiterating the call, Malaysian Bar vice-president K Ragunath called for Musa to stop unwarranted action that involved police officers asking lawyers representing clients to provide statements, […]
Nazri asks Dr Mahathir for proof
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Nov 2008: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz has asked Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to provide proof that money politics was involved in the race for the Umno deputy presidency. Nazri said it was not proper for the former prime minister to have made such a […]
