KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Dec 2008: The Witness Protection Bill was tabled for its first reading in Parliament today by Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz. In the proposed bill, a witness could apply to be included in the protection programme. Besides an individual, an enforcement agency could also […]
Archives for December 2008
279 receive awards from Agong
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Dec 2008: Wanita Umno chief Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz headed the list of 279 people who received federal awards and honours from Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin at the Balairong Seri, Istana Negara, today in conjunction with his birthday earlier this year on 7 June. Rafidah, the former International Trade […]
Roads closed in KL for resurfacing works
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Dec 2008: Several junctions in the capital will be closed in stages from tomorrow until 31 Jan to facilitate road resurfacing works. The affected junctions are Jalan Sultan Ismail-Jalan Bukit Bintang, Jalan Sultan Ismail-Jalan Raja Chulan, Jalan Sultan Ismail-Jalan P Ramlee and Jalan Sultan Ismail-Jalan Ampang. The junctions will be closed from […]
Kedah Umno advisor dies
ALOR STAR, 16 Dec 2008: Kedah Umno liaison advisor Tan Sri Azahari Md Taib, 85, died of old age at his home in Lorong Air Putih, Kota Tanah, here, today. His son, Amir, said he was asthmatic and had fainted twice since 6am, before taking his last breath at 7.30am. He leaves behind his wife, […]
Don’t accuse cops of theft: Syed Hamid
PUTRAJAYA, 16 Dec 2008: Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said it was unfair to accuse the rescue teams, including police, of stealing the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide victims’ belongings as it could tarnish their image. He said the teams involved in the rescue operation had sacrificed their time and energy to save the landslide […]
The Adventures of Agongman!
By Zedeck SiewSO, this arrived at my Inbox through unidentifiable but guaranteed legitimate sources. The dutiful entertainment insider that I am, I serve my readers, even the comic-book, super-hero, leotard-loving nerds. (I am one, myself.) This is exciting. The nerdier among us will know of Super President, DePatie-Freleng’s critically acclaimed and largely unnoticed Saturday morning pleasure. If […]
Sussing out voter sentiment
By Deborah LohTHE Kuala Terengganu by-election on 17 Jan is being used by some to measure Malay sentiment towards prime minister-in-waiting Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The battle for the parliamentary seat is also expected to be an indicator of which has more currency in the changed scenario after the March […]
Police fallibility
By The Nut Graph team“I hope that before you all write your news, you will consult me first, and make sure such things really happened. Is there anything wrong with that?” In a Malaysiakini report on 9 Dec, the Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar took umbrage at the media for highlighting allegations about the actions of rescue […]
Sarawak’s renewed political hopes
By Sim Kwang YangIllustration of Dayak people, dated 1864 (Public domain; source: Wikipedia.org) SARAWAK’S Dayaks seldom feature with any significance in the national imagination of Malaysia, and certainly do not make headlines in the national media. This reflects the political marginalisation of the Dayaks in their home state. The Dayaks collectively make up nearly half the state’s population, […]
Raja Petra sedition case: Charge to be amended
SHAH ALAM, 15 Dec 2008: The High Court here today allowed the prosecution’s application to amend the sedition charge against blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin. Justice Datuk Su Geok Yiam said the prosecution’s application to amend the charge would not prejudice the accused because the original charge and the amended charge were the same. The […]
