Run if you want toRun across the worldRun if you want toWithout wings, without wheels. 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 […]
Archives for January 2009
Why just hudud?
By Jacqueline Ann SurinIT is understandably very easy to demonise PAS for its Islamic state agenda. After all, the party leadership seems quite adept at declaring its intentions to implement some features of an Islamic state, such as hudud, at the most inopportune moments. In a global climate of Islamophobia and because of Muslims acting out of a […]
Mat Razali quits as by-election RO
KUALA TERENGGANU, 15 Jan 2009: Kuala Terengganu mayor Datuk Mat Razali Kassim has withdrawn as the returning officer for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election, the Election Commission (EC) announced today. EC secretary Datuk Ngah Senik said in a statement today that Wan Mustafa Wan Hassan, the secretary of the Kuala Terengganu City Council, has been […]
“Chinese woman was with Sirul”
SHAH ALAM, 15 Jan 2009: Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri told the High Court here today that “the Chinese woman” was with Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar on the day Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu was murdered. Making his defence under oath, Azilah who is the first accused in the murder trial, referred to the victim as “the Chinese […]
Balas budi promises in KT
By Danny Lim and Deborah LohBALAS budi. That is how Barisan Nasional (BN) has been aggressively wooing Chinese Malaysian voters in the final leg of campaigning for the Kuala Terengganu by-election. Nearly every night, dinners are held together with karaoke sessions, lucky draws and cultural shows. In between the merry-making, BN leaders drop in to exhort the crowd to vote […]
Seven cops plead not guilty to hurting youths
KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Jan 2009: Seven cops pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to two counts of causing hurt to two youths in separate incidents at the Brickfields police station last year. They are Sergeant Mohd Shafiee Abdul Halim, Sergeant Mohd Diah Sulaiman, Sergeant Zulkiplly Taib, Corporal Abdullah Musa, Corporal Zamrin Zaid, […]
EC expects high voter turnout in KT by-election
KUALA TERENGGANU, 15 Jan 2009: The Election Commission (EC) expects the voter turnout in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election on 17 Jan to be about the same as that during the general election last year. Then, 82.45% or 66,231 of the 80,325 voters turned out to cast their ballots. The constituency now has 80,229 voters, […]
Court reserves judgment in two election petitions
PUTRAJAYA, 15 Jan 2009: The Federal Court here today reserved judgment in two appeals against the High Court’s refusal to nullify the election results for the Kuala Kangsar parliamentary and Kubu Gajah state seats. Both seats were won by Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates in the 8 March general election last year. Chief Judge of Sabah […]
DSP Musa told me to help Razak: Azilah
SHAH ALAM, 15 Jan 2009: Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri told the High Court here that higher-ranking police officer DSP Musa Safri had asked him to help political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda. Musa gave him Razak’s handphone number and told him to contact Razak to get details of the problem and the assistance he required, […]
Tenaga plans RM200 mil investment in Penang
PENANG, 15 Jan 2009: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (Tenaga) plans to invest about RM200 million to upgrade electricty supply to Penang to meet the power needs of its industrial areas. Its president/chief executive officer Datuk Seri Che Khalib Mohamad Noh said of the amount, RM80.9 million would be used for upgrading supply infrastructure while another RM100 […]
