(Updated 4:59pm, 28 Jan 2009) ALOR SETAR, 28 Jan 2009: An early morning fire razed the double-storey house of former Derga state assemblyperson Cheung Khai Yan and his family in Taman Anggerik, Lencong Barat here today. However, all seven family members, including Cheung, who sustained injuries to his right hand, managed to escape via the […]
Archives for January 2009
Police arrest five outside UMMC mortuary
PETALING JAYA, 28 Jan 2009: Police arrested five men from among a crowd outside the mortuary of the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) today just before the hearse bearing the body of A Kugan was to begin the funeral procession to Puchong. Three of the men were held for wearing T-shirts bearing the word “Hindraf”, […]
Policing must change
By Josef Roy BenedictTHE alleged murder of Kugan Ananthan clearly illustrates that policing in this country must change once and for all. There have been too many cases of police misconduct and abuse where internal investigations fail to bring perpetrators to justice. A frequent response to inquiries about the investigation of a complaint of police abuse, particularly when […]
Mercy mulls building rehab centre in Rafah
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jan 2009: The Malaysian Medical Relief Society (Mercy Malaysia) intends to build a rehabilitation centre in Rafah at the Gaza-Egypt border. Its president, Datuk Dr Jemilah Mahmood, said Rafah was the most appropriate location to build the centre to facilitate immediate transfer of patients to Egypt if the Israeli assault on Gaza […]
Kugan buried in Puchong (Final update at 7.00pm)
By Deborah Loh and Zedeck SiewCorrected on 28 Jan 2009 at 6.10pm Updated on 28 Jan 2009 at 7.00pm Demonstrator’s tshirt slogan demanding justice, outside UMMC PUCHONG JAYA: 28 Jan 2009: A Kugan’s body was lowered into the ground at a Puchong cemetery today at 5.25pm, surrounded by about 500 mourners despite an earlier downpour. “One of the reasons he […]
Armed forces to deploy medical team to Gaza
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jan 2009: The Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) will deploy a 30-member team, comprising doctors and medical officials, in a medical aid mission to Gaza, Palestine. ATM Chief, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Zainal said the team would be deployed soon, together with other humanitarian aid delegations. “This team is ready to go. They […]
Teenager jailed eight years for killing Malaysian
MELBOURNE, 28 Jan 2009: An Ethiopian migrant who viciously bashed a Malaysian father of four to death with a full bottle of wine in a random attack was today jailed for eight years. The 16-year-old attacker, identified only as AO, had attacked Lim Per Leong, 45, in a Springvale park as he was walking home […]
21 road accident deaths yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jan 2009: Twenty-one people, 18 of them motorcyclists, were killed in road accidents throughout the country yesterday. This raises to 131 the number of deaths on the ninth day of the Ops Sikap operation launched to reduce road accidents during the Chinese New Year holiday period. Bukit Aman public relations chief Supt […]
Two quakes hit Indonesia
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jan 2009: Two moderate earthquakes struck Indonesia today, one in northern Sumatra and the other in western Irian, according to the Meteorology Department. The Sumatran quake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, struck at 8.01am, with its epicentre at 118km southwest of Padang Sidempuan in Indonesia and 395km southwest of Klang in […]
Hark: the Herald
By Zedeck SiewCorrected on 29 Jan 2009 at 11.40am “The use of the word ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims may arouse sensitivity and create confusion amongst the Muslims in this country.” FORMER Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Abdullah Md Zin, quoted on 4 Jan 2008. He was elaborating on a cabinet decision to hold as exclusive […]
