KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Feb 2009: The National Economic Council’s decision to raise the threshold for open tender projects is a setback for transparency and accountability, said Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M). TI-M president Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam said it was “discouraged and disturbed” by the decision that only government projects worth more than RM500,000 need to […]
Archives for February 2009
Bar Council tells MACC to stop the harassment
By the Bar CouncilPETALING JAYA, 26 Feb 2009: The Bar Council has come out to question the recent conduct of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), particularly in the way it handled cases related to the Perak political crisis and Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. In the statement issued today, Malaysian Bar president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan […]
MB: Kedah housing policy misunderstood
By Deborah Loh(© Steve Woods / sxc.hu) PETALING JAYA, 26 Feb 2009: Kedah’s 50% bumiputera housing policy only applies to properties built on Malay reserve land, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak clarified. He said the ratio was still 70:30 for non-Malay Malaysians to Malay Malaysians on freehold land. The 50% quota on Malay reserve land […]
Transfer decision on Anwar’s sodomy trial on 5 March
Updated 3.45pm KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Feb 2009: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has to wait until 5 March to know whether his sodomy trial will be retained in the Sessions Court or transferred to the High Court. High Court judge Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah will decide then on the prosecution’s application for a […]
Perak Sultan’s writing may be misconstrued
By Zedeck SiewA QUOTE by the Perak sultan, cited by many political commentators and legal minds to illustrate the ruler’s contradiction in his decision not to dissolve the state assembly, may have been taken out of context. “Under normal circumstances, it is taken for granted that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong would not withhold his consent to a […]
You lie, you pay: Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Feb 2009: Datuk Seri Najib Razak today warned that anyone who makes a false report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will be prosecuted. Whoever who abused the statutory declaration would face the same action, the deputy prime minister said. “They will pay the price,” he told reporters after opening the Developing […]
Anti-hopping laws versus five-year ban
By Deborah LohWHEN Jelapang assemblyperson Hee Yit Foong left the DAP to become an independent supporting Barisan Nasional (BN), some of her constituents cried, “We didn’t vote for her, we voted for her party!” That was the mildest of angry sentiments expressed on the night of 5 Feb 2009 at the Perak Menteri Besar’s official residence, where […]
Seeing no colour
By Jacqueline Ann SurinROZZ, or Feroz Ridzman, is very clear about who he is. The resident singer at Bagan Bar and Restaurant in Penang says even though he grew up in Australia and studied and worked in the US, he came back. Rozz, who is in his thirties, has not only performed in Broadway musicals; he was also […]
Potential PNSB breach of banking rules
SHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd (PNSB) may have breached banking rules by failing to declare conversions of large sums of ringgit into foreign currency in its purchase of properties in Saudi Arabia in 2007. Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said the unauthorised RM25.6 million paid by PNSB for […]
Protest calf handed over to MACC
SHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Youth wing today handed over a calf to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as a protest over remarks made by its chief commissioner, Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan. PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin said the calf was to protest Ahmad Said’s remarks that […]
