KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Feb 2009: The government should introduce retail purchase vouchers as cash assistance for low income group of Malaysians under its second economic stimulus plan, the Federation of Malaysian Consumers Association (Fomca) suggested. Its secretary-general, Muhammad Shaani Abdullah said that the vouchers could be exchanged for daily basic necessities like milk, sugar, oil […]
Archives for February 2009
RM16mil needed to repair disaster-hit roads in Miri
MIRI, 3 Feb 2009: At least RM16 million is needed to immediately repair state and Federal roads affected by floods and landslides which hit Miri Division the last few weeks, Sarawak Assistant Minister for Infrastructure Development and Communications Lee Kim Shin said here today. He said the money was also required to raise the level […]
By-election not required if crossovers occur
By Tommy ThomasI WOULD like to elaborate on the comments I made during the course of my telephone conversations with The Nut Graph senior journalist Deborah Loh which was posted in Hard for PKR duo to contest resignations on 2 Feb 2009. Two separate matters call for discussion: first, the legal effect of an undated resignation letter […]
Zainal Abidin refutes RM50mil defection allegation
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Feb 2009: Former deputy defence minister Datuk Zainal Abidin Zin has refuted allegations that Datuk Seri Najib Razak offered an opposition grassroots leader RM50 million to entice Pakatan Rakyat representatives in Perak to party hop after the 8 March 2008 general election. “I was there at the discussion and Najib (who is […]
Samy Vellu issues show cause notice to MIED CEO
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Feb 2009: MIC’s Maju Institute of Education Development (MIED) chief executive officer P Chitrakala Vasu has been issued a show cause notice by party president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu. The notice, which she has 14 days to reply to, is for Chitrakala to explain on some discrepancies in the accounts of […]
Budget deficit may exceed 5% in 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Feb 2009: The budget deficit this year is likely to exceed five percent due to increased government spending, resulting from pump priming, to spur the economy, according to analysts. The government announced a RM7 billion stimulus package on 4 Nov last year to face the global economic slowdown and is expected to […]
Uthayakumar sent to hospital, sedition trial postponed
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Feb 2009: A Sessions Court judge today ordered Internal Security Act detainee P Uthayakumar to be sent immediately to a government hospital for diabetes treatment. Judge Sabariah Othman also postponed his sedition trial to 28 April. Uthayakumar, 48, was alleged to have posted a seditious letter by Hindu Rights Action Force, now […]
Defections, deaths, dengue
By The Nut Graph and BFM 89.9FROM 26 Jan to 2 Feb 2009, the vernacular presses focused on defections from political parties, deaths in police custody, the war in Sri Lanka, and the dengue outbreak in Malaysia. The Malay press also discussed the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslim groups. Click on the BFM 89.9 audio report of Found in […]
Reforming the police
By Datuk Dr Denison JayasooriaTHE recent events relating to the death of Kugan Ananthan while in police custody have revived public concern and outcry over the ways police carry out their investigation, especially in interrogating suspects. Death in custody further complicates the situation, and in this case the family, community and general public have lost confidence in the independence […]
EC: No by-elections in Perak (updated 3:03pm)
(Updated 3:03pm, 3 Feb 2009) PUTRAJAYA, 3 Feb 2009: The Election Commission has ruled that Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (PKR-Behrang) and Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu (PKR-Changkat Jering) are still Perak state assemblypersons, its chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said today. Abdul Aziz said this was because the EC found that there were doubts over […]
