BANGKOK, 11 March 2009: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, who has been on a four-day official visit to Thailand since Monday, was conferred an honorary doctorate in political science by the Prince of Songkhla University (PSU). Tuanku Mizan is the first Malaysian king conferred with the award. It was presented by PSU president […]
Archives for March 2009
Integrity commission bill tabled in Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 March 2009: The Enforcement Agencies Integrity Commission Bill 2009 was tabled for the first reading in Parliament today by Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. The Bill is to protect the interest of the public by preventing and checking misconduct by enforcement officers. It is also aimed at educating and creating […]
Gani, Musa innocent in Anwar’s black eye incident
PUTRAJAYA, 11 March 2009: A three-member independent panel acting as deputy public prosecutors found that Attorney-General (AG) Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail and Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan did not fabricate evidence in the Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim “black eye” incident of 1998. “After studying the case carefully and in depth, Tan […]
Muthu: Underhanded tactics to ensure no contest
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 March 2009: MIC presidential aspirant Datuk M Muthupalaniappan has charged that several MIC leaders are using underhanded tactics to interfere with his bid for the party’s top post. Such below-the-belt tactics, he said, were deployed to ensure incumbent MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu won the post uncontested. The 66-year-old leader […]
BN candidate for Batang Ai to be known on Saturday
KUCHING, 11 March 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Batang Ai state by-election will be known by Saturday, 14 March. Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, who is also state BN chairperson, said the decision would be known after a meeting of state BN component parties to be held that day. The […]
Last call for Umno
By Abd Ghani HamatDATUK Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s presidency of Umno can be aptly described as a wild rollercoaster ride that came to an abrupt halt. As delegates gather at the PWTC for the party’s general assembly in a fortnight, they will no doubt recall the exhilarating, stomach-churning, gravity-defying adventure of his stewardship. Winning a general election by […]
A bigger and better stimulus plan
By Anna TaingTHE RM60 billion mini budget tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, 10 March 2009 is by far a better and more comprehensive package than the first RM7 billion plan that was announced last November. But then again, the economic environment today has taken a turn for the worst compared to a few months ago, and there […]
Taming the unelected
By Wong Chin Huat(Illustration by Nick Choo) AS we celebrate the first anniversary of the historic 8 March 2008 general election, our democratic institutions are now in danger of being attacked by unelected institutions. These include the palace, the bureaucracy, the police, the judiciary, and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). And if the last and the most powerful […]
Scorn for mobile porn
By R GaneshI READ with disgust the article Ahmad Said: Not fair to link me to son’s offence in The Star, where chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan implied that most Malaysian men carry pornography in their handphones. (Pic by Svilen Mushkatov / sxc.hu)The reality is that most Malaysian men […]
MACC’s purpose
By Zedeck Siew“We would suggest that legal action and so on be taken, as we have strong evidence for both the cases that abuse of power has taken place.” MALAYSIAN Anti-Corruption Commission or MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan, commenting on the oversight body’s investigation of Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim. Ahmad Said […]
