PETALING JAYA: A second post-mortem conducted on A Kugan, who died while in police custody, shows that he was beaten so badly he died of kidney failure. The new autopsy, which was conducted by Universiti Malaya Medical Centre’s pathologist Dr Prashant N Samberkar, concluded that “blunt trauma to skeletal muscles” caused a breakdown in muscle […]
Archives for March 2009
March 2009
Umno’s unholy trinity Corrected 12.15pm, 9 April 2009 We misspelt Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud’s name as Dr Siti Mariam Mahmud. We apologise for our carelessness. Chaos and confidence in Bukit Selambau Corrected 3.34pm, 1 April 2009 The percentage of Indian Malaysian voters in this chart was mistakenly labelled as 19.3%. The correct figure is 29.5%. […]
Police will trace users of abusive words
IPOH, 3 March 2009: Police will trace several individuals who threw abusive words at them while they were preventing a group of state assemblypersons from the Pakatan Rakyat from entering the Perak Darul Ridzuan building this morning. Ipoh OCPD ACP Azisman Alias said more than 200 people held a gathering outside the building since early […]
Zambry wants court to stop unlawful sittings
IPOH, 3 March 2009: Newly-appointed Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and the six state executive councillors (excos) have sought an injunction from the High Court to prevent any unlawful sittings of the state legislative assembly. They filed the application at 8.30am through counsel Firoz Hussien Ahmad Jamaluddin, Datuk Hafarizam Harun, Badrul Hishah […]
Perak state assembly approves motions
Corrected on 3 March 2009 at 4.05pm IPOH, 3 March 2009: The Perak state assembly which held an “emergency sitting” under a tree about 100m from the Perak Darul Ridzuan building today approved three motions. The first two motions were to express support for Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as the Menteri Besar and to […]
Tommy Thomas’s full statement
IPOH, 3 March 2009: This morning, the Ipoh High Court ruled that the lawyers engaged by Perak Speaker V Sivakumar had no locus standi to represent him. Tommy Thomas and several other lawyers were engaged by Sivakumar to represent him in a case filed by newly-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and six […]
Perak crisis deepens (Updated 1pm)
IPOH, 3 March 2009: Despite being blocked from entering the state secretariat building by police this morning, the Perak state assembly was able to hold its sitting in a car park. Bernama reports that state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar and 27 Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblypersons convened an “emergency sitting” under a tree, about 100m from […]
Agitating Malay Muslims
By Shanon ShahOVER the past year, several Malay-Muslim groups have been in the headlines. From lawsuits filed against the DAP’s Teresa Kok for allegedly insulting Islam, to campaigns responding to the crisis in Gaza, the defence of Islam and Malay rights has occuppied the national attention, sometimes in frightening ways. Just what are these groups about? What […]
Preoccupied with sex
Translation by Zedeck SiewINATTENTIVE wives, horny teenagers, Umno’s upcoming polls, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)’s bad image, and the Arab siege on Malay culture were some of the issues covered by the traditional Malay-language press from 23 Feb to 1 March 2009. “Misguided” sexual practices Moral outrage over “unnatural” sexual practices make for striking headlines. The cover story […]
Ramasamy-Samy Vellu spat
Translation by Sharmila Valli NarayananFrom 23 Feb to 1 March 2009, the Tamil press focused on, among others, the war of words between MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu and Penang Deputy Chief Minister II Prof Dr P Ramasamy from the DAP. War of words During the week, a fiery war of words erupted between Samy Vellu and […]
