PUTRAJAYA, 19 May 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) supreme council’s decision not to contest the Penanti state by-election in Penang is an appropriate move as it has to concentrate on managing the country and the economy, several leaders said today. Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said the decision would enable the BN to […]
Archives for May 2009
RPK’s son pleads guilty to stealing
SHAH ALAM, 19 May 2009: A 32-year-old son of blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here today to four counts of stealing and possessing stolen goods, worth RM17,870. On the first count, Raja Azman Raja Petra, 32, from Bukit Rahman Putra, Sungai Buloh near here, was charged with stealing a […]
BN post nothing to do with PR: Chua
PETALING JAYA, 19 May 2009: The post of Barisan Nasional (BN) chief coordinator for Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek was in the works even before he revealed that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) was wooing him, the MCA deputy president said today. Chua said the position had nothing to do with news that he was being […]
Two die, seven hurt in bus-trailer crash
KUANTAN, 19 May 2009: Two people were killed while seven were seriously hurt in a crash between a Transnasional bus and a trailer at Km31 Jalan Kuantan-Maran last night. The dead were identified as trailer driver Khairil Nizam Mohamed, 31, of Kampung Padang Midin, Kuala Terengganu and bus passenger Sabariah Arif, 32, of Felda Purun, […]
S’gor to table FOI bill by year end
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 19 May 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat (PR)-led Selangor government will table a Freedom of Information Enactment (FOIE) bill by the end of 2009. “We hope to table the bill in November or December. That will be in the state assembly sitting at the end of the year,” said Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri […]
Free phone emergency service for children
SHAH ALAM, 19 May 2009: Malaysia will launch Childline Malaysia, a 24-hour free phone emergency outreach service for children in need of care and protection in October this year, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Senator Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said today. She said the service would provide emergency assistance to children and then […]
Criminal justice system is the foundation of social order
By Ragunath KesavanIT is very clear, from the comments reported in the press in recent days, that the minister for home affairs, the inspector-general of police and the minister in the prime minister’s department, among others, have wholly misconstrued the position of the Malaysian Bar in respect of the arrests of Fadiah Nadwa Fikri (secretary), Murnie Hidayah […]
MCA did not sanction Chua-Husam meeting
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 May 2009: MCA, the largest Chinese-based party in the country, never endorsed or authorised its deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek to initiate talks with PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa on the Perak political crisis. MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, in clearing the air on the issue, said […]
Asean wants Myanmar to release Suu Kyi
BANGKOK, 19 May 2009: Thailand, the current Asean chair and a close neighbour of Myanmar, today expressed its grave concern over the move by the country’s military junta to try opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. In a statement, it reminded the Myanmar government that Asean leaders had called for the immediate release of the […]
Set up body to monitor scholarship distribution
By N Shashi KalaKUALA LUMPUR, 19 May 2009: Gerakan Youth has urged the government to set up an independent committee comprising education experts and the academia to monitor the distribution of government scholarships. Its chief, Lim Si Pin said this would be one way of making sure the distribution was transparent and fair for all Malaysians. “From the […]
