KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: It just looks hazy, but there’s no haze in Malaysia at the moment. So said the director-general of the Department of Environment (DOE), Datuk Rosnani Ibarahim. “Since it is the dry season now, the air becomes dry and hazy but it doesn’t mean that haze is coming back,” she told […]
Archives for June 2009
Call for PAS supporters’ club to be legal entity in party
KOTA BARU, 3 June 2009: The PAS Supporters’ Club, whose members comprised non-Muslims, has called on the party’s spiritual leader, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, to accept the club as a legal entity in PAS. Its deputy chairman, Yeap Kok Seng, said this was to avoid the forming of factions based on the ethnic […]
June 2009
“Non-Muslims have no locus standi” and “Non-Muslim claim to inheritance must be considered” Corrected 7.50pm, 30 June 2009 We originally misspelt the name of the lawyer for the Selangor Islamic Council (Mais) in the Mohan Singh case as Hanif Khatri Abdullah. It should be Hanif Khatri Abdulla. We apologise for the error. Zulkifli and civility […]
Domestic violence is a crime
By Tony PuaTHE Indonesian and international press have been extensively covering the story of the teenaged US-Indonesian model, Manohara Odelia Pinot, who has returned to her family in Indonesia with tales of abuse, rape and torture at the hands of a Malaysian prince, following her dramatic escape with the help of the Singapore police. Manohara has claimed […]
NIOSH seeks inquiry over stadium roof collapse (Updated 5.30pm)
Updated 5.30pm on 3 June 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today urged the government to set up a commission of inquiry to probe the collapse of a section of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium roof in Gong Badak, Terengganu. Its chairperson, Tan Sri Lee […]
Nizar will seek Federal Court leave on Monday
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 3 June 2009: Embattled Perak Menteri Besar (MB) Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin will on 8 June, apply for leave from the Federal Court to appeal against the Court of Appeals’ judgement declaring rival Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir as the lawful MB. Nizar Nizar will apply for leave despite the absence […]
Police summon Chin Huat’s former students
By Zedeck SiewChin Huat Corrected on 3 June 2009 at 7pm PETALING JAYA, 3 June 2009: Two (corrected) former students who participated in a show of support for Wong Chin Huat, following his arrest for allegedly seditious comments, have been served with police notices. “We feel that further interrogation is extremely peculiar and completely unnecessary as we […]
Anti-corruption measures “ineffective”
By Deborah LohKUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: Indonesia appears to be fighting corruption more effectively than Malaysia, based on a public perceptions survey by Transparency International (TI). Once looked down upon as a bribery-prone country, more Indonesians, at 74%, are confident that their government’s actions to stem corruption have proven effective, compared to only 28% of Malaysians. […]
Mansor Othman is Penang DCM1 (Updated 2.35pm)
Updated 2.35pm on 3 June 2009 PENANG, 3 June 2009: Newly-elected Penanti state assemblyperson Mansor Othman was sworn in today as Penang deputy chief minister I before the Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas at his Seri Mutiara official residence. Mansor, 59, was handed his letter of appointment and proceeded to take the oath […]
Short-sighted politics
By Wong Chin HuatThe road ahead is long and winding – but who will lead the way? (Background image by Monica Arellano-Ongpin @ Flickr; stop sign images by Mateusz Stachowski /sxc.hu; Najib image public domain, source: Wikimedia commons) SO another by-election is over — the sixth since 2008. Garnering 85% of the total votes cast, Parti Keadilan Rakyat […]
