Updated on 21 July 2009 at 5pm IN his years spent organising independent music gigs, singer-songwriter Azmyl Yunor has learned many lessons. One of them is that ticket prices are not negotiable. Azmyl on the challenges of the music industry (0:37) Azmyl tells The Nut Graph he’s argued with concert goers who feel entitled to […]
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Oleh Shanon ShahAhli-ahli kumpulan Gerakan Mansuhkan PPSMI, yang menentang pengajaran dan pembelajaran sains dan matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris; 31 Jan 2009 MACAM ada yang tidak kena dalam perbincangan tentang isu Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI). Sepanjang tahun yang lepas, dasar ini ditentang dengan hebat oleh parti komponen Pakatan Rakyat dan pembela bahasa […]
What happened to Teoh Beng Hock?
By Cindy Tham and Deborah Loh
WHAT happened to Teoh Beng Hock? How did he end up dead outside the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office in Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam? These were some of the questions on many people’s minds as a crowd gathered in front of the building on the morning of 17 July 2009, a day after Teoh’s […]
Let the police investigate Teoh’s death: Muhyiddin
PUTRAJAYA, 17 July 2009: Promising that no stone would be left unturned in the probe into the death of a political aide yesterday, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin called on all parties to allow the police to conduct their investigations without any hindrance. “We cannot assume things as we have yet to identify the reason behind […]
Police urge the public not to speculate on Teoh’s death
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 July 2009: The police have urged the public not to speculate on the cause of the death of Teoh Beng Hock, the aide to Selangor executive council member Ean Yong Hian Wah. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said all quarters should wait for the investigation report and not jump […]
Raja Petra still in Malaysia, court told
PETALING JAYA, 17 July 2009: The Sessions Court here today was told that blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin, accused of sedition, was believed to be in Malaysia and not in Australia as reported by the media. Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar said police investigation revealed that Raja Petra, 59, had never left the country. […]
Calls for independent body to probe Teoh’s death (Updated 18 July)
Updated 1.50pm, 18 July 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 17 July 2009: Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon has called for the setting up of an independent body to facilitate investigation into the death of Selangor state executive councillor’s aide Teoh Beng Hock yesterday. Koh, who was shocked and disturbed over the incident, said there […]
Nine die from bomb explosions in Jakarta
JAKARTA, 17 July 2009: Nine people died in the bomb explosions at the JW Marriott Hotel and Ritz Carlton Hotel in the Mega Kuning commercial area here today, said Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Security, Widodo AS. He said the explosions within two minutes of each other, happened at 7.45am and 7.47am. “These were highly-explosive bombs,” […]
Jui Meng quits as Bakri MCA chief, stays in MCA
MUAR, 17 July 2009: Former health minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng yesterday resigned as chairperson of the Bakri MCA Division, which he helmed since 1988, but dismissed talk that he was also quitting the party to joining Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). Instead, he urged all the division committee members to give their undivided support to […]
The BN strikes back in Manik Urai
By Wong Chin HuatThe BN campaign headquarters in Manik Urai BY any account, PAS’s marginal victory in Manik Urai is virtually a loss for the party. Its winning margin has been slashed by a whopping 1,287 votes, from 1,352 votes in 2008 to a wafer-thin 65 votes on 14 July 2009. In percentage, the decline is all the […]
