Updated at 3:30pm, 28 July 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 28 July 2009: The death toll due to Influenza A(H1N1) in the country rose to three today with the death of another patient. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the latest victim was a 42-year-old Malaysian male who was confirmed of having Influenza A(H1N1) on Thursday. […]
Archives for July 2009
How losing might help the BN
By Shanon ShahBARELY 48 hours after the Barisan Nasional (BN) was nearly brought to its knees in the March 2008 elections, Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the coalition would “learn its lesson” and “improve”. Nearly 16 months after that fateful general election, Malaysians can be forgiven for being confused. Political temperatures have been rising, not […]
Sweeping police percentages!
By Zedeck SiewSHAH ALAM, 20 July 2009: The investigation into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock, 30, is 60% completed, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan. FOLLOWING reactions to the terrible tragedy of political aide Teoh on 16 July 2009, I was drawn to the figure put forth by police chief Musa: 60%. […]
Kit Siang lodges police report on Tee Keat death threat
PETALING JAYA, 27 July 2009: DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang today lodged a police report at the Petaling Jaya police headquarters here on the death threat received by MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. “It is Ong who should have lodged the police report, but as he dares not do so, I am […]
Sivakumar wants rights and privileges committee meeting
IPOH, 27 July 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s assembly Speaker V Sivakumar still wants to meet and seek clarification from the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s Speaker Datuk R Ganesan through the rights and privileges committee to resolve two issues following the 7 May state assembly sitting. Sivakumar fixed the meeting for 10am on Thursday after being […]
Federal Territory PPP wants action against Murugiah
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 July 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership was today asked to take action against Deputy Prime Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator Datuk T Murugiah for organising an illegal meeting in the name of the Federal Territory People’s Progressive Party (FT PPP) here yesterday. Murugiah, who was sacked from the PPP […]
Sivakumar still wants hearing for Ganesan
IPOH, 27 July 2009: Embattled Perak state assembly speaker V Sivakumar still wants to meet and seek clarification from Barisan Nasional (BN)-installed speaker Datuk R Ganesan through the rights and privileges committee to resolve two issues following the 7 May 2009 state assembly sitting. Sivakumar, who still considers himself speaker, fixed the meeting for 10am […]
Govt wants to cut street crime by 20%
PUTRAJAYA, 27 July 2009: The government has set a target of reducing street crimes by 20% by the end of next year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced today. He said the government viewed with concern the need to check crime and, as such, decided to make crime reduction one of the national key […]
International observer for Karpal’s trial
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 July 2009: The High Court has allowed an international observer from Lawasia (The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific) to hold a watching brief in the sedition trial of DAP chairperson Karpal Singh. Judicial Commissioner Azman Abdullah directed Lawasia to write officially to the court, and forward a copy of the […]
“PAS insincere,” says Dr M
MUNYONYO (Uganda), 27 July 2009: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today described PAS’s willingness to work with the federal government as insincere and politically motivated. He said this was because PAS leaders were only out to strengthen PAS and not the Barisan Nasional (BN). “I know because I’ve experienced it in the Felda […]
