“Don’t just look to our country only. See our neighbours or other countries. They too have laws more or less like ours or more stricter [sic].” Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, commenting on the need to retain the Internal Security Act (ISA), to “ensure economic and political stability”. He suggested that the Act […]
Archives for August 2009
Raja Nazrin: Democracy does not mean mob rule
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Aug 2009: “Democracy does not mean anything goes. It certainly does not mean mob rule,” the Raja Muda of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah said. He said in any functioning democracy, there were rules as to how society was to be governed, and in Malaysia, the rules were enshrined in the country’s […]
Suhakam elected to human rights ICC
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Aug 2009: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) has been unanimously elected to sit on the International Coordinating Committee (ICC) of Human Rights Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. The election was made at the annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) […]
Call on govt to speed up M’sia-Indon talks on maids
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Aug 2009: The Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies (Papa) today called on the Home and Human Resources ministries to take follow-up action to speed up the negotiations between Malaysia and Indonesia on maids. Its president, Datuk Raja Zulkepley Dahalan, said this was because two meetings between the two countries to discuss […]
DPM: Groups out to erode public confidence in MACC
PERTH, 6 Aug 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said there are groups in Malaysia who are planning to remove the credibility of and erode public confidence in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). He said they were the same people who had previously called for the establishment of such a commission with independent […]
PAS and the alcohol ban
By Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria(lusi / sxc.hu) PAS‘s move to implement a blanket ban on the sale of alcohol in all Muslim-majority areas in Selangor has now given us an opportunity to draw up guidelines on alcohol sale. While their call for a ban might seem drastic, it must not be viewed from a moralistic or from only an […]
14 A(H1N1) deaths as of this morning (Updated 6:48pm)
Updated 6:48pm, 6 Aug 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 6 Aug 2009: Another death related to Influenza A(H1N1), that of a 57-year-old male pensioner at the Putrajaya Hospital yesterday, has raised the number of deaths due to the pandemic to 14 as of this morning. Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said the victim had […]
Deputy home minister: PPPA to be reviewed
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Aug 2009: The government will review the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA)1984 to keep with the times and promote the growth of the industry, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop said today. He said the government was concerned by the growth of the highly vibrant printing presses and publications […]
Former S’gor MIC Youth chief eyes vice-president post
PETALING JAYA, 6 Aug 2009: Former Selangor MIC Youth chief P Subramaniam will contest for the vice-presidency in the upcoming MIC election on 22 Sept. Subramaniam, who announced his candidacy here today, said he had decided to do so after he received grassroots support voicing their concern and wanting more young blood injected into the […]
Guan Eng: Ooi should retract JIM statement
PENANG, 6 Aug 2009: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng will advise the Member of Parliament for Jelutong, Jeff Ooi, to retract his statement labelling Jamaah Islah Malaysia (JIM) as an “extremist religious organisation”. Lim, who is also the DAP secretary-general, said as far as the state government was concerned, JIM was not an extremist […]
