AMNESTY International Malaysia (AI) is deeply concerned over the use of a blanket injunction reportedly obtained by the police for the 28 Oct 2009 Perak state legislative assembly. Such restraining orders allow for abuse of police powers, as any person within a stipulated range can be arrested without due process and proper examination of facts. […]
Archives for October 2009
Umno still leads the way
By Deborah LohWill Najib wait for the MIC, MCA, Gerakan and PPP to play catch-up? AFTER the March 2008 general election, when public sentiment against the Barisan Nasional (BN) swirled dark and hopes were bright for the Pakatan Rakyat (PR)’s multicultural politics, Umno was everybody’s favourite punching bag. Perhaps riding on public sentiment that favoured the opposition, […]
Umno’s glee
By Deborah Loh“Isu kita ialah isu dua tiga kerat pemimpin bermasalah… “Begitu juga dengan isu-isu disekitar Hassan Ali atau Mustafa Ali yang tak habis-habis dengan nak bekerjasama PAS dengan Umno ke arah kerajaan perpaduan atau UG (unity government). “Untuk kali ini, saya dengan kuat merasakan bahawa perlu ada perubahan dalam pemain-pemain penting yang menduduki kerusi kepimpinan PAS diperingkat pusat. Kalau […]
Politics and imagination
By Deborah LohIOANNIS Gatsiounis is a freelance journalist from New York who has lived in Kuala Lumpur for the last six years. He has written about Malaysia and the region for publications such as Forbes, Newsweek, the International Herald Tribune and The Wall Street Journal Asia. Stretching his writer’s muscle, Gatsiounis recently wrote 10 short fictional stories […]
Liow to Ong: Respect outcome of 10 Oct EGM
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Oct 2009: The MCA seems headed for a fresh round of internal bickering, with newly elected deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and 15 members of the party’s powerful central committee (CC) today openly asking the top leadership to respect the outcome of the 10 Oct extraordinary general meeting (EGM). Without […]
PAS closes door on talks to form unity govt
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Oct 2009: PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said today the party had closed the door on talks to form a unity government with Umno. He said there had been a change in the national leadership, and PAS had yet to evaluate the attitude adopted by the current national leader. “The […]
Search extended 15km for bridge collapse victims
KAMPAR, 27 Oct 2009: The search and rescue operation following the collapse of a suspension bridge across the Kampar River at a school in Kuala Dipang near here has been extended 15km downriver. Kampar police chief Supt Abdul Aziz Salleh said the rescuers were looking for two primary schoolgirls who went missing after the bridge […]
MACC: Corruption involving illegal immigrants not serious
KOTA KINABALU, 27 Oct 2009: Abuse and corruption cases involving illegal immigrants in Sabah are not serious, despite the negative perception by the public towards the agencies involved, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan said. He said Malaysia’s prosperity and political stability had prompted foreigners, especially those from neighbouring countries, […]
Family files for Teoh’s body to be exhumed
SHAH ALAM, 27 Oct 2009: The family of Teoh Beng Hock today filed an application in the Magistrate’s Court here seeking an order for the political aide’s remains to be exhumed so that a second post-mortem can be conducted. The application, which was accompanied with a sworn affidavit the deceased’s elder brother, Teoh Meng Kee, […]
Uthayakumar’s bid to move sedition trial to High Court dismissed
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Oct 2009: The High Court today dismissed lawyer P Uthayakumar’s application to transfer his sedition trial from the Sessions Court to the High Court. Justice Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah said Uthayakumar’s main argument that the case involved complicated issues in law held no merit. He said Sessions Court judges had all […]
