SEREMBAN, 5 Sept 2008: Negeri Sembilan state assemblyman for Lenggeng Mustafa Salim pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to two counts of corruption. Mustafa, 50, is alleged to have solicited a bribe of RM3,000 from Manimaran a/l Marimuthu as an inducement to issue a letter of support for Manimaran to obtain a […]
More than RM6 million worth of fireworks and firecrackers seized this year
KUANTAN, 5 Sept 2008: The Royal Customs have hauled in more than 158,000 kg of fireworks and firecrackers, valued at RM6.135 million, in the country this year. Its director-general, Datuk Seri Abd Rahman Abd Hamid, said that until yesterday a total of 100 cases had been recorded and 49 people were arrested for smuggling the […]
Najib says he approved BNBBC overseas trip because it’s constructive
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Sept 2008: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today he approved an overseas study trip by the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BNBBC) because it is constructive. The trip, initiated by the BNBBC to take place during the one-month Ramadan (September) break in the Dewan Rakyat sitting, was a good […]
The animal gladiators of hubris
By Andrew KhooGladiators: a re-enactment (© Matthias Kabel) I HAD the opportunity to visit Greece earlier this year, together with a group of people associated with a local seminary. Our local tour guide Costas (could he have been named anything else?) was literally a Greek treasure trove of historical information, a veritable walking library. In the course […]
Branches laid bare
By KW MakThe pruned angsana trees in Bangsar (Pic by KW Mak) WHEN the more-than-20-year-old angsana trees along Lorong Ara Kiri 2 in Bangsar were pruned bare in early June 2008, many were alarmed. It didn’t take long before a group of concerned and upset residents confronted the workers from Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to stop […]
E for Egg
By Amir MuhammadEVERY egg is sacred. Every egg is great. If an egg is wasted, God gets quite irate. Amir Muhammad is a writer, publisher and movie-maker who lives in Damansara, which is more of a state of mind than geography. Amir’s Alphabet will have 26 parts but will not be presented in order, as he was […]
Net TV: Does it click?
By Ooi Ying NeeAN afternoon in a home studio, six t-shirt changes, and six volunteers tinkering with borrowed camera equipment. That’s all it took to produce six seven-minute episodes of The Fairly Current Show (TFCS), a talk show on the internet TV network PopTV that was launched in June 2008. PopTV co-founder Hardesh Singh says PopTV will “give […]
DPM’s special officer issues denial over oath by Mohd Saiful Bukhari
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Sept 2008: Assoc Prof Khairil Annas Jusoh, the special officer to the deputy prime minister, today denied he knew Federal Territory Mosque imam Ramlang Porigi. Khairil Annas also denied asking Ramlang to conduct the oath-taking at the mosque on 15 Aug by Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan who has accused Parti Keadilan Rakyat […]
Tan Sri A Samad Ismail dies
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Sept 2008: National journalism laureate and freedom fighter Tan Sri A Samad Ismail died today at the Pantai Medical Centre here at 5.58pm because of a lung infection. Singapore-born Samad, 84, better known as Pak Samad, was warded at the hospital since 24 Aug after experiencing breathing difficulties. He leaves behind wife […]
Doc who examined Saiful reappears after going “missing” for two months
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Sept 2008: After going “missing” for two months, the doctor who conducted a preliminary examination on Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who has accused Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy, has reappeared to explain his disappearance. Dr Muhammad Osman Abdul Hamid of Pusrawi Hospital said he had not run away nor was he […]
