Updated 9:20pm, 4 Aug 2009 SHAH ALAM, 4 Aug 2009: Selangor PAS today urged that the position of the DAP’s Ronnie Liu as State Local Government, Study and Research Committee chairperson be reviewed following allegations that he had interfered in enforcement by the local authorities. “It is apt due to past incidents … maybe [we […]
MACC not BN tool, says Najib
KUANTAN, 4 Aug 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today dismissed claims by opposition parties that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was a tool of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government. He said the MACC was an independent body which was free to investigate and act against anyone it found to have committed an […]
Inquest into Teoh’s death resumes tomorrow
SHAH ALAM, 4 Aug 2009: The inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock, which was postponed last week, will resume tomorrow. Several witnesses who had been subpoenaed earlier are expected to be present to provide testimony before Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas. Among those expected to be called tomorrow are the security guard who found […]
Consumer Protection Act to be amended
SHAH ALAM, 4 Aug 2009: The Consumer Protection Act will be amended next year to provide more benefits to consumers, Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today. He said the act would be tabled for first reading in the next Parliament session, and would include new clauses to protect […]
The problem with the MACC
By Deborah LohRUSHED through Parliament in haste, it was only a matter of time before weaknesses in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act would emerge. Tragically, it took a death to re-open the debate on an institution formed only six months ago. Back when the MACC Bill was being debated, there appeared to be little fuss about […]
Demonstrations
By The Nut Graph teamTHE 1 Aug 2009 anti-Internal Security Act (ISA) street rally attracted big crowds scattered around the heart of Kuala Lumpur. The throng of people easily numbered 20,000 but could have been more. Demonstrators sported headbands, T-shirts and banners that decried the draconian law. They called for the Act, which allows for indefinite state detention without […]
16 GMI supporters plead not guilty to illegal assembly charge
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Aug 2009: Sixteen supporters of the Abolish the ISA Movement (GMI) pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to participating in an illegal assembly. Those charged comprised 11 men and five women, aged between 30 and 60 years. They are Nordin Ahmad, Hayati Abdul Samad, Salmah Ismail, Norlaila Othman, Rashini, […]
Religious councils allowed to be intervenors in Herald case
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Aug 2009: The High Court here today allowed eight parties, including seven Islamic religious councils, to be intervenors in the new application by the Kuala Lumpur Roman Catholic Church for a judicial review in the matter of using the word “Allah” in its weekly publication. Justice Lau Bee Lan made the decision […]
Fence-sitting on the anti-ISA demonstration
By Lim Hong SiangMEDIA cetak bahasa Cina utama menyiarkan gambar bagaimana polis menyuraikan perhimpunan “Mansuhkan ISA” dengan tembakan gas pemedih mata dan semburan meriam air berasid. Ramai penulis dan penganalisa duduk di atas pagar, sementara menonjolkan “kekerasan yang keterlaluan dari pihak polis”, juga dicadangkan agar orang ramai menyuarakan pandangan mengikut “saluran yang bersesuaian”. Namun demikian, pada hari keesokan […]
Cepatkan undang-undang untuk mengganti ISA
Oleh Muhamad Razak IdrisANGKATAN Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim) menggesa pihak kerajaan mempercepatkan tindakan bagi proses penggubalan undang-undang baru bagi menggantikan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri atau ISA. Ini bagi memastikan supaya kegiatan protes terhadap ISA oleh sebahagian dari anggota masyarakat di negara ini, sebagaimana yang telah berlaku kelmarin, dapat dielakkan dari berterusan. Antara tindakan segera yang boleh dilakukan oleh […]
