KUALA KRAI, 26 June 2009: PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat should not make statements that could confuse the people, especially when he likened the Umno cause to the teachings of Ayah Pin, describing the party as “communistic” and propagating the socialist ideology that rejects religion and belief in God. Gua Musang Member […]
Influenza A(H1N1): Classes closed at Kudat school
PUTRAJAYA, 26 June 2009: Two classes of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Abdul Rahim 2, Kudat in Sabah were ordered to close temporarily from yesterday following the detection of an Influenza A(H1N1) case, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said. The closure involved 125 students and teachers, who are now placed under house quarantine. Ismail […]
S’pore military appoints first Malay general
SINGAPORE, 26 June 2009: The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will create history on 1 July by having a Malay general. Colonel Ishak Ismail, 46, a senior Malay officer who has served for 28 years in the SAF, is being promoted to brigadier general, local media reported today. He was one of the five SAF colonels […]
Yusri to resign as Abim president
LANGKAWI, 26 June 2009: Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim) president Yusri Mohamad said today he would relinquish the post at the movement’s 38th assembly in Shah Alam on 1 Aug. Yusri, who has held the post for two terms, said although he is not yet 40, he wanted to give the new line-up a chance […]
Student faints after assault by seniors
KUANTAN, 25 June 2009: A 15-year-old student fainted after he was beaten up by four seniors at a religious boarding school in Rompin yesterday. Mohd Ashraf Abdul Aziz was beaten in a surau and the assault was witnessed by 80 other students, but none came to rescue him. According to the victim’s brother in-law, who […]
Police act fast to recover 34 stolen cows
ALOR GAJAH, 25 June 2009: A gang of 14 men tied up a couple working as caretakers of a cow pen in Kampung Ayer Itik, Menggong, here before fleeing with 34 cows on Monday night. (Pic by Dominik Domaziak / Dreamstime) However, Alor Gajah police district chief Supt Umar Ali Saifuddin Shaharuddin said […]
JI militant leader not extradited “due to security reason”
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2009: The government did not extradite Singapore Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant leader Mas Selamat Kastari to the island state due to “security reason”, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today. He said Mas Selamat, who was captured in Johor in April this year after escaping from a high security prison […]
11 new H1N1 cases detected
PUTRAJAYA, 25 June 2009: Eleven Influenza A(H1N1) cases were detected from yesterday until 8am today, comprising eight imported cases and three local transmissions, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said. He said of the eight imported cases, five were Malaysians while the rest were Irish, Australian and Philippine citizens. Of the three local transmissions, […]
Lim denies DAP membership condition for aid
PENANG, 25 June 2009: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has denied allegations that elderly folk in the state were asked to fill aid forms with the condition that they were DAP members. Lim Lim, who is also the party’s secretary-general, said his party had never laid down that condition, and that the forms also […]
Kelantan Umno Youth lodges report against Nik Aziz
KOTA BARU, 25 June 2009: Kelantan Umno Youth has lodged a police report against PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat for likening Umno to a deviationist teaching and communism. State Umno Youth chief Anuar Safian said the remarks uttered by Nik Aziz on Sunday,14 June were seditious and could lead to tension […]
