KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Sept 2008: The Gombak Action Front, which represents several non-governmantal organisations (NGOs) from the district, today lodged a police report against Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for allegedly jeopardising national security. The report was lodged by its secretary-general Mohd Mustafa Latiff at the Batu 6 Police Station, Gombak […]
Anwar says Pakatan Rakyat will send letter to Agong
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Sept 2008: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today Pakatan Rakyat will send a letter to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on the transfer of power from Barisan Nasional to the opposition pact. The letter will also contain details of the request to the prime minister to convene a […]
Election petition against Bandar Kuching MP dismissed with costs
KUCHING, 24 Sept 2008: The Election Court today dismissed with costs a petitition challenging the election of DAP vice-chairman Chong Chieng Jen as the Bandar Kuching Member of Parliament (MP) in the March 8 2008 general election. In dismissing the petition, Justice Datuk Clement Allan Skinner declared that Chong, 37, was duly elected as the […]
Don’t drag Palace into Umno elections, says Tengku Abdullah
RAUB, 24 Sept 2008: Tengku Mahkota of Pahang Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has reminded Umno leaders and members wishing to contest for divisional posts in the state not to drag the palace into politics in their attempts to gain support. He said that doing so would only complicate the situation and create confusion among […]
Oct 7 for decision on transfer of Anwar Ibrahim’s case
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Sept 2008: The Sessions Court here will decide on 7 Oct whether to allow or reject the prosecution’s application to transfer Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case to the High Court for trial. Judge S M Komathy Suppiah needs two weeks to consider the submissions and authorities cited by both parties. Anwar, […]
Body | Language
By Sumit MandalLoh Kok Man’s Repot (Mind+Mine) (Pic by Loh Kok Man) MALAYSIA is invoked in a scenic collage of cultures when Tourism Malaysia’s five damsels are paraded as a representation of the country’s ethnic diversity to outsiders. When we regard this spectacle with highbrow disdain, we lose an appreciation of the wonderfully uncomplicated and alluring character […]
Down with spam!
By N Shashi Kala(© Agne Kveselyte / sxc.hu) IF you are, like me, fairly addicted to Oprah, you’d realise that all her shows tend to revolve around the same few themes: improving self-esteem, empowering yourself, and cutting out clutter. There are those who need help in all three areas. Me, I’ve been thinking a lot about clutter of […]
Remembering the Chithambaram
By Rahel JosephIN J Anu’s recent exhibition, Unconditional Love, one of his paintings, Remembering the Chithambaram, depicts his young daughter running across a beach. In the foreground a ship, the SS Chithambaram, rides the crest of a wave, a distant memory of the vessel that first brought her forebears to Malaysia. I love this painting. The image […]
No more playing the race card
By Deborah Loh(© Julia Freeman-Woolpert / sxc.hu) ARE things really so bad that Malaysians need a Race Relations Act? Some might say it’s the politicians who need to be legislated, not the average Ali, Ah Chong and Muthu who, even if not the best of friends, would refrain from making racial slurs in public. But such a […]
Raja Petra sent to Kamunting for two years
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Sept 2008: Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin was sent to the Kamunting Detention Centre today after the Home Minister signed an order to detain him for two years under section 8 (1) of the Internal Security Act (ISA). Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar signed the order last night to detain the Malaysia-Today […]
