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, […]
Who is Mautik Hani?
By Katrina Jorene Maliamauv
WHO is Mautik Hani? Do we care? This is who she is not: She is not a “statistic”. She is not an “isolated incident”. Mautik Hani was a woman. She was a daughter; she was someone’s friend. Somebody called her “my neighbour”; another called her “my sister”. Mautik Hani had dreams to chase; questions to […]
Historical threesomes
By Nick ChooPatrick Teoh as US President Franklin D Roosevelt during the script reading of The Yalta ConferenceLAST Tuesday, on 19 Oct 2009, I attended a script reading of The Yalta Conference at the Instant Café House of Arts and Ideas (Chai). It was Japanese playwright Hirata Oriza‘s fictitious account of the wartime meeting held in February […]
Budget 2010: Goodbye credit cards
By Tony PuaCorrected at 3:25pm, 27 Oct 2009 I MUST say that Budget 2010, announced by Datuk Seri Najib Razak on 23 Oct 2009, contained quite a few surprises for better or for worse. And my observation is from someone who has pored through the government’s budget over the past five years. (Source: babble.com) For one, I’ll […]
Small parties, big questions
By Shanon Shah(Pic by barunpatro / sxc.hu) POP quiz — how many registered political parties are there in Malaysia? This is not such an easy question to answer. The official website for the Election Commission (EC) of Malaysia says there are 31 registered political parties to date. But a quick browse shows that the EC actually lists […]
Sivarasa: Key witness in Lingam case to be revealed soon
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Oct 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat vice-president R Sivarasa said today he would soon bring to Parliament the missing key witness in Datuk VK Lingam‘s New Zealand trip with former chief justice Tun Eusoff Chin, to keep the case open. The Subang Member of Parliament, however, refused to divulge the identity of the […]
Uthayakumar case: 4 Nov for document request
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Oct 2009: The Sessions Court today fixed 4 Nov to decide if the prosecution should give documents asked by P Uthayakumar to prepare his defence in the sedition charge against him. Judge Sabariah Othman set the date after hearing submissions by deputy public prosecutor Noorin Badarudin and defence lawyer N Surendran for […]
Using 350 to beat climate change
Compiled by Gan Pei Ling
TO draw public attention to “350 parts per million (ppm)”, the number scientists claim is the safe upper limit for the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, international grassroots campaign 350.org has been working hard for the past two years to raise awareness. The current amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere stands at […]
