SHAH ALAM, 21 Jan 2009: Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has denied that he had used state funds to sponsor 46 heads of cattle for meat distribution to constituents of Bandar Tun Razak during Aidiladha last December. He said the cattle, valued at over RM110,000, were sponsored by subsidiaries and associate companies […]
Indonesian ulama may issue fatwa on smoking
JAKARTA, 21Jan 2009: A “fatwa” (edict) on whether it is permissible or forbidden for Muslims to smoke is expected to emerge from a meeting of about 700 Indonesian “ulama” over four days from 23 Jan in Padang Panjang, western Sumatra. Indonesian Ulama Council chief Ma’ruf Amin said the meeting would discuss the pros and cons […]
PM anticipates new US attitude towards Muslims
DOHA, 21 Jan 2009: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today he hoped that the United States administration under new president Barack Obama would pave the way towards a new US attitude when addressing problems faced by the Muslim world. “I welcome his inaugural speech and I am sure there will be […]
Govt told to be party to the Rome Statute
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Jan 2009: The Bar Council has called upon the government to immediately become party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to influence the promotion of international peace and stability. Bar Council president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan said today that the ICC is an independent and permanent court that seeks […]
Bus crashes into house of elderly couple
ALOR SETAR, 21 Jan 2009: Housewife Aishah Ahmad, 82, was jolted from sleep today by a tour bus which slammed into the master bedroom of her double-storey house in Kampung Alor Senjaya, Titi Gajah, here. Her husband, Ismail Drahman, 84, was in the bathroom when he heard the crash at about 8am and rushed out […]
Landslide cuts off major Sarawak road link
MIRI, 21 Jan 2009: A landslide today cut off the road link between Bintulu and Tatau as well as Miri, Mukah and Sibu, causing hundreds of vehicles to be stranded near Tatau, about 50km from Bintulu. No one was injured in the landslide, which occurred at 5.10am at Km45 of the Bintulu-Tatau Road, said Tatau […]
Ops Sikap: Nine killed in road accidents yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Jan 2009: Nine people died in road accidents nationwide yesterday, bringing the death toll since the launch of the Ops Sikap on 19 Jan to 20. Bukit Aman public relations officer Supt Rasdi Ramli said the victims comprised seven motorcyclists, a car passenger and a cyclist. Municipal roads recorded the most number […]
Sirul’s lawyer says defence team is blind-sided
SHAH ALAM, 21 Jan 2009: The lawyer representing Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, the second accused in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial, told the judge today that the defence team is blind-sided. In his application for access to DSP Musa Safri’s cautioned statement recorded under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code, counsel Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin […]
BN must welcome new ideas to reform
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Jan 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) needs a fresh start by welcoming and implementing new ideas for real reform and realigning its direction with the people’s aspirations, Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said today. Koh, in supporting Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s call to BN leaders to […]
Ex-assemblyperson pleads not guilty to graft
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Jan 2009: Former Semenyih assemblyperson Datuk Ahamad Kuris Mohd Nor pleaded not guilty in two Sessions Courts here today to four counts of corruption involving a total of RM200,0000. At the Ampang Sessions Court, Ahamad Kuris, 52, was charged with three counts of corruption. On the first, he is alleged to have […]
