Updated 14 Nov 2008, 7:21pm PETALING JAYA, 14 Nov 2008: Former Immigration deputy director-general Yusof Abu Bakar, who faces 13 counts of corruption, was slapped with another charge in the Sessions Court here today, this time for accepting a RM5,000 bribe. Yusof, 54, pleaded not guilty to accepting RM5,000 from sales manager Khoo Nee Boon […]
Ronnie Liu files motion to set aside warrant of arrest
SHAH ALAM, 13 Nov 2008: Selangor Local Government, Research and Development Committee chairperson Ronnie Liu today filed a notice of motion to set aside the warrant of arrest issued and served on him yesterday. The motion was filed on his behalf by his counsel Gobind Singh Deo at the Shah Alam Hight Court at about […]
Nazri regrets statement on sacked judges
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Nov 2008: All six judges involved in the 1988 judicial crisis were actually sacked and paid their pensions on compassionate grounds, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said. He said the matter came to his knowledge upon his personal investigation, which revealed there was a letter […]
Nazri asks Dr Mahathir for proof
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Nov 2008: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz has asked Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to provide proof that money politics was involved in the race for the Umno deputy presidency. Nazri said it was not proper for the former prime minister to have made such a […]
Focus on intellectual infrastructure says Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Nov 2008: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has called on universities to focus more on developing the “intellectual infrastructure” and not just physical infrastructure to make them “a centre of learning of the liberated and inquisitive minds”. Saying that he did not subscribe to the idea of emphasising on physical infrastructures, the deputy […]
DAP should keep pressuring PAS over bumi quota
ALOR STAR, 13 Nov 2008: The state MCA has expressed support to the DAP in the party’s bid to pressure the state government to do away with the 50% bumiputera quota for new housing projects in the state. “The DAP should step up the pressure in any way it can to force PAS to review […]
M’sia needs to boost services sector: Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Nov 2008: Malaysia needs to promote its services sector as its potential has not been fully exploited, Minister of International Trade and Industry, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, said today. He said the liberalisation of the sector in the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) was just not in terms of investments, but […]
Raja Petra could have deleted evidence, says witness
PETALING JAYA, 11 Nov 2008: Malaysia-Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin could have deleted evidence contained in his notebook computer by using the Clean It software, the Sessions Court was told today. The prosecution’s seventh witness, ASP Waie Isqal Kria Abdullah from the computer forensics investigation unit at the Federal Police headquarters (Bukit Aman), said […]
Govt mulls fixing minimum petrol price
PUTRAJAYA, 11 Nov 2008: The government does not dismiss the possibility of fixing a minimum retail price for petrol and diesel despite the declining price of oil in the world market. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said this would help the government save on subsidy and that the money could […]
Prosecution files appeal in Anwar sodomy case
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Nov 2008: The prosecution has filed an appeal to quash the Session’s Court’s decision not to allow Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s alleged sodomy case to be transferred to the High Court. A check by Bernama found the notice of appeal was filed at the registrar’s office of the Sessions Court this morning. […]
