KOTA BARU, 4 May 2009: PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has told party members not to create problems by demanding to field its candidate for the Penanti state seat by-election on 31 May. He said PAS must keep to the agreement made with Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), one of its partners […]
Motion to remove Perak speaker received
IPOH, 29 April 2009: The Perak legislative assembly secretary, Abdullah Antong Sabri, today confirmed that his office had received a motion last week to remove V Sivakumar as speaker of the Perak state assembly at its sitting on 7 May. He also confirmed that he had posted letters to all the Perak state assemblypersons on […]
Limited time for Suhakam to avert downgrading
NEW DELHI, 29 April 2009: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) is racing against time to prevent the organisation from being downgraded by an international human rights regulatory body on 3 May. Suhakam chairperson Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman said, the Accreditation Sub-Committee of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion […]
McDonald’s loses exclusivity to prefix ‘Mc’
PUTRAJAYA, 29 April 2009: Fast food chain McDonald’s today lost its exclusivity to the usage of the prefix ‘Mc’ when the Court of Appeal here allowed a local Indian food outlet, McCurry Restaurant, to use ‘Mc’ in its business signage. Appeal Court judges Datuk Gopal Sri Ram (now Federal Court judge), who sat with Justices […]
Karpal’s RM10 mil suit against Utusan on 2 July
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 April 2009: The High Court has fixed 2 July for case management of Bukit Gelugor member of parliament Karpal Singh’s RM10 million suit against Utusan Melayu (M) Sdn Bhd over a defamatory article on his comments on Islam. Deputy Registrar Nazri Ibrahim fixed the date after the case came up before him […]
Mukhriz: NEP will continue to be given focus
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 April 2009: There is no reason for bumiputera to worry as the New Economic Policy (NEP) will continue to be given focus by the government despite the liberalisation of 27 services sub-sectors recently. “We should not be unduly concerned that our policies like the NEP will be slowly loosened up,” Deputy Minister […]
S’gor Sultan to undergo heart surgery (Updated)
Updated 2.49pm, 29 April 2009 SHAH ALAM, 29 April 2009: The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, left for the United States today to undergo heart mitral valve repair or replacement at the Stanford University Medical Centre in Palo Alto, San Francisco, California. The sultan will undergo the surgery on 2 May and would […]
Mansor Othman is PKR Penanti candidate
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 28 April 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is fielding its Penang deputy liaison committee chairperson, Dr Mansor Othman, 56, as the party’s candidate for the Penanti state by-election on 31 May. This was announced by PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at a function attended by about 1,000 party supporters at Yayasan Aman […]
Nine drown off Johor
JOHOR BARU, 28 April 2009: Nine people, six of them Pakistan nationals, drowned while a boy was rescued after a boat carrying them capsized in waters off Teluk Ramunia near here early today. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Southern Region Enforcement Chief First Admiral (Maritime) Che Hassan Jusoh said the MMEA was notified at about […]
Johor MB revoked land awarded in 1993
JOHOR BARU, 28 April 2009: President of the Johor Malay Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (DPMMJ) Syed Ali Alattas told the High Court here today that the Johor Menteri Besar had revoked the award of land in Pantai Lido to the chamber years after he offered the land. He said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin who was […]
