KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Feb 2009: The High Court today fixed 24 Feb for mention to consider three issues that cropped up on the first day of the legal battle over the appointment of the Perak Menteri Besar (MB). The suit was initiated by Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, who is challenging Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul […]
Six armed robbery suspects shot dead in Kulim
SUNGAI PETANI, 18 Feb 2009: Police shot dead six armed robbery suspects and detained four women in a shoot-out at a house in Kampung Kemunting, Karangan, in Kulim yesterday. State police chief Datuk Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said that in the 10.10pm incident, a team of eight police officers, acting on a tip-off, raided a […]
Cops to record statement from Wong’s boyfriend
SHAH ALAM, 18 Feb 2009: Police will record a statement from Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong’s boyfriend over her nude pictures scandal today, Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said. He said police had received two nude photographs, as well as a compact disc, of the 37-year-old politician from a Malay Mail journalist. So […]
Wong did the right thing to resign: Chua
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb 2009: Bukit Lanjan state assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong has done the right thing by offering her resignation following her nude photographs controversy, MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said. The former Health Minister said he could understand what Wong had gone through in the last 48 hours, adding that […]
Politician foils ransom ploy
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb 2009: Federal Territory Gerakan secretary Dr Wong Ruen Yuan today lodged a police report against an unknown caller who tried to extort RM500,000 as ransom after claiming he had kidnapped his daughter. According to Wong who made the police report at the Jalan Travers Police station, his mother-in-law who was in […]
Emotional supporters led to chaos in Perak
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb 2009: A government backbencher told the Dewan Rakyat that highly emotional and fanatical party supporters were among causes for the political chaos in Perak recently. Datuk Razali Ibrahim (BN-Muar) said the emotional party supporters had cast the constitution aside and tarnished the Malay Rulers’ institution. “What did the Raja Muda of […]
Suspected serial rapist detained at hospital
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb 2009: A suspected serial rapist, also believed to be a drug trafficker, was detained while he was seeking treatment at a hospital recently. The 31-year-old man, who is high on the police wanted list, was detained on 11 Feb at the hospital where he was seeking treatment for burns. Kuala Lumpur […]
EC: Three simultaneous by-elections not a problem
JOHOR BARU, 17 Feb 2009: Holding three by-elections on the same day is not a problem for the Election Commission (EC), said its chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusoff. With the date for the by-elections in Bukit Selambau, Kedah and Bukit Gantang, Perak already set for 7 April, there is now the possibility a […]
BN Youth to launch campaign to support Rulers
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb 2009: Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth will launch a signature campaign on 19 Feb in support of the Rulers’ Institution. BN Youth secretary Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said the campaign would be launched at a gathering in Putra World Trade Centre at 8pm and was expected to be attended by about 5,000 […]
Wong’s offer to quit a moral act, says Husam
KOTA BARU, 17 Feb 2009: PAS believes that the offer by Elizabeth Wong to resign from her post as Selangor state executive councillor and vacate the Bukit Lanjan state assembly seat following the posting of her nude photograph on the internet as an act of a highly principled person. PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa said […]
