SHAH ALAM, 13 April 2009: A factory worker was sentenced to death by the High Court here today after he was found guilty of trafficking in 155g of heroin at a hotel lobby two years ago. Yap Wai Yenn, 28, looked at his family in the public gallery and shook his head from the dock […]
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MIC to meet PM over cabinet allocation
ALOR GAJAH, 13 April 2009: MIC Secretary-general Datuk Dr S Subramaniam said MIC would meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to seek the possibility of a bigger representation in the cabinet. He said MIC should have been given greater representation in the cabinet so as to play a bigger and more active role in […]
Matriculation application results on 17 April
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 April 2009: Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) holders can check the status of their applications for the matriculation programme online on 17 April. The Education Ministry, in a statement today, said this can be done by surfing the ministry’s website at http://www.moe.gov.my by entering their identity card number and examination serial number. It […]
Etumax Corp’s medicinal products banned
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 April 2009: The Health Ministry has banned the sale, distribution and consumption of traditional medicine manufactured by Etumax Corporation Sdn Bhd as they were found to contain prohibited items for medicine classed as traditional medicine. Its Pharmaceutical Services Division senior director Eisah A Rahman said the products used the brand names of […]
Manikumar appointed state exco member
ALOR SETAR, 13 April 2009: S Manikumar who won the Bukit Selambau state seat by-election on 7 April, was today appointed state executive councillor in charge of domestic trade and consumer affairs. He filled the portfolio left vacant by former state exco member V Arumugam from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) who had resigned as Bukit […]
Dec 4 trial for former senator’s RM60 mln suit
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 April 2009: The High Court has set 4 Dec to hear a suit brought by a former senator who is seeking RM60 million in damages from The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd (NSTP), Berita Harian Sdn Bhd and two of its journalists over allegedly defamatory articles. The trial is set to […]
Former Labuan MP claims trial to cheating bank
KOTA KINABALU, 13 April 2009: Former Labuan MP Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to cheating a bank by using someone else’s identity card to act as a guarantor for a RM160,000 loan. Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman, who’s term as Labuan Corporation chairperson expired on 31 March, is […]
MIC CWC to discuss cabinet issue (Updated)
Updated 4:50pm, 13 April 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 13 April 2009: The reported dissatisfaction over MIC appointees in the cabinet would be discussed at the party’s Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting on 16 April, said MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu. He also denied that the party had sought a senatorship for him to be […]
Jamil Khir: Meeting with Malay rulers in May
PUTRAJAYA, 13 April 2009: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Maj Gen (Rtd) Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom said a meeting with the Malay rulers will be sought next month to obtain their consent on the coordination and standardisation of Islamic laws. In addition, he said, a meeting would also be held with the heads of […]
Decision on Zambry’s challenge tomorrow
PUTRAJAYA, 13 April 2009: The Federal Court will decide tomorrow whether Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and his six state executive councillors had used the right way to challenge their suspension by Perak Speaker V Sivakumar. The five-member bench headed by Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff reserved judgment […]
