KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Oct 2009: The High Court today dismissed lawyer P Uthayakumar’s application to transfer his sedition trial from the Sessions Court to the High Court. Justice Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah said Uthayakumar’s main argument that the case involved complicated issues in law held no merit. He said Sessions Court judges had all […]
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Labour Dept to punish maid abusers
PUTRAJAYA, 27 Oct 2009: Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S Subramaniam has directed the Labour Department to coordinate with the authorities in prosecuting employers found to have abused their maids. “We will do everything we can to support the authorities as they take legal action against those involved,” he said in a statement here today. […]
Special govt unit to address maid abuse?
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Oct 2009: The Home Ministry is considering setting up a special unit by pooling the resources of several ministries to find the best way to address cases of maid abuse in the country. Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today in Parliament that he would raise the matter at the cabinet meeting. […]
Pupils were jumping on bridge before collapse
KAMPAR, 27 Oct 2009: Between 30 and 50 pupils were on a newly-built suspension bridge when it collapsed last night into the swift-flowing Kampar River at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Dipang near here, causing one pupil to drown and two more to go missing. A pupil, K Mathivanan, 12, who held onto a rope and saved […]
1 pupil dead, 2 missing after bridge collapses
KAMPAR, 27 Oct 2009: A pupil drowned and two others are missing after a newly-built suspension bridge collapsed into the Kampar River as pupils, participating in a 1Malaysia camp, were walking across the bridge near here last night. Nineteen other pupils, feared missing at first, have been accounted for and are safe, police said. The […]
Sivarasa: Key witness in Lingam case to be revealed soon
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Oct 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat vice-president R Sivarasa said today he would soon bring to Parliament the missing key witness in Datuk VK Lingam‘s New Zealand trip with former chief justice Tun Eusoff Chin, to keep the case open. The Subang Member of Parliament, however, refused to divulge the identity of the […]
Uthayakumar case: 4 Nov for document request
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Oct 2009: The Sessions Court today fixed 4 Nov to decide if the prosecution should give documents asked by P Uthayakumar to prepare his defence in the sedition charge against him. Judge Sabariah Othman set the date after hearing submissions by deputy public prosecutor Noorin Badarudin and defence lawyer N Surendran for […]
PR reps may not attend Perak assembly sitting
IPOH, 26 Oct 2009: Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblypersons may not attend the Perak state assembly sitting scheduled for Wednesday, if the police fail to give an assurance of their safety. PR Backbenchers Club chairperson Khalil Idham Lim said the decision, however, would be finalised by the PR state leadership. “We aim to attend the sitting…we […]
PAS meeting to thrash out issues
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Oct 2009: The PAS central committee is to hold a special meeting with the party’s state commissioners on Wednesday, 28 Oct 2009, to discuss issues raised by PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat. PAS secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali told a news conference the meeting, scheduled for 8.30pm at the […]
M’sia to receive 78,000 H1N1 vaccines
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Oct 2009: Malaysia will receive at the end of this month 78,000 of the 400,000 doses of anti-H1N1 vaccine ordered from Britain for healthcare front-liners and high-risk groups. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said today that the remaining doses would arrive by January next year. He said although the disease’s […]
