KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Oct 2008: The Attorney-General’s Chambers has asked the Criminal High Court to review the decision of a Sessions Court judge who today dismissed the prosecution’s objection to a hearing on the proposed transfer of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case. Datuk Mohamed Yusof Zainal Abiden who is Prosecution Unit Head at the […]
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Political observers expect contest for top posts in Umno to be a certainty
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Oct 2008: The contest for the top posts in Umno in March 2009 is believed to be unavoidable with attention being focused on the tussle for the deputy presidency. Besides Datuk Seri Mohamed Ali Rustam, who is a vice-president, others vying for the number two post in Umno are Supreme Council member […]
Sarawak deputy chief minister wants complete probe on reports of sexual abuse on Penan women
KUCHING, 7 Oct 2008: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan wants a complete police investigation to be conducted on reports that Penan women were allegedly victims of sexual abuse by workers from logging camps in Baram, Miri division. He said it was a serious allegation which was very bad publicity for Sarawak as […]
More than 70 protestors injured after Thai police fired tear gas
BANGKOK, 7 Oct 2008: More than 70 demonstrators were injured, four of them seriously, after Thai police fired tear gas this morning to disperse hundreds of anti-government supporters who had laid siege to Parliament since last night. Rescue workers said at least one protester almost lost his leg after a tear gas canister fired by […]
Sessions Court has the discretion to transfer Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case to the High Court
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Oct 2008: The Sessions Court here today ruled that it has the discretion to order the transfer of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case to the High Court for trial. Judge S.M.Komathy Suppiah said the Sessions Court had jurisdiction to ascertain the validity of the transfer certificate signed by Attorney-General Tan Sri […]
NTV7 to meet censorship board; ministry silent on three publications
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 7 Oct 2008: NTV7 is hoping to meet the Film Censorship Board this week to seek clarification over the banning of an Edisi Siasat Mandarin episode. At the same time, three newspapers that submitted their appeals after being issued show-cause letters by the Home Ministry on 12 Sept have yet to hear what […]
Bar Council: Use money for DNA databank for crime prevention instead
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Oct 2008: Instead of building a DNA databank, the Bar Council wants the government to use the monies that would be allocated for it under the DNA Identification Bill 2008, on crime prevention. Malaysian Bar vice-president Ragunath Kesavan said the Bar Council was concerned about the need for such a Bill at […]
Abdullah to announce in the next couple of days if he will defend Umno presidency
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Oct 2008: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he will announce in the next couple of days (7 Oct or 8 Oct) whether he will defend the post of Umno president at the party elections in March 2009. “You wait la! Why are you so impatient?” the prime minister told reporters when […]
Salleh appeals to home minister to resolve citizenship problem in Sabah fast
KOTA KINABALU, 6 Oct 2008: Former Chief Minister Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak has appealed to Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar and the National Registration Department (NRD) director-general to come to Sabah to hold “special closed-session meetings” with those having genuine citizenship problems as soon as possible, to solve the problem once and […]
China posts round-the-clock inspectors in dairy factories
BEIJING, 6 Oct 2008: China has deployed five thousand inspectors for round-the-clock inspections of dairy factories across the country, in efforts to clean up a scandal over melamine-tainted milk which has triggered a rejection of its dairy-linked products at home and abroad. Wang Yong, the new central quality watchdog chief, vowed to make “substantial change” […]
