IPOH, 18 May 2009: Police have arrested two men in connection with the kidnap-cum-murder of a three-year-old boy, whose body was found in the estuary of Sungai Kuala Bagan Tiang in Parit Buntar on 11 May. Kerian OCPD Supt Mat Fauzi Nayan said the two fisherfolk, in their 30s, were picked up on 16 May […]
Current Issues
Najib defers Perak crisis talks with PR
By Deborah LohKUALA LUMPUR, 18 May 2009: After his initial offer to meet Pakatan Rakyat over the Perak political impasse, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak now wants to wait for the matter to be decided in court. Najib said only after the court made its ruling on Perak’s lawful menteri besar would Barisan Nasional (BN) be […]
CVLB freezes new taxi permits for LCCT
SEPANG, 18 May 2009: The Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) has frozen the issuance of new taxi permits at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) here, effective immediately. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the move was taken following complaints from the Taxi Drivers Welfare Association on the […]
Nizar wants five appeal court judges
PUTRAJAYA, 18 May 2009: Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin today filed an application for a panel of five Court of Appeal judges to hear his application to set aside the court’s decision last week to stay a High Court declaration that he was the rightful menteri besar of Perak. Lawyer Leong Cheok Keng, representing Mohammad […]
BN not contesting in Penanti (Updated 7.57pm)
By Deborah LohUpdated 7.57pm, 18 May 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 18 May 2009: Barisan Nasional will not contest the Penanti by-election which it deems a “political game” by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the BN supreme council had unanimously decided against contesting the 31 May by-election today on the grounds that the […]
Koh to hold discussions with ministers on KPI
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 May 2009: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon will hold discussions with all the ministers to further “fine-tune” their individual key performance indicator (KPI) soon. As of today, all cabinet ministers had submitted their KPIs to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, Koh said in […]
Set up committee on PSD scholarships
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 18 May 2009: DAP Youth (Dapsy) has called for the setting up of a special committee to review all appeals by SPM 2008 high achievers who failed to receive Public Service Department (JPA) scholarships. “If this issue is not resolved quickly and effectively, it will negatively impact the ‘1Malaysia’ philosophy touted by Prime […]
Assembly dissolution talk mere rumours: Zambry
SERI ISKANDAR, 18 May 2009: Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir today claimed that talk of the Perak state assembly being dissolved soon, was mere rumour spread by the opposition in Perak. He added that there would be no such rumours if the opposition in Perak understood the democratic principles. “Let such […]
Three passengers negative for H1N1 virus (Updated 6.17pm)
Updated 6.17pm, 18 May 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 18 May 2009: Three passengers on the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH091 from Newark, New Jersey to KLIA via Sweden on 13 May, who were having fever had been tested negative for the H1N1 virus. The three passengers were a woman, who was quarantined at the Sultanah Aminah […]
Remove Hishammuddin from cabinet, urges Bersih
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 18 May 2009: Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is a liability in the cabinet and must be removed, said the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih). Hishammuddin (Pic courtesy of theSun) “Hishammuddin’s abysmal and misjudged performance is now a liability to the new cabinet,” said a Bersih press statement dated yesterday. […]
