KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jan 2009: Two moderate earthquakes struck Indonesia today, one in northern Sumatra and the other in western Irian, according to the Meteorology Department. The Sumatran quake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, struck at 8.01am, with its epicentre at 118km southwest of Padang Sidempuan in Indonesia and 395km southwest of Klang in […]
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Hark: the Herald
By Zedeck SiewCorrected on 29 Jan 2009 at 11.40am “The use of the word ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims may arouse sensitivity and create confusion amongst the Muslims in this country.” FORMER Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Abdullah Md Zin, quoted on 4 Jan 2008. He was elaborating on a cabinet decision to hold as exclusive […]
Police papers on Kugan’s death on Wednesday
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Jan 2009: Police will submit investigation papers on the death of lock-up detainee A Kugan to the Attorney-General’s Chambers on Wednesday, Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said. He said the papers would be ready by tomorrow after several more witnesses were interviewed. “Yesterday, we took statements from 11 police officers […]
Kugan undergoes second post-mortem
PETALING JAYA, 25 Jan 2009: A second post-mortem was today conducted on A Kugan who died whilst in a lock-up at a police station in Subang Jaya. Doctors at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) carried out the post-mortem at noon. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department T Murugiah said that Deputy Prime Minister […]
National laureate Arena Wati dies
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Jan 2009: National laureate Muhammad Dahlan Abdul Baing, 84, better known as Arena Wati, died at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital (HUKM) in Cheras at 1.40am today, from lung cancer. He had been treated at HUKM since 20 Sept, and his wife Halimah Sulong and two of his children, Ratna Siti Akbari […]
Bota assemblyperson joins Pakatan Rakyat
IPOH, 25 Jan 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) state assemblyperson for Bota, Datuk Nasaruddin Hashim, today joined the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government in Perak. Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, when contacted, said Nasaruddin made an announcement that he was joining Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) at PKR’s headquarters in Petaling Jaya, also today. […]
Muthupalaniappan to appeal against explusion from MIC
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Jan 2009: MIC presidential aspirant Datuk M Muthupalaniappan, who was expelled from the party by the MIC Disciplinary Committee, said he will appeal against the decision to the party’s Central Working Committee (CWC). He said the majority of MIC grassroots leaders had contacted him over the last 24 hours to say they […]
Dep ministers in mortuary case may face action
JOHOR BARU, 25 Jan 2009: Two deputy ministers are likely to face action if they are found to have broken the law in the incident where a crowd raided the mortuary of Serdang Hospital in Selangor on 20 Jan, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. Datuk K Devamany and Senator T Murugiah, […]
Man attempts to flee after sentence
SHAH ALAM, 23 Jan 2009: A man who was jailed and given whipping for committing incest on his teenage daughter, shocked on-lookers when he ran out of the Sessions Court after sentencing today. Judge Kasbi Hasan had sentenced the father of eight to 23 years’ jail and be whipped 30 times when he pleaded guilty […]
Kugan’s death classified as murder (Updated 10:10pm)
Bernama report(Updated 10:10pm; 23 Jan 2009) Cause of police detainee’s death to be investigated by the police (magnifying glass pic © Steve Woods / sxc.hu) PUTRAJAYA, 23 Jan 2009: Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail has classified the death of car theft suspect A Kugan while in police custody as murder. Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail […]
