IPOH, 12 Nov 2008: The Perak government should not use the RM2 million allocation under the People’s Special Welfare Fund to help the families of Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees. Instead, former Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali has told his successor Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and the 10 Pakatan Rakyat state […]
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Dr M: Anyone who’s Bangsa Malaysia can be PM
PUTRAJAYA, 12 Nov 2008: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said everyone could be Malaysia’s prime minister as long as the person is of Bangsa Malaysia and acceptable to all Malaysians. The former prime minister said that in this country, the law provided that anybody could become prime minister although the person must be the leader of […]
Court rejects Manoharan’s habeas corpus bid
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Nov 2008: Kota Alam Shah assemblyman M Manoharan has failed for the third time to get out of the Kamunting detention centre, after the High Court here today dismissed his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah said the grounds given in Manoharan’s affidavit did not fall […]
Metal theft cost Sarawak RM3.5 million
KUCHING, 12 Nov 2008: Metal thieves caused a RM3.5 million dent on Sarawak’s coffers in the first ten months of the year. The police investigated 247 cases of metal thefts under Section 379 of the Penal Code between January and October, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan today. He said the total […]
Ong Ka Chuan: Accept new MCA appointments
SEREMBAN, 12 Nov 2008: Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan said today the new MCA appointments as announced by party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat should be accepted by all. Ong, who was replaced by Dewan Negara Deputy Speaker Datuk Wong Foon Meng as MCA secretary-general, also said he accepted […]
Court cancels injunction obtained by Samy Vellu
SHAH ALAM, 12 Nov 2008: The High Court has cancelled the interim injunction obtained by MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu to stop the party’s former Youth chief M Vigneswaran and three others from continuing to publish an article allegedly defamatory of him. Judge Rosnaini Saub said Samy Vellu had failed to satisfy the […]
Civil society can change media
By Elizabeth LooiKUALA LUMPUR, 12 Nov 2008: A strong civil society has the power to change the media without relying on government regulation. Professor Cherian George from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University said the public could influence how the media operated, for example, by holding them accountable. “Media organisations could be pressured by consumers into setting up their […]
Editors want media laws reviewed first
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 11 Nov 2008: Editors and media stakeholders have called for the government to review media restrictive laws before setting up the proposed national media council. Most of them feel that the proposed council would only end up as another regulatory body if laws such as the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) and […]
Raja Petra could have deleted evidence, says witness
PETALING JAYA, 11 Nov 2008: Malaysia-Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin could have deleted evidence contained in his notebook computer by using the Clean It software, the Sessions Court was told today. The prosecution’s seventh witness, ASP Waie Isqal Kria Abdullah from the computer forensics investigation unit at the Federal Police headquarters (Bukit Aman), said […]
Govt mulls fixing minimum petrol price
PUTRAJAYA, 11 Nov 2008: The government does not dismiss the possibility of fixing a minimum retail price for petrol and diesel despite the declining price of oil in the world market. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said this would help the government save on subsidy and that the money could […]
