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 […]
Current Issues
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” […]
Gerakan’s fight
By Deborah LohCentral committee nominees pose for photos after nominations closed on 4 Oct 2008. Seated are (from left) Koh Tsu Koon, Chia Kwang Chye and national election supervisory committee secretary Chin Fook Weng DESPITE being the Barisan Nasional (BN) component party that suffered the most dismally in the 8 March 2008 elections, the life has not […]
Mohd Ali Rustam is ready to contest Umno deputy president’s post if it’s vacant
MALACCA, 3 Oct 2008: Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam announced today he is ready to contest the Umno deputy presidency in the party elections in March 2009. “I am ready to contest if the deputy president’s post is vacant,” he said when contacted by Bernama. Mohd Ali, 59, who is also Malacca chief […]
No resolution on Gerakan’s fate in the BN at the party’s national delegates conference
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Oct 2008: The Gerakan national delegates conference, scheduled for 11 to 12 Oct, will not table any resolution pertaining to the party’s fate in the Barisan Nasional (BN), Gerakan secretary-general Datuk Seri Chia Kwang Chye said today. “Until today, we have not received any proposal for such a resolution on this issue […]
Defence ministry and two others sued for RM1 million over trainee’s death
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Oct 2008: The father of an army personnel who died while undergoing training has sued the defence ministry and two others for more than RM1 million for negligence. Lorry driver K Kannan, 44, filed the writ of summons at the High Court Registry in the Jalan Duta Court Complex here today through […]
Defence ministry and two others sued for over RM1 million over trainee’s death
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Oct 2008: The father of an army personnel who died while undergoing training has sued the defence ministry and two others for more than RM1 million for negligence. Lorry driver K Kannan, 44, filed the writ of summons at the High Court Registry in the Jalan Duta Court Complex here today through […]
Three-corner fight for Gerakan Youth chief’s post
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Oct 2008: The Gerakan Youth chief’s post will witness a three-corner fight, with the movement’s deputy chief Lim Si Pin taking on Kedah Youth chief Tan Keng Liang and Negeri Sembilan Youth chief Chai Tek Loong. Nominations for the Youth wing, attended by a handful of the candidates’ supporters, at Menara PGRM […]
