Sivakumar (left) and Ganesan PETALING JAYA, 23 July 2009: Embattled Perak Speaker V Sivakumar will chair a Powers and Privileges Committee hearing on 27 July 2009 against Barisan Nasional-installed Speaker Datuk R Ganesan for “usurping the functions and role of the speaker in the House”. The committee hearing will be held in the speaker’s chambers, […]
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MIC’s Mohan, nine others held for illegal assembly
PENANG, 23 July 2009: MIC Youth coordinator T Mohan and nine others were today detained by police for illegal assembly, after about 50 people gathered here to march to the Komtar building to hand over a memorandum to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng on the Kampung Buah Pala issue. The 10, aged between 18 and […]
Youth who killed teacher’s daughter to remain in jail
PUTRAJAYA, 23 July 2009: A teenager who was convicted of killing his tuition teacher’s daughter in 2002 has exhausted all avenues to declare his punishment unconstitutional, and will remain behind bars at the pleasure of the king. The youth, now 20 years old, had asked the Federal Court to restore the Court of Appeal decision […]
GMI hands over memo on ISA to palace
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 July 2009: The Movement for the Abolition of the ISA (GMI) today submitted to the Istana Negara a memorandum calling for the abolition of the Internal Security Act (ISA). GMI chairperson Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh handed over the memorandum to Istana Negara public relations officer Mohd Khairi Abdul Rahman at the security […]
Suspicious motorbike destroyed at Asean meet
PHUKET, 23 July 2009: Thai security forces destroyed a motorcycle found about 300m from the venue of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) as a precaution after authorities could not locate the owner. First Regional Army Commander Gen Lt Kanit Sapitak said: “We found the motorcycle at about 9am at a no-park area. The area was […]
KL Commercial Court by year end
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 July 2009: The Kuala Lumpur Commercial Court will be established by year-end as part of the country’s commitment to address business-related issues in an expeditious manner. It would also speed up the resolution of commercial disputes, said Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan at the ministry’s annual dialogue […]
Police investigation ready before inquest
KUALA SELANGOR, 23 July 2009: The police investigation into the death of Teoh Beng Hock is expected to be completed before the inquest into the death of the political aide starts next week, said Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar. The police investigation was about 10% to 15% near completion, he told reporters after […]
Najib announces Royal Commission of Inquiry (Updated 7.41pm)
Updated 7:41pm on 22 July 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 22 July 2009: A royal commission is to be set up to scrutinise the mode of questioning employed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to determine whether human rights have been violated during the questioning of a Selangor political aide who was found dead subsequently. The cabinet, at […]
Tan Boon Wah sues MACC for illegal detention
KUALA LUMPUR, 22 July 2009: Kajang Municipal Councillor Tan Boon Wah today sued the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and two others for allegedly detaining and interrogating him in an unlawful manner last week. Tan, 39, filed his writ of summons through Messrs Karpal Singh & Co at the registration office of the High Court Appellate […]
MACC
By The Nut Graph teamTHE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has come under considerable flak this past week, most severely with the death of Selangor state government aide Teoh Beng Hock. On 16 July 2009, Teoh was discovered dead on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam, after a gruelling interrogation lasting more than 10 hours until 3.45am at […]
