KUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2009: The spouse of A Gnanapragasam wants the Home Ministry to hold an immediate inquest into his death while in police custody. “I am very unsatisfied with all that has happened to my husband,” said M Manamegala, Gnanapragasam’s spouse, in a memorandum submitted to deputy minister Jelaing Mersat in Parliament today. […]
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PKR’s Thiruvenggadam replies to show-cause letter
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 25 June 2009: Petaling Jaya city councillor A Thiruvenggadam said his expose on contracts between the Pakatan Rakyat state government and waste management company Alam Flora is a state government matter for which his party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), should not punish him. Thiruvenggadam today replied to a show-cause letter from PKR asking […]
ISA review includes revising detention period
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2009: The Home Ministry may table amendments to the Internal Security Act (ISA) in the next parliamentary sitting that will include a re-examination of the length of detention and the appointment of independent investigators. Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said that among others, the ministry would re-examine the ISA’s 60-day detention […]
Student faints after assault by seniors
KUANTAN, 25 June 2009: A 15-year-old student fainted after he was beaten up by four seniors at a religious boarding school in Rompin yesterday. Mohd Ashraf Abdul Aziz was beaten in a surau and the assault was witnessed by 80 other students, but none came to rescue him. According to the victim’s brother in-law, who […]
Police act fast to recover 34 stolen cows
ALOR GAJAH, 25 June 2009: A gang of 14 men tied up a couple working as caretakers of a cow pen in Kampung Ayer Itik, Menggong, here before fleeing with 34 cows on Monday night. (Pic by Dominik Domaziak / Dreamstime) However, Alor Gajah police district chief Supt Umar Ali Saifuddin Shaharuddin said […]
Make Penan report public, PKR says
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2009: The women’s wing of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) wants the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry to not only release the Penan task force report to the public, but to also table it for debate in Parliament. “What is stopping the Malaysian government from publicising the report of the investigation? The repeated […]
JI militant leader not extradited “due to security reason”
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2009: The government did not extradite Singapore Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant leader Mas Selamat Kastari to the island state due to “security reason”, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today. He said Mas Selamat, who was captured in Johor in April this year after escaping from a high security prison […]
11 new H1N1 cases detected
PUTRAJAYA, 25 June 2009: Eleven Influenza A(H1N1) cases were detected from yesterday until 8am today, comprising eight imported cases and three local transmissions, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said. He said of the eight imported cases, five were Malaysians while the rest were Irish, Australian and Philippine citizens. Of the three local transmissions, […]
Lim denies DAP membership condition for aid
PENANG, 25 June 2009: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has denied allegations that elderly folk in the state were asked to fill aid forms with the condition that they were DAP members. Lim Lim, who is also the party’s secretary-general, said his party had never laid down that condition, and that the forms also […]
Kelantan Umno Youth lodges report against Nik Aziz
KOTA BARU, 25 June 2009: Kelantan Umno Youth has lodged a police report against PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat for likening Umno to a deviationist teaching and communism. State Umno Youth chief Anuar Safian said the remarks uttered by Nik Aziz on Sunday,14 June were seditious and could lead to tension […]
