SEPANG, 30 Jan 2009: Candidates contesting for posts at the Umno elections in March will get to meet delegates from the states starting next month, said Umno information chief Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib. “Umno headquarters is preparing the schedule for the meetings assisted by the 13 state liaison committees,” he said after presenting hampers […]
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Two more Umno members suspended
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jan 2009: Umno’s disciplinary board has suspended two more members after they were found to have breached party regulations. Batu division Wanita Umno member Nor Aisah Rajab was suspended for six years or two terms for lodging false reports pertaining to Umno’s divisional elections held recently. Taiping Umno member Muzamir Ismail, […]
Charged for corruption during Umno elections
MALACCA, 22 Jan 2009: The Kampung Panchor Umno branch chief, Johari Ibrahim, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to a charge of giving a RM200 bribe during the Alor Gajah Umno divisional elections on 1 Nov 2008. Johari, 46, from Kampung Panchor, Durian Tunggal, is charged with bribing one Nadiah Roslan as an […]
Ex-assemblyperson pleads not guilty to graft
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Jan 2009: Former Semenyih assemblyperson Datuk Ahamad Kuris Mohd Nor pleaded not guilty in two Sessions Courts here today to four counts of corruption involving a total of RM200,0000. At the Ampang Sessions Court, Ahamad Kuris, 52, was charged with three counts of corruption. On the first, he is alleged to have […]
New panel probes AIMST finances
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Jan 2009: MIC’s Maju Institute for Education Development (MIED) board of directors has agreed to appoint a three-member independent panel to investigate alleged financial mismanagement over the Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST), sources revealed. At their board meeting today, AIMST directors also rejected an offer by former party vice-president […]
Three to be charged over Umno elections (Updated)
(Updated 5:02pm, 20 Jan 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Jan 2009: Three people, including an Umno division vice-head in Perak, will be charged in court on 22 Jan with offering bribes during the party’s divisional elections last November. A statement from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Putrajaya today said that the vice-head would be charged […]
Balas budi promises in KT
By Danny Lim and Deborah LohBALAS budi. That is how Barisan Nasional (BN) has been aggressively wooing Chinese Malaysian voters in the final leg of campaigning for the Kuala Terengganu by-election. Nearly every night, dinners are held together with karaoke sessions, lucky draws and cultural shows. In between the merry-making, BN leaders drop in to exhort the crowd to vote […]
Shouting match at Kudus’ corruption trial
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Jan 2009: The corruption trial of former Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) enforcement director Capt (R) Abdul Kudus Ahmad put the defence lawyer and his witness, Datuk M Kayveas, at each other’s throats today. The fracas forced Ampang Sessions Court Judge Noradidah Ahmad to repeatedly remind both to respect the court and […]
Should Malaysians be afraid?
By Yasmin MasidiLORD Devlin’s axiom that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely is one that is taken for fact these days. For good reasons, too: reams of writing have been expended on the need for checks and balances in any system of governance, democratic or otherwise. What is less often talked about, at least in a […]
Former deputy DG slapped with more graft charges
Updated 14 Nov 2008, 7:21pm PETALING JAYA, 14 Nov 2008: Former Immigration deputy director-general Yusof Abu Bakar, who faces 13 counts of corruption, was slapped with another charge in the Sessions Court here today, this time for accepting a RM5,000 bribe. Yusof, 54, pleaded not guilty to accepting RM5,000 from sales manager Khoo Nee Boon […]
