PETALING JAYA, 11 March 2009: The public can view the assets of Selangor’s executive councillors (excos) at the state government’s official website, www.selangor.gov.my, beginning this Friday. The declared assets will be from the date they were sworn into office on 24 March 2008 until the present, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said […]
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RM20b to clean up Klang River
By Yong Min WeiKUALA LUMPUR, 10 March 2009: The Selangor government has embarked on an ambitious plan to implement a RM20 billion clean-up and rehabilitation of the Klang River towards creating a catalyst for economic development in the state. Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said the project that could stretch over a decade was to enhance […]
The year that was
Translation by Leong Lai MingIN the week of 2 to 8 March 2009, the Chinese media featured commentaries on the first anniversary of the 8 March 2008 general election. The media was also preoccupied with the objections to the teaching of mathematics and science in English, and the developments in Perak. 365 days later In a special feature titled […]
Khalid to decide on Eli Wong after 15 March
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 March 2009: Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim will decide on the status of embattled Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson, Elizabeth Wong, after she returns from leave on 15 March. Wong, 37, has offered to resign as the assemblyperson and state executive councillor following the controversy over the distribution of intimate pictures […]
Khir Toyo “should have declared car and driver” (Updated 7.12pm)
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 3 March 2009: Former Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo ought to have declared the car and driver provided to him by Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd (PNSB) for tax purposes. Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said yesterday that the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) had confirmed that declaration […]
Police open probe on MACC chief
PENANG, 2 March 2009: The Penang police have opened investigation papers on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan. State police chief Datuk Ayub Yaakob said today the probe was being conducted under Section 500 of the Penal Code for defamation following a report lodged against Said. “We have not called […]
PNSB failed to declare staff benefits to IRB
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 26 Feb 2009: More dirt against the former Barisan Nasional (BN)-led Selangor government is being dug up as auditors engaged by the current Pakatan Rakyat government go through the financial records of the state’s subsidiaries. In the latest hint of impropriety by Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd (PNSB) under the former BN government, Menteri […]
Bar Council tells MACC to stop the harassment
By the Bar CouncilPETALING JAYA, 26 Feb 2009: The Bar Council has come out to question the recent conduct of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), particularly in the way it handled cases related to the Perak political crisis and Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. In the statement issued today, Malaysian Bar president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan […]
Potential PNSB breach of banking rules
SHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd (PNSB) may have breached banking rules by failing to declare conversions of large sums of ringgit into foreign currency in its purchase of properties in Saudi Arabia in 2007. Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said the unauthorised RM25.6 million paid by PNSB for […]
Protest calf handed over to MACC
SHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Youth wing today handed over a calf to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as a protest over remarks made by its chief commissioner, Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan. PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin said the calf was to protest Ahmad Said’s remarks that […]
