KUALA LUMPUR, 30 June 2009: Measures to liberalise the economy that were announced today are positive, but do not address issues of governance or affirmative action, said Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “These measures, supposedly to attract foreign investors, are good but not [comprehensive],” Anwar told a press conference in Parliament today. “They must […]
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Amendments related to conversion delayed
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 30 June 2009: Amendments to three laws concerning matters of religious conversion will not be tabled in the current Parliamentary sitting, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said today. “I was confident in April (that they would be tabled), but I have been proven wrong,” the de facto law minister told a press conference in […]
Nazri: IPCMC would have been “unconstitutional”
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 30 June 2009: The government rejected the proposal to set up an Independent Police Complaints and Misconducts Commission (IPCMC) because its powers were “too broad” and unconstitutional. Nazri (File pic) “The IPCMC would have acted as investigator, prosecutor, judge, and executioner simultaneously,” de facto Law Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz told Parliament […]
Orang asli take demands to Parliament
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 29 June 2009: Representatives from an indigenous community have submitted a memorandum to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) parliamentarians to protest the Pahang government’s refusal to gazette traditional Orang Asli lands. The memorandum today also protested the state government’s go-ahead for estate owners to open plantations on traditional Orang Asli lands. “It is our […]
Why only briefing for Muslim MPs?
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 29 June 2009: The government has been criticised for organising a briefing on three laws related to conversion and religion for Muslim Members of Parliament (MPs) only. Anwar (File pic) “These are very important pieces of legislation. It must be well understood and debated by Muslim and non-Muslim MPs,” Opposition Leader Datuk Seri […]
Indonesian helpers earn only RM300 to RM500 monthly
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 29 June 2009: Malaysians are not keen to become domestic helpers because of the low wages, the Human Resources Ministry said today. A recent ministry study found that “more than 70% of employers are only willing to offer monthly wages of between RM300 and RM500 for domestic help,” Deputy Minister Datuk Noraini Ahmad […]
Gerakan opposes detention without trial
By Gan Pei LingPETALING JAYA, 26 June 2009: Gerakan has reiterated its position that detention without trial is unjust and has called for the Internal Security Act (ISA) to be replaced. “It (the ISA) is an outdated law. It is unfair to the detainees to be detained without trial,” Gerakan deputy president Datuk Chang Ko Youn said in […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kit Siang wants Tee Keat referred to privileges committee
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2009: DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang has submitted a motion to refer Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat to Parliament’s Privileges Committee. “This is for misleading Parliament in his eight-minute ministerial statement on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal on 22 June (2009),” Lim said in a press conference […]
