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Why should we care what MBPJ does?

Ampersand by KW Mak

July 9, 2010

MOST ratepayers are unlikely to know this. But according to the Local Government Act, if a local council incurs a debt it cannot pay, ratepayers can be compelled to pay up instead. Section 45 of the Local Government Act states that should the local council default in payment of a loan for three months, the […]

Accountability a la Malaysia

By Lainie Yeoh

January 7, 2010

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Ong vs Chua

By Deborah Loh

September 14, 2009

Strong-headed: Ong Tee Keat (left) and Chua Soi Lek THERE are two heavyweights currently in the MCA ring. But what do party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and his sacked deputy Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek represent? And what consequence will the fight between the both of them have? After all, the split […]

Soi Lek takes a break after being sacked from MCA

August 27, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Aug 2009: Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, who was sacked from the MCA yesterday, wants to take a short vacation with “family and friends” and rest. Writing in his blog, the former party deputy president did not indicate if he would appeal within 14 days. Neither did he comment on speculation […]

BN’s offer in Permatang Pasir

By Deborah Loh

August 20, 2009

Rohaizat Othman AT 1am on Wednesday, 19 Aug 2009, Rohaizat Othman finally appears for this interview after a day of campaigning. The Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Permatang Pasir by-election looks terribly exhausted as he walks into the sparse media room at the BN by-election headquarters in Permatang Pasir. The BN command centre is […]

Kosmo!‘s offence

By Jacqueline Ann Surin

July 31, 2009

THE media are at it again. Sensationalising the news, reporting inaccurately and unfairly, and worst of all, having no regard for the personal damage a report may have on a party. The latest of irresponsible and unethical reporting was in Kosmo!‘s 27 July 2009 edition that front-paged celebrated filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad who passed away from […]

Soi Lek summoned to appear before MCA disciplinary board

July 16, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 16 July 2009: MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has been summoned to appear before the party’s disciplinary board next month over a complaint filed by a division chief on his involvement in a sex DVD scandal. A party source said today the five-member board headed by former secretary-general and […]

Western media spotlight off Najib

By Claire Brownell

July 10, 2009

Najib? Qui? Corrected on 10 July 2009 at 1.05pm NAJIB, who? (Corrected) If you ask a journalist at a Western media organisation what she or he thinks about Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, that’s probably the answer you’ll get. “The world doesn’t care about Malaysia except when there is a ‘man bites dog’ story […]

Freeze bank accounts of those in PKFZ fiasco

By Gan Pei Ling

May 29, 2009

Corrected on 31 May 2009 at 10am KLANG, 29 May 2009: The government should freeze the bank accounts of everyone implicated in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) controversy, while those who are also holding government positions should be suspended pending the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigations into the scandal. DAP Klang member of parliament […]

PKFZ pickle

By Gan Pei Ling

May 22, 2009

“I wish to inform the rakyat about the true situation — whether it was actually squandered, not squandered, and where it has gone to, as well as the breakdown of the budget…What’s important is that we are responsible for informing the public.” Then newly-appointed Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat pledged to reveal to […]

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