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 […]
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Shaziman: SPAN and PAAB mere facilitators
By Yong Min WeiKUALA LUMPUR, 5 March 2009: The National Water Services Commission (SPAN) and Pengurusan Aset Air Bhd (PAAB) merely took the role of facilitators in the water restructuring in Selangor and has not taken sides as alleged by certain parties, the Dewan Rakyat was told yesterday. Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor said […]
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 […]
S’gor Umno Youth confronted Karpal in Parliament (Updated)
Updated at 11.45am, 27 Feb 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Feb 2009: A group of 15 Selangor Umno Youth members today stopped DAP chairperson Karpal Singh from entering Parliament House here and demanded an apology from the Bukit Gelugor member of Parliament (MP) for alleging that Umno Youth had sent live bullets to him. The incident […]
S’gor and fed govts yet to start water asset talks
SHAH ALAM, 26 Feb 2009: The water review panel, formed by the Selangor government to review the restructuring of the water industry in the state, has yet to begin negotiations with the federal government for the acquisition of its water assets. One of the panel members, Professor Dr Subramaniam Pillay, told a media briefing the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Eli Wong’s leave extended
By Deborah LohSHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong remains as executive councillor (exco) pending the completion of police investigations into the taking and dissemination of intimate photos of her. The Selangor executive council and Menteri Besar (MB) Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim decided at their weekly meeting today that no decision on Wong’s […]
Eli Wong: Selangor Sultan’s full statement
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Feb 2009: Following is the full statement by the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, over the controversy involving Bukit Lanjan state assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong. It was issued by the Sultan’s private secretary, Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani, to Bernama. “I am pleased to inform that Yang Amat Berhormat Tan Sri Datuk […]
Eli Wong: Sultan leaves it to MB (Updated 12.45pm)
SHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, is leaving it to Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to decide on the position of Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong whose intimate photographs were circulated recently. The Sultan’s private secretary, Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani, said this was expressed by the […]
