Updated 1.50pm, 18 July 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 17 July 2009: Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon has called for the setting up of an independent body to facilitate investigation into the death of Selangor state executive councillor’s aide Teoh Beng Hock yesterday. Koh, who was shocked and disturbed over the incident, said there […]
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Selangor exco’s aide found dead (Updated 17 July)
Updated at 10.40am, 17 July 2009 SHAH ALAM, 16 July 2009: A Selangor state executive councillor’s special assistant, Teoh Beng Hock, was found dead today in the corridor of the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam. Teoh, who was in his 30s, was believed to have fallen off the building. His body was found lying face-down […]
MACC raids S’gor exco’s office
SHAH ALAM, 15 July 2009: Five officers from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today raided the office of Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah at the state secretariat building here today. The officers were said to be looking for documents on how state allocations were being spent. During the raid at about 5pm, the […]
Khir Toyo suspended from S’gor assembly, 17 BN reps walked out (Updated 7.05pm)
Updated with correction at 7.05pm on 15 July 2009 [Corrected] SHAH ALAM, 15 July 2009: Seventeen opposition assemblypersons from Barisan Nasional (BN) led by Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo walked out of the state assembly sitting here today. The walk-out was in protest against the motion to pass the penalty agreed upon by the […]
Karpal-Khairy name-calling in Parliament
By Deborah LohKUALA LUMPUR, 2 July 2009: Pakatan Rakyat (PR) parliamentarians staged a walkout in support of Karpal Singh who was ejected from the Dewan Rakyat today following an exchange of words with Umno Member of Parliament (MP) Khairy Jamaluddin. Karpal, the DAP chairperson, and Khairy, who is Umno Youth chief, locked horns over the fracas with […]
Progress in Selangor’s water negotiations
PETALING JAYA, 1 July 2009: Konsortium Abass Sdn Bhd (Abass)’s acceptance of the Selangor government’s offer to buy its water-related assets for RM946 million is a sign of progress in the state’s efforts to restructure its water services industry. “The state government would like to thank Abass for its decision which has taken the state […]
PKR’s Thiruvenggadam replies to show-cause letter
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 25 June 2009: Petaling Jaya city councillor A Thiruvenggadam said his expose on contracts between the Pakatan Rakyat state government and waste management company Alam Flora is a state government matter for which his party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), should not punish him. Thiruvenggadam today replied to a show-cause letter from PKR asking […]
Police reject another DAP dinner permit
By The Nut GraphPETALING JAYA, 24 June 2009: Police in Selangor have yet again denied the DAP a permit to hold a dinner gathering with speeches. The event, scheduled to be held tomorrow on 25 June 2009 at the Taman Sri Sungai Pelek Community Hall, was originally issued a permit with strict conditions but within the same day, […]
“Non-Muslims have no locus standi”
By Deborah LohCorrected on 30 June 2009 at 7.50pm SHAH ALAM, 23 June 2009: The non-Muslim family members of Mohan Singh a/l Janot Singh cannot be a party to the dispute over his body as the core issue of his religious status at the time of death can only be determined by the Syariah Court, the High […]
Water fight
By Deborah Loh“The Selangor government can remain in the existing regime but it will have to bear the implications of that decision … We have stated that if anything happens, it is not the fault of the federal government. We have given sufficient notice to the state government.” PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, blaming the Selangor […]
