PUTRAJAYA, 26 Nov 2008: Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar came to the defence of the police today, saying they were unbiased with regard to two public gatherings in Kuala Lumpur 23 Nov. Syed Hamid said the police were impartial when they detained several supporters of an anti-ISA campaign in Ampang Jaya, Ampang, while […]
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Govt has approved prisoners transfer programme
LANGKAWI, 24 Nov 2008: The government has approved the ‘Transfer of Prisoners Programme’ which allows the prisoner to undergo the final year of his sentence in his own country under the parole system. Home Minister Datuk Sri Syed Hamid Albar said the government will discuss the matter further with countries interested to participate in the […]
Don’t belittle security forces, opposition leaders told
PUTRAJAYA, 18 Nov 2008: Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar today urged the opposition parties not to belittle the security forces because they are the enforcement agencies responsible for safeguuarding peace and security in the country. He said they should criticise if there were any shortcomings and action would be taken if the criticisms […]
Call for apology, resignation over Bersih gathering
By Ng Boon HooiUpdated 11 Nov 2008, 6:15pm KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Nov 2008: Civil society groups have called on the Home Minister to apologise and for the Selangor police chief to resign over the use of excessive force during the police crackdown during the Bersih gathering in Petaling Jaya on 9 Nov. In a statement released during a […]
Syed Hamid defends police action at Bersih gathering
KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Nov 2008: Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar today defended police action at the illegal gathering in Petaling Jaya yesterday where 24 people, including three opposition leaders, were arrested. He said the police were only doing their job in ensuring that public order was maintained. “In that situation, the police had […]
Raja Petra freed (Updated)
SHAH ALAM, 7 Nov 2008: The High Court here today released Raja Petra Kamarudin, the editor of web portal Malaysia Today, from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after allowing his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Justice Datuk Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad held that the grounds for his detention by Home […]
Police beat base not closed for security reasons
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Nov 2008: Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said today that the police beat base along Lorong Haji Taib here was not closed due to security reasons. It was closed after the building owner decided to take back the land, he said. “I would like to stress here that the written […]
