PETALING JAYA, 25 Nov 2008: Newly-appointed MCA secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng said he will not quit his post as Senate deputy president. “The issue of resignation does not arise at all,” Wong told The Nut Graph when asked whether he would tender his resignation after his appointment as secretary-general in the new MCA line-up […]
Archives for November 2008
Accept all fatwa: US imam
By Khairil Anhar(Source: Wikipedia.org) SHAH ALAM, 24 Nov 2008: Muslims should accept all fatwa or opinion produced by scholars, said the National Muslim Chaplain for American Muslims, Sheikh Yusuf Estes. Estes said that “when scholars announced a fatwa, you don’t go shopping for another opinion.” The imam was speaking at a talk on The Truth about Muslims […]
Bar Council to set up special committee to protect lawyers
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 25 Nov 2008: The Malaysian Bar Council plans to set up a special committee to ensure protection for lawyers in view of recent assaults against members of the legal fraternity. Selangor Bar chairperson Rajpal Singh said he had been appointed to set up the committee by Bar Council chairperson Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan. “Most […]
RTM and Info Dept to provide facilities to clarify fatwa
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Nov 2008: Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) and the Information Department are ready to provide time for quarters concerned to provide clarification to the people about ‘fatwa’ (edicts) issued in the country, said Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek. He said RTM and the Information Department had the infrastructure and the facilities to […]
Two die, 16 injured as bus slams into trailer
TAPAH, 25 Nov 2008: An express bus driver and a passenger died while 16 passengers were injured when the bus they were on crashed into a trailer carrying cement about 3km from the Sungkai toll plaza early this morning. Tapah police district chief, Supt Roslan Bek Ahmad, said the dead were driver Mohamad Nizam Wong […]
Penan about-turn
Compiled by Khairil Anhar“Hearsay and sweeping statements are unfair to Sarawak” Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu, dismissing allegations by the Bruno Manser Foundation about Penan women and girls being sexually abused by loggers. In an interview on 24 Sept 2008, he also urged the foundation not to paint a negative picture of Sarawak and to […]
Arrested development
By Tony PuaWELL, it was just going to be a sooner-or-later thing. Getting arrested is kinda like a serious occupational hazard for a politician, elected or otherwise, who belongs in the opposition camp in this country. So when I was actually arrested on Sunday, 9 Nov 2008, at the candlelight vigil commemorating the first anniversary of the […]
Transforming Umno
By N Shashi KalaIT has been more than two weeks since the close of nominations for Umno supreme council posts. Every post, except the presidency and the Wanita deputy chief position, is being contested. But as the candidates prepare to do battle for the hearts, and some would say pockets, of the 2,500 delegates at the 24 to […]
Sejarah berpihak kepada yang menang
Oleh Rohana AriffinPADA 20 Okt 2008, pejuang nasionalis berhaluan kiri Shamsiah Fakeh meninggal dunia. Berita ini diterima oleh ramai rakan-rakan sehaluan sebagai pemergian seorang wira tanahair. (Sumber: kinibooks.com)Bagi pihak lain, kematian beliau bukanlah satu berita besar yang perlu diberikan pengiktirafan yang sama seperti wira nasionalis yang berhaluan kanan. Pentafsiran ini juga berkait rapat dengan sistem nilai seseorang […]
Police practising selective persecution, says M’sian Bar
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 24 Nov 2008: The police acted unjustly when they detained one group for illegally gathering in public but did not arrest another, said the Malaysian Bar. Bar president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan said both groups were exercising their right to freedom of assembly as enshrined in the Federal Constitution. One assembly was held to […]
