LEST we allow our new prime minister to get away with a slick public relations exercise, here are some cold hard statistics about previous prime ministers and the Internal Security Act (ISA). In July 1981, two weeks into office as prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad released 21 ISA detainees. As he himself candidly admitted […]
Archives for April 2009
BN components’ cabinet representation
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 April 2009: Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties have more or less retained their respective quota of positions in the new cabinet and administration line-up announced today by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. In the new cabinet which has 28 ministers, four less than the 32 of the previous cabinet, Umno has […]
Najib’s cabinet “positive”: Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 April 2009: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has described the new cabinet line-up announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as “positive”. “Najib did very well by dropping most of the people who were accused of corrupt practices although one or two, somehow or rather, slipped in,” he told […]
Khairy not disappointed
By Jacqueline Ann SurinPETALING JAYA, 9 April 2009: Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin was left out of the new cabinet line-up because he has been asked to focus on party work. Khairy said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak spoke with him last night to ask him to concentrate on drawing up strategies to reclaim the support of […]
Kagat director to handle Islamic affairs
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 April 2009: Senator Major General (R) Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom is not new to television viewers who often watch RTM1’s religious talk programme Forum Perdana Ehwal Islam every Thursday night. His personality and eloquence when discussing Islamic religious issues has made the former Miliatry Religious Corps (Kagat) director a well-known figure. Besides […]
A compromise cabinet, says MTUC
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 April 2009: The MTUC has described the new cabinet as a “compromise cabinet’ because the Prime Minister had to take into consideration the interest of various ethnic and political groups. Nevertheless its president, Syed Shahir Syed Mahmoud hoped the new team would give due cognizance to the workers who form almost half […]
New FT minister wants to improve delivery system
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 April 2009: Newly-appointed Federal Territories Minister Senator Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin has vowed to improve Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) delivery system, including the response time taken to attend to complaints. He said that although he had heard rumours about his appointment, he did not expect them to come true. […]
Dr M happy with Mukhriz’s appointment (Updated)
Updated 10:39pm, 9 April 2009 Corrected on 10 April 2009 at 12.00noon KUALA LUMPUR, 9 April 2009: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad believes his son Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir will be able to do good work at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). “He should be able to settle down and do […]
Cops await autopsy report over lock-up death
PENANG, 9 April 2009: The police are still waiting for the autopsy report of a man who died in the lock-up of the Jalan Patani police station on 28 March. Penang Contingent Police Headquarters Media Relations Officer Supt Shaharon Anuar Abdul Latif said that once the victim, Lim Sin Chong, 40, who was detained to […]
New cabinet a people’s cabinet: Najib (Updated 8:03pm)
Updated 8:03pm, 9 April 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 9 April 2009: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has described the new cabinet he announced today as the “People’s Cabinet”. The prime minister said the main criterion considered in the appointment of the ministers was the people’s trust in the cabinet line-up. “The two main principles in the formation of […]
