Corrected on 31 May 2009 at 10am KLANG, 29 May 2009: The government should freeze the bank accounts of everyone implicated in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) controversy, while those who are also holding government positions should be suspended pending the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigations into the scandal. DAP Klang member of parliament […]
Archives for May 2009
“YB” Kamarul Ramizu
By Shanon ShahKAMARUL Ramizu Idris, the eyebrow-raising independent candidate in both the Bukit Gantang and Penanti by-elections, is being skewered for coming out in support of the Internal Security Act (ISA). “Whether the ISA exists or is abolished is meaningless now. It just should not be abused, either by individuals or the government. It must be transparent […]
Man hits wife with hammer over bad chapati
NEW DELHI, 29 May 2009: In another case of domestic violence, a man tried to kill his wife by battering her with a hammer and throwing her out of his first-floor residence for serving bad chapati. Sanjay Singh, who works as a photographer in eastern Delhi, was reported to have returned home for lunch yesterday […]
PKR to lodge police report against Khairy (Updated)
By Shanon ShahKhairy Jamaluddin Updated 4.25pm, 29 May 2009 BUKIT MERTAJAM, 29 May 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is mulling lodging a police report against Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin for allegedly inciting Penanti voters not to vote in the by-election. PKR said Khairy’s comments, as reported in the Malay-language daily Sinar Harian on 28 May in […]
Radical change needed for new world order: Dr M
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 May 2009: There must be a radical change in values and cultures if the people are to see a new world order enhanced by the advances of the digital age or a digital age benefiting from a new world order, said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The former prime minister said the world […]
PKA chairperson submits audit report to MACC
PUTRAJAYA, 29 May 2009: Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairperson Datuk Lee Hwa Beng submitted a copy of the audit report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here today. Lee said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat instructed him to do so. Lee had a short […]
Jaya supermart: One more body found
PETALING JAYA, 29 May 2009: One more body was found in the basement of the former Jaya Supermarket building in Section 14 here which collapsed yesterday. This brings the number of casualties to three Indonesian workers. Two bodies were found yesterday while another two workers were saved. Four other Indonesian workers are still believed to […]
The Aminah enigma
By Shanon ShahAminah AMINAH Abdullah apologises a lot. She apologises for even slightly raising her voice, for not providing food and drink to reporters, for arriving late at her own press conferences, and even for not being “highly educated”, as she puts it. The former Penang Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Wanita chief is contesting the Penanti state […]
The terror of government silence
By Jacqueline Ann SurinPenan child (© Robin Hanbury-Tenison/Survival, pic courtesy of Survival International) DATUK Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil was the perfect picture of concern and care on the front page of The Star newspaper on 28 May 2009. The newly re-appointed women, family and community development minister was photographed at the Serdang Hospital with a five-year-old child who […]
Trouble in PPP
By Zedeck Siew“I have my job to do and I don’t have a choice about this. He (Kayveas) is my boss and mentor, and he groomed me. I am always grateful to him.” Senator and People’s Progressive Party (PPP) supreme council member Datuk T Murugiah, pledging allegiance to party president Datuk M Kayveas. Murugiah pooh-poohed the rumoured […]
