PENANG, 23 April 2009: Former Penang Deputy Chief Minister I, Mohamad Fairus Khairuddin claimed that his name has been cleared by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) after he was alleged to have been involved in a corruption case pertaining to a quarry recently. He claimed that he was informed of the clearance by an official […]
Zambry seeks Federal Court ruling
PUTRAJAYA, 22 April 2009: Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir has filed a notice in the Federal Court for a legal interpretation on Clause 63 of the Perak state constitution so that the court could declare that he is the rightful Menteri Besar. He filed the notice at the Federal Court Registrar’s office, here yesterday […]
New RTM Tamil news time slot from 1 May
KUALA LUMPUR, 22 April 2009: Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) will change the time slot for Tamil news on Nasional@1 to 7.30pm from 8pm starting 1 May. Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said RTM would also try to change the time slots for Mandarin and English news to be as close […]
Opposition leader ejected from state assembly
MALACCA, 22 April 2009: Opposition leader Goh Leong San was ejected from the state assembly today for disobeying Speaker Datuk Othman Muhamad. Othman had made several requests and asked for Goh’s cooperation so that the proceedings could continue. This was to allow Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam to table a motion of thanks […]
EC: Status of Penanti seat on 27 April
PUTRAJAYA, 22 April 2009: Election Commission (EC) chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof will announce the status of the Penanti state seat on 27 April. Public relations officer Sabri Said said Abdul Aziz would make the announcement at a media conference at EC headquarters here on 27 April at 10am. “The media conference has […]
Karpal applies for release from sedition charge
KUALA LUMPUR, 22 April 2009: DAP chairperson Karpal Singh today filed an application at the High Court here for a release from a charge under the Sedition Act. Karpal, 69, made the application after submitting a preliminary objection to the letter of consent to prosecute dated 11 March, which was signed by Attorney-General Tan Sri […]
Perak govt opts for Proton Perdana
IPOH, 22 April 2009: The Perak state government is to buy the Proton Perdana Executive for use as the official car of the state executive councillors and ex-officio personnel, replacing the previous government’s Toyota Camry 2.4V cars which are to be auctioned off. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the state government […]
Clerk detained over threatening SMS (Updated)
Updated 9:31pm, 22 April 2009 KUALA TERENGGANU, 22 April 2009: A clerk with a private company was detained two days ago for sending a threatening SMS text to three Terengganu assemblypersons. State CID chief ACP Fauzi Abduri said the 31-year-old man was arrested at his house in Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor at about 9.30am on […]
M’sia liberalises 27 service sub-sectors
PUTRAJAYA, 22 April 2009: The government has liberalised with immediate effect 27 service sub-sectors with no 30% bumiputera equity condition imposed on health and social services, tourism, transport, business, computer and related services. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today the government would be progressively liberalising the other service sub-sectors on an on-going basis. […]
Anwar apologises to Guan Eng
PENANG, 22 April 2009: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng considers the problem between him and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as having been resolved following the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor’s apology. Lim today confirmed that Anwar had apologised to him for failing to inform him of the resignation of former Deputy Chief Minister I, […]
