PETALING JAYA, 26 Feb 2009: The Bar Council has come out to question the recent conduct of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), particularly in the way it handled cases related to the Perak political crisis and Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. In the statement issued today, Malaysian Bar president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan […]
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MB: Kedah housing policy misunderstood
By Deborah Loh(© Steve Woods / sxc.hu) PETALING JAYA, 26 Feb 2009: Kedah’s 50% bumiputera housing policy only applies to properties built on Malay reserve land, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak clarified. He said the ratio was still 70:30 for non-Malay Malaysians to Malay Malaysians on freehold land. The 50% quota on Malay reserve land […]
Transfer decision on Anwar’s sodomy trial on 5 March
Updated 3.45pm KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Feb 2009: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has to wait until 5 March to know whether his sodomy trial will be retained in the Sessions Court or transferred to the High Court. High Court judge Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah will decide then on the prosecution’s application for a […]
Perak Sultan’s writing may be misconstrued
By Zedeck SiewA QUOTE by the Perak sultan, cited by many political commentators and legal minds to illustrate the ruler’s contradiction in his decision not to dissolve the state assembly, may have been taken out of context. “Under normal circumstances, it is taken for granted that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong would not withhold his consent to a […]
You lie, you pay: Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Feb 2009: Datuk Seri Najib Razak today warned that anyone who makes a false report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will be prosecuted. Whoever who abused the statutory declaration would face the same action, the deputy prime minister said. “They will pay the price,” he told reporters after opening the Developing […]
Potential PNSB breach of banking rules
SHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd (PNSB) may have breached banking rules by failing to declare conversions of large sums of ringgit into foreign currency in its purchase of properties in Saudi Arabia in 2007. Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said the unauthorised RM25.6 million paid by PNSB for […]
Protest calf handed over to MACC
SHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Youth wing today handed over a calf to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) as a protest over remarks made by its chief commissioner, Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan. PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin said the calf was to protest Ahmad Said’s remarks that […]
Eli Wong’s leave extended
By Deborah LohSHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong remains as executive councillor (exco) pending the completion of police investigations into the taking and dissemination of intimate photos of her. The Selangor executive council and Menteri Besar (MB) Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim decided at their weekly meeting today that no decision on Wong’s […]
Kedah maintains 50% bumiputera quota
ALOR STAR, 25 Feb 2009: The PAS-led Kedah government is maintaining its housing policy which requires 50% ownership by bumiputeras in all housing projects in the state. Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak said the policy, effective 1 Sept last year, would remain in force. Azizan said the state government would also focus […]
Perak exco vacation allowance withdrawn
TELUK INTAN, 25 Feb 2009: The annual vacation allowance of RM20,000 for each of the six Perak state executive council (exco) members will be withdrawn and utilised instead to overcome the people’s problems, said newly-appointed Barisan Nasional Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. He said it would not be appropriate for the total allocation […]
