MIRI, 21 Jan 2009: A landslide today cut off the road link between Bintulu and Tatau as well as Miri, Mukah and Sibu, causing hundreds of vehicles to be stranded near Tatau, about 50km from Bintulu. No one was injured in the landslide, which occurred at 5.10am at Km45 of the Bintulu-Tatau Road, said Tatau […]
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Ops Sikap: Nine killed in road accidents yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Jan 2009: Nine people died in road accidents nationwide yesterday, bringing the death toll since the launch of the Ops Sikap on 19 Jan to 20. Bukit Aman public relations officer Supt Rasdi Ramli said the victims comprised seven motorcyclists, a car passenger and a cyclist. Municipal roads recorded the most number […]
Sirul’s lawyer says defence team is blind-sided
SHAH ALAM, 21 Jan 2009: The lawyer representing Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, the second accused in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial, told the judge today that the defence team is blind-sided. In his application for access to DSP Musa Safri’s cautioned statement recorded under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code, counsel Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin […]
BN must welcome new ideas to reform
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Jan 2009: The Barisan Nasional (BN) needs a fresh start by welcoming and implementing new ideas for real reform and realigning its direction with the people’s aspirations, Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said today. Koh, in supporting Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s call to BN leaders to […]
Ex-assemblyperson pleads not guilty to graft
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Jan 2009: Former Semenyih assemblyperson Datuk Ahamad Kuris Mohd Nor pleaded not guilty in two Sessions Courts here today to four counts of corruption involving a total of RM200,0000. At the Ampang Sessions Court, Ahamad Kuris, 52, was charged with three counts of corruption. On the first, he is alleged to have […]
Saberkas welcomes shelving of Race Relations Act
SIBU, 21 Jan 2009: Saberkas, Sarawak’s largest multiracial youth organisation with a membership of over 120,000, welcomes the cabinet decision to reject the proposed Race Relations Act. Its deputy president, Datuk Amar Abang Haji Johari Tun Openg, said today the act was not necessary. “If we want to forge good relationship among the various races […]
Ministry to investigate Herald’s “Allah” use (Updated)
(Updated 6:10pm, 21 Jan 2009) PUTRAJAYA, 21 Jan 2009: The Home Ministry will investigate claims that the Herald — The Catholic Weekly was still using the word “Allah” despite the government’s decision prohibiting the publication from doing so. Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the decision to disallow the weekly from using the word […]
Teacher claims trial to sodomising boy
KLANG, 21 Jan 2009: A primary school teacher was charged in the Sessions Court here today with two counts of performing unnatural sex on a 14-year-old boy in August last year. Badrul Akmal Ishak, 30, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial to both the charges. On the first charge, he was alleged to have performed […]
Arif Shah invited to sit in Pakatan Rakyat committee
PENANG, 21 Jan 2009: A Barisan Nasional member of the Penang state assembly, Seberang Jaya assemblyman Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah, has been invited by the Pakatan Rakyat state government to sit in one of its committees. Chairperson of the state committee on freedom of information, Abdul Malik Abul Kasim said Arif Shah was invited […]
US-M’sia FTA talks to resume
By Cindy ThamUS ambadassor to Malaysia, James R Keith, at the Obama Inauguration Day Party, 21 Jan 2009 (all pics by Cindy Tham) KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Jan 2009: The US will prioritise continuing free trade agreement (FTA) talks with Malaysia now that President Barack Obama has taken office, said its ambassador to Malaysia James R Keith. He […]
