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PUTRAJAYA, 24 Oct 2008: Police obtained an order from the Kajang Magistrate’s Court here today to remand 10 supporters of the banned Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) until Sunday. They have been remanded to facilitate investigation into an “illegal gathering” in front of the prime minister’s office yesterday. Magistrate Nurdiana Mohd Nazari issued the remand […]

PETALING JAYA, 24 Oct 2008: Pakatan Rakyat will continue to seek signatures from Barisan Nasional (BN) Members of Parliament (MP) for its anti- Internal Security Act (ISA) petition. DAP’s MP for Batu Gajah Fong Po Kuan said they have approached 23 BN MPs so far, including two ministers. “But most of them said ‘no’, some […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Oct 2008: Writers and media organisations should not exploit press freedom to send out messages that incite hatred and violence, panellists at a DAP-organised forum said last night. They said the media must be responsible and held accountable for their reports. Citing the controversial short story Politik Baru YB J, in which […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2008: Seventy seven Members of Parliament (MPs), including a Barisan Nasional MP, has signed a petition to bring forward a debate in the Dewan Rakyat on the Internal Security Act (ISA). DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang said through the “End the ISA” campaign, the Parliamentary Caucus secretariat had collected 77 signatures […]

BEIJING, 23 Oct 2008: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is not seeking re-election as Umno president at the next party elections, said the March 2009 timeline for the power transition to his deputy remains unchanged. “We already have a transition plan. The transition plan will be in March next year,” he said […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2008: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today said Umno’s disciplinary committee would be announcing several measures to curb money politics in the party very soon. He said Umno had left it to the committee chaired by Tengku Tan Sri Dr Ahmad Rithauddeen Ismail to take the necessary action against […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2008: An opposition Member of Parliament ticked off those who had insulted Islam, including his Pakatan Rakyat colleagues. Zulkifli Nordin (PKR-Kulim Bandar Baru) said in the Dewan Rakyat today there were some who questioned Jawi writings and supported apostasy. “Our political believes might be different but our responsibility towards upholding the […]

KOTA BARU, 23 Oct 2008: The National Fatwa Council has ruled that tomboyism, where a girl behaves or dresses in a boyish manner, is forbidden in Islam. Its chairperson, Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Husin, said the decision was prompted by recent cases of young women behaving like men, and indulging in homosexuality. Parents must guide […]

Updated on 24 Oct 2008 at 12.00pm PETALING JAYA, 23 Oct 2008: Eleven Hindraf supporters, including a six-year-old girl, were arrested when they tried to hand over a Deepavali invitation to the prime minister today. Kuala Lumpur chief police officer Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Sabtu Osman confirmed that the supporters were arrested under Section 48 […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2008: If Valuecap Sdn Bhd was launched in 2003 with RM10 billion in cash, why is the government now injecting another RM5 billion of taxpayers’ money to double its fund size? DAP’s parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang posed this question today, and said the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee should investigate and […]