KUALA LUMPUR, 28 May 2009: Chin Peng, the former secretary-general of the outlawed Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), is not a Malaysian citizen but a British national, according to historian Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim. Khoo said Chin Peng, whose real name is Ong Boon Hua, was born in 1923 in Sitiawan […]
Current Issues
PKA chairperson to lodge report with MACC
PORT KLANG, 28 May 2009: Port Klang Authority chairperson Datuk Lee Hwa Beng said he will lodge a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) based on the audited report on Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project and the operator of the project, PKFZ Sdn Bhd tomorrow morning. He said he would hand over the […]
Info ministry wary of blogs highlighting communism
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 May 2009: The Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture will always be wary of blogs or groups trying to highlight issues on communism without taking into account the present background of the country. Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said the ministry could take action according to the communications and multimedia […]
Welfare dept gets interim custody of abused boy
PETALING JAYA, 28 May 2009: The Court for Children granted an interim custody for a month to the Welfare Department to take care of a five-old-boy who was allegedly abused by his 36-year-old mother. Magistrate Nur Syafawati Arifin granted the order after two officers from the department, who are acting as the boy’s protectors, made […]
Kugan’s mother applies for return of post-mortem papers
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 May 2009: The mother of A Kugan, who died while in police custody four months ago, today filed a notice of motion to compel the police to return documents, tissue samples and bodily fluids of her son which were seized from Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). N Indra, 41, a hotel housekeeper, […]
Highlights of report on PKFZ, PKFZSB
By Joseph ChinKUALA LUMPUR, 28 May 2009: PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services (PwCAS) was appointed by Port Klang Authority (PKA) to conduct a review of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) and Port Klang Free Zone Sdn Bhd (PKFZSB). The report was made public on 28 May. Project costs escalation In its review of the Port Klang Free Zone […]
Cabinet approves union for electronic sector employees
SHAH ALAM, 28 May 2009: The long-standing proposal to set up a union for the electronic sector has been approved by the cabinet yesterday, Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S Subramaniam said today. The cabinet, however, decided that the union would be established at the regional level, namely for the northern, southern, central and eastern […]
Saifuddin: Fairus is welcome to help
By Shanon ShahBUKIT MERTAJAM, 28 May 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) elections director Saifuddin Nasution has confirmed that Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin, the former Penanti assemblyperson who is also former Penang Deputy Chief Minister 1, has yet to appear in the party’s current by-election campaign. Saifuddin “We are happy if Fairus can show up to support us, but […]
Govt revises down GDP for 2009
By Joseph ChinPUTRAJAYA, 28 May 2009:The government has revised downwards the country’s GDP (gross domestic product) forecast for 2009 to between -4% and -5% for 2009 from earlier projection of -1% to 1% after 1st quarter GDP shrank a worst-than-expected 6.2%. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said on 28 May the wider contraction projection was due […]
Herald still can’t use the word ‘Allah’
By Chua Sue-AnnKUALA LUMPUR, 28 May 2009: Catholic weekly The Herald is still prohibited from using the word “Allah” in its Bahasa Malaysia version after the Kuala Lumpur High Court today quashed an application to stay its annual publication permit’s condition. The Herald was seeking to quash the condition attached to its annual publication permit dated 7 […]
