IPOH, 25 Aug 2008: Two Perak state executive councillors today filed a RM100 million suit against the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) and three others over their arrest in connection with a corruption case involving a RM180 million Seri Iskandar housing project near here. Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu, 57, and Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, 52, filed the suit […]
Current Issues
PPPIM sends memo on Sepang pig project to Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Aug 2008: The Malaysian Muslim Solidarity Movement (PPPIM) today handed a protest memorandum on the integrated pig farming project in Sepang to the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club in Parliament. PPPIM chairman Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad said the memorandum was submitted to the Backbenchers Club deputy chairman Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin following the Selangor […]
Voices from the heartland
By Danny LimA girl hurries away with a goodie-bag filled with toiletries from the Umno bilik gerakan in Kampung Penanti EVERY morning I wake up at six in Mengkuang Titi, Permatang Pauh, travel the 2-3km to the coffeeshops near the Kubang Semang police station by seven to count the increasing number of police officers dozing off in […]
MCA: MIA
By Ng Boon HooiUpdated on 22 Aug at 7.40pm MCA booths, such as this one in Kampung Sungai Semambu, are few and far between in Permatang Pauh IN the week since the start of the Permatang Pauh by-election campaign on 16 Aug 2008, various Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians have dropped by to endorse candidate Datuk Arif Shah Omar […]
Laws needed to protect country’s symbols
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 22 Aug 2008: Malaysia should have laws to protect the country’s symbols to ensure they are not toyed with, said Deputy Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah. “Prior to this, the Negaraku had been toyed with, and now there are people suggesting that the Jalur Gemilang be flown upside down. “We […]
Price of petrol, diesel down effective tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Aug 2008: Retail petrol price of RON97 has been reduced by 15 sen to RM2.55 per litre while retail diesel price reduced by eight sen to RM2.50 per litre effective tomorrow, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced in Putrajaya today. This came just two days after he denied that the […]
Special panel to clear 10,000 backlogged appeal cases
PUTRAJAYA, 22 Aug 2008: A special Court of Appeal panel has been set up to deal with and clear 10,000 backlogged criminal and civil cases. The panel comprising Justices Datuk Gopal Sri Ram, Datuk Md Raus Sharif and Datuk Sulong Matjeraie sat yesterday and today to clear a total of 191 cases. This is the […]
Two arrested for trying to prevent voters from going to the polls
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 22 Aug 2008: Police have detained two people believed to be members of a group attempting to stop voters in Permatang Pauh from exercising their rights on polling day for the 26 Aug parliamentary by-election. Permatang Pauh by-election media relations officer Supt Shaharon Anuar Abdul Latif said one of the suspects, a 40 […]
Universities should be voice of civil society: Raja Nazrin
BANGI, 22 Aug 2008: Universities must play a greater role to help ensure that the voices from civil society and from different regions and cultures are heard, and that people can participate in a meaningful way, as the global transformations continue, the Raja Muda of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah said today. He said that […]
Anwar’s freedom run
By Danny Lim and Ng Boon HooiPKR Merdeka-themed banners and slogans dot Seberang Jaya THE de facto PKR leader is pulling out all the stops to ensure his campaign theme, Merdekakan Rakyat, will be his own redemption. He has been portrayed as a man in a hurry, a BN star turned rebel who stands on the cusp of a new wave […]
