KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Feb 2009: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants newly-appointed Solicitor-General II Datuk Mohamed Yusof Zainal Abiden, who led the prosecution team in his sodomy case, to disqualify himself from the proceedings. Anwar’s lead counsel, Sulaiman Abdullah, made the application at the High Court today on the grounds that Mohamed Yusof, as an officer […]
Anti-Corruption Agency
Salary review for MACC staff
KUALA LUMPUR, 31 Dec 2008: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said last night the government would review the salary scheme for officers and staff of the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) who will be absorbed into the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). The MACC will be operational in January 2009. The Prime Minister said a committee headed by […]
Wrap up money politics probe before March ’09
PUTRAJAYA, 27 Nov 2008: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hopes the Umno disciplinary board will be able to wrap up its investigations into money politics before March 2009 so that those found guilty can be prevented from contesting in party elections. The Umno president said the move would ensure the party’s administration would run smoothly. […]
ACA report against Penang govt
PENANG, 27 Nov 2008: The Tanjong Division Gerakan Youth today lodged a report with the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) over what it claimed was the Penang government’s hasty approval of a high-rise project in the World Heritage Site buffer zone in George Town, without the knowledge of Unesco’s World Heritage Committee. The division youth wing’s head, […]
