PETALING JAYA, 26 May 2010: Police officers are entitled to kill or injure innocent persons as long as they genuinely believe lives are in danger, said the Home Ministry. Click thumbnail to read ministry’s letterIn a letter to The Nut Graph dated 17 May 2010, the ministry said: “Although police officers’ actions may result in […]
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A(H1N1) still active
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Nov 2009: The influenza A(H1N1) is still active in the community even though monitoring activities have found no abnormality, Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said today. He said even the surveillance conducted at 619 clinics nationwide did not record any increase in influenza-like-illness (ILI) cases. The death toll […]
Signs of the times
By Zedeck Siew
MALAYSIA’S 52nd anniversary of independence is upon us. 2009 has thus far already been tumultuous for our nation, with political infighting, rising criminality, mysterious deaths in custody, delayed whippings, and by-elections galore. We’ve also seen crowds running in the face of teargas canisters. State assemblypersons under a tree, in full regalia. Clandestine camera phone stills […]
Five more die of dengue fever
KUALA LUMPUR, 14 May 2009: Five deaths due to dengue fever were recorded in the week ending 9 May, raising to 48 the number of people who have died of the disease so far this year. Director General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said there was also a rise in the number […]
Dengue cases increase, two deaths reported
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 May 2009: A total of 870 dengue cases involving two deaths were reported between 26 April and 2 May, the Health Ministry said today. The Ministry’s Disease Control Division, here said this showed a three percent increase (23 cases) compared to the previous week of 847 cases. Five states showed an increase […]
Defections, deaths, dengue
By The Nut Graph and BFM 89.9FROM 26 Jan to 2 Feb 2009, the vernacular presses focused on defections from political parties, deaths in police custody, the war in Sri Lanka, and the dengue outbreak in Malaysia. The Malay press also discussed the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslim groups. Click on the BFM 89.9 audio report of Found in […]
21 road accident deaths yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jan 2009: Twenty-one people, 18 of them motorcyclists, were killed in road accidents throughout the country yesterday. This raises to 131 the number of deaths on the ninth day of the Ops Sikap operation launched to reduce road accidents during the Chinese New Year holiday period. Bukit Aman public relations chief Supt […]
Two more deaths bring dengue toll to 108
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Jan 2009: Two more deaths reported last week brought the dengue toll to 108 last year, compared with only 98 in the previous year, Health Ministry’s Disease Control Division Director, Datuk Dr Hassan Abdul Rahman said today. He said throughout 21 to 27 Dec, a total of 1,269 dengue cases were reported, […]
