SHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong remains as executive councillor (exco) pending the completion of police investigations into the taking and dissemination of intimate photos of her. The Selangor executive council and Menteri Besar (MB) Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim decided at their weekly meeting today that no decision on Wong’s […]
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19 police reports against Perak Speaker
TRONOH, 23 Feb 2009: Police have received 19 reports against Perak state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar for suspending newly-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and six state executive councillors (exco). Perak police chief Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah said 13 reports were lodged in Perak while three were made in the other states. “All the […]
Perak Speaker gives police statement
IPOH, 23 Feb 2009: Perak police’s commercial crime investigation department has taken a statement from state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar. The statement was recorded by four personnel headed by the department chief Supt Amarjit Singh at Sivakumar’s legal firm, Chan and Associates, at Jalan Tun Sambanthan here from 2.45pm to 5.15pm today. “It was not […]
Police question politician over lewd VCD
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2009: Petaling Jaya police today recorded a statement from a politician with regard to a report lodged by an entrepreneur who received an envelope containing a lewd VCD in his post box. Selangor CID Chief SAC II Hasnan Hassan said the entrepreneur, aged 50, lodged a report on 10 Feb, claiming […]
Govt measures for Indian Malaysians
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today announced several measures to assist the Indian Malaysian community and address their concerns. To begin with, the government will put on fast track its plans to repair and rebuild dilapidated Tamil schools in the country, he said. Najib, who is also Finance […]
Karpal gets live bullets in mail
PENANG, 20 Feb 2009: DAP chairperson Karpal Singh lodged a police report today over a letter containing two live bullets which he received in his postbox yesterday. He made the report at the Penang police headquarters, accompanied by his son, Jagdeep Singh Deo. When met by reporters after lodging the report, he said the bullets […]
Legal brutality
By Hafidz BaharomKugan’s family members wail as his casket is lowered into the ground (file pic) WHILE I am a staunch supporter of the Internal Security Act (ISA), deaths in police custody are not my cup of tea either. Furthermore, attempts to cover up such deaths so stupidly also make me slap my forehead and wonder just […]
My beautiful canopy rental
By R GaneshI WAS utterly shocked after reading Malaysiakini‘s 18 Feb 2009 report, Police blow RM15 mil on KT by-election. It said: “A staggering RM15 million was spent by the Royal Malaysian Police for the deployment of over 3,000 personnel in the recent Kuala Terengganu by-election.” This figure is utterly shocking considering what could be a huge […]
Bukit Aman assists investigation on Wong’s case
PUTRAJAYA, 19 Feb 2009: Kuala Lumpur police, who took over from the Selangor police today the case involving Bukit Lanjan assemblywoman Elizabeth Wong, would be assisted by Bukit Aman, said Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Wira Mohd Sabtu Osman. He said the switch in the venue of the case would not affect the progress and […]
Company owner shot dead by former employee
KAJANG, 18 Feb 2009: A rubber moulding company owner was shot dead by his former worker, a Chinese national, near Bandar Teknologi Kajang here today. Kajang OCPD ACP Mohd Sakarudin Che Mood said Yap Soon Yen, 41, was having a discussion with one of his workers in his office at 10.30am when the suspect […]