PUTRAJAYA, 28 Jan 2009: The people should not regard criminals as heroes and the police who enforce the law as demons, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said today. Speaking in general terms, he said no one was above the law and added that action would be taken against those who broke the law, […]
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Dep ministers in mortuary case may face action
JOHOR BARU, 25 Jan 2009: Two deputy ministers are likely to face action if they are found to have broken the law in the incident where a crowd raided the mortuary of Serdang Hospital in Selangor on 20 Jan, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. Datuk K Devamany and Senator T Murugiah, […]
Ministry to investigate Herald’s “Allah” use (Updated)
(Updated 6:10pm, 21 Jan 2009) PUTRAJAYA, 21 Jan 2009: The Home Ministry will investigate claims that the Herald — The Catholic Weekly was still using the word “Allah” despite the government’s decision prohibiting the publication from doing so. Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the decision to disallow the weekly from using the word […]
Syed Hamid denies trade in Myanmar nationals
KANGAR, 19 Jan 2009: While acknowledging that many Myanmar nationals have entered this country via the Malaysia-Thai border, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar today denied that there is human trafficking involving Myanmar immigrants. Certain quarters had alleged that human trafficking activities involving Myanmar nationals were going on in this country although they could […]
Don’t accuse cops of theft: Syed Hamid
PUTRAJAYA, 16 Dec 2008: Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said it was unfair to accuse the rescue teams, including police, of stealing the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide victims’ belongings as it could tarnish their image. He said the teams involved in the rescue operation had sacrificed their time and energy to save the landslide […]
Legal action mulled in police HQ projects
SUNGAI PETANI, 15 Dec 2008: The Home Ministry is considering legal action against the developer which failed to complete the construction of the Pendang and Yan district police headquarters. Its minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said failure to complete the RM55.7 million projects had forced the government to do replanning, resulting in the cost […]
Two JI members among six ISA detainees freed
KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Dec 2008: Six Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees, including two Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) members, have been released from detention, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said. He said that the six were freed as they no longer posed security threats to the country. Five of them — comprising two Thai nationals […]
Local expert to study crime rate
PUTRAJAYA, 4 Dec 2008: The government intends to appoint an expert in criminal studies from a local university to do research on crime rate in the country. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said although the data from Interpol showed that the crime rate in Malaysia was lower than that in Japan, Korea and […]
Govt won’t amend or repeal ISA: Syed Hamid
PUTRAJAYA, 2 Dec 2008: The Internal Security Act (ISA) will not be amended or repealed despite threats by certain quarters, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said today. He said the legislation was being used with prudence and fairly and it was not misused. ISA would only be used when there was a need […]
Debate on DNA bill deferred
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Dec 2008: The debate on the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Identification Bill 2008 at the committee stage has been postponed, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said today. He said the deferment was to make way for the tabling of several new and more important bills including the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Establishment […]
