PETALING JAYA, 12 Feb 2010: The Nut Graph‘s MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project is similar to a German web-based initiative where people can pose questions to their elected representatives in the national parliament or Bundestag. Abgeordnetenwatch.de, which literally means “watching Members of Parliament”, was a grassroots effort started in Hamburg in 2004. The […]
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“Stand up against violence”
By Christian Federation of MalaysiaTHE Christian Federation of Malaysia strongly and unreservedly condemns the violent attacks and attempted fire-bombing of several churches in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya in the early hours of 8 Jan 2010. We are against such actions that seek to intimidate people and also to rend the country’s peace and fabric of goodwill. Thus far […]
The shape of books to come?
By Cindy ThamLevel 26, with accompanying website “TO SEE the interrogation, log into LEVEL26.com and enter the code: violated.” I’m halfway through the digi-novel Level 26: Dark Origins. The note provides the code to access another cyber-bridge, an online video that’s part of the whole multi-platform literary experience. I put the book down, log into the website, […]
Rosmah: Use internet wisely
PUTRAJAYA, 4 Aug 2009: The prime minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, today urged internet users to wisely screen information in cyberspace, and not be easily influenced with defamatory and seditious messages. She said this was because of the current trend where technological advancement was used to disseminate such messages. “The advancement in information technology […]
19 June fixed for insulting Perak Sultan case
PENANG, 20 May 2009: The Butterworth Sessions Court today fixed 19 June to mention a case of a couple charged with spreading an obscene comment on the Sultan of Perak on a website, http://books.dreambook.com/duli/duli.html. Judge Julie Lack Abdullah fixed the date to enable counsel Jagdeep Singh Deo, who represented Chan Hon Keong and wife, Khoo […]
Housewife claims trial to insulting sultan
BUTTERWORTH, 15 April 2009: A housewife pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to spreading obscene comments on the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, on the Internet. Khoo Hui Shuang, 27, is charged with spreading the comments on the website http://books.dreambook.com/duli/duli.html , which is linked to the sultan’s office website, with her […]
Stimulus package site launched
PUTRAJAYA, 9 April 2009: The Finance Ministry today launched the economic stimulus package website which enables the public to get details and the latest information on the two stimulus packages announced recently. The website at www.rangsanganekonomi.treasury.gov.my provides a breakdown of the allocations by ministries, and further details for each state. “The website will detail the […]
Site to track economic stimulus funds
KUALA LUMPUR, 31 March 2009: A special website to monitor how funds to implement the two economic stimulus packages are spent will be launched next week, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Kong Cho Ha told the Dewan Negara today. He said the website, “www.rangsanganekonomi.treasury.gov.my.” would enlighten the public on the programmes, projects, and the progress of […]
Couple charged with posting offensive comments on sultan
KUALA TERENGGANU, 16 March 2009: A couple was charged in the Sessions Court here today with two counts of posting unsavoury comments to the website of the Sultan of Perak’s office with intention to offend others. Businessman Fuad Ariff Abdul Rashid, 35, and his wife, Fatimah Maisurah Abdullah, 34, a lawyer, were alleged to have […]
Fined RM10,000 for insulting Sultan (Updated 5pm)
(Corrected 4:25pm, 13 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 13 March 2009: A school laboratory assistant was fined RM10,000 in default five months jail by the Sessions Court here today for posting comments insulting the Sultan of Perak on a website, the first such case in the country. Azrin Md Zain, 33, who works at a private […]
