Archive - 27 September 2011

MTUC plans to picket in front of Parliament when it sits on Monday if the government continues with its plans to amend labour laws.

However, in the struggle to gain independence, none of them were as influential as Tunku Abdul Rahman, says Ramlah Adam.

The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) is confident that 80 percent of its four demands will be considered by the government in the 2012 Budget scheduled to be tabled on Oct 7.

A senior police forensic officer told the High Court in Shah Alam today that a cricket bat was taken from Ladang Gadong in Banting, where cosmetic millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and three others were believed murdered, for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) analysis.

Directors of government-linked companies must report to the companies, not to ministers or the government, says the Kita chief.

The PM says the 30 percent bumiputera equity quota only hampers capable bumiputera entrepreneurs from developing their abilities.

It will take action against the family which prevented the dept from claiming the alleged Muslim convert for 'contempt of court'.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak will likely press ahead with snap polls by early 2012, banking on government handouts and moderating inflation.

'I need to be clinical about it, regardless of whether they're my supporters or not,' warns MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek.

UPDATED 7.44PM The MACC has completed its investigation against three of its officers accused of robbing a money changer at KLIA.

Instead, the party wants the government to draft a new bill in consultation with the landowners and their lawyers.

Malaysian police arrested 601 foreigners for alleged drug smuggling this year, compared to 382 arrested in the first nine months of 2010, officials said today.

SODOMY II This is the likely thrust of their argument in applying to set aside their subpoenas as witnesses in the trial.

The Alor Gajah Municipal Council orders a chapel in the Machap Umboo Orang Asli settlement torn down as it is an 'illegal structure'.

Deputy Home Minister Abu Seman Yusop warns that police officers who abuse their powers will be brought to book.

Going ahead with the MRT without the Land Public Transport Commission finalising the Klang Valley public transport masterplan is premature, says a NGO.

Judge Siti Mariah Ahmad says the Ampang Sessions Court had erred in law and facts when convicting Dr Shaharuddin Aziz, 62.

The Australian company also clarifies that its contract involving Mokhzani Mahathir is on ‘arm’s length terms’.

UPDATED 4.55PM He challenges disgruntled Kita members to call an EGM if they want to oust him. [VIDEO INSIDE]

KHIR TRIAL UPDATED 6.05PM The accused claims that one accuser had a grudge, while another changed his testimony in order to obtain an acquittal.

Lawyer N Surendran says MACC attacked the reputation of the two deceased instead of trying to establish the truth.

 

The trio including a housewife were to hang for trying to smuggle heroin to Australia hidden in more than 200 rubber capsules they swallowed.

UPDATED 12.45PM Rafizi Ramli says a strong mandate is required for such a tax as it will affect all Malaysians.

An explanation is in order, since the incorrect print version replaced a flawless one that had appeared online earlier.

God’s laws have no force at federation level.

It also wants municipal president Patahiyah Ismail and others involved in the signing of the deal with Eco Meridian to be suspended.

The African Union acknowledged its troops accidentally shot dead Noramfaizul earlier this month.

UPDATED 4.38PM The DAP secretary-general did ‘bad mouth’ Johor, but not in Australia, says the TV station.

FREE VOXPOP 'Why is state land held by the government not developed into affordable housing for the rakyat?'

FREE YOURSAY 'If true, a denial of the truth will not solve the security problem in Johor. Humility and diligence will.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Judging from the outpouring of anger and the incredulous verdict of the coroner, it looks like Malaysia's rule of law is really going to the dogs.'