Archive - 26 December 2012

S Nallakaruppan and two others were allowed to retain most of their statements of defence in a RM100mil suit filed by Anwar Ibrahim against them.

The ex-singer was charged under Section 376(2)(d) of the Penal Code, which carries a 30-year maximum prison term and whipping, upon conviction.

It alleges that in the training sessions, participants were given a 5kg bag of rice if they ‘voted’ for BN on mock ballot papers.

MyOverseasVote says EC’s proposal to enable overseas Malaysians to vote as postal voters has yet to be implemented after almost two years.

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad says the plan is detrimental to the thousands of unemployed local B Ed and TESL graduates.

'There is a week left, the floods may have receded by then,' says deputy DG of education (operations) Sufa’at Tumin.

Since Pakatan is fond of asking BN leaders to declare assets, Perak DAP's Ngeh and Nga should lead the way, says MCA Youth.

Its information chief Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man says the translation of the word ‘God’ into ‘Allah’ would confuse the Christians and Muslims.

His coffin, draped with the Malaysian flag, was carried by members of the Malaysian Armed Forces into the hearse.

PAS claims the incident happened, but the village chief denies that anyone laid a finger on Anak information chief Noraza Muda.

Najib can't claim to be a PM for all Malaysians unless he looks into the plight of Pos Bihai Orang Asli, says Gobind Singh Deo.

Its assistant national publicity secretary Zairil Khir Johari stresses that sec-gen Lim Guan Eng did not at all mention the usage of ‘Allah’ in the peninsula.

In a statement, the MB’s press secretary Ahmad Fadhli Shaari attached two letters - one from Peter Chin Kah Fui and another from Awang Adek Hussin.

In the latest incident, a 15-year-old boy drowned after he fell overboard a sampan near his home in Bukit Mentok, Kemaman at 2pm today.

The disaster triggered by a magnitude-9.3 quake off Sumatra killed an estimated 230,000 people in 13 countries.

UPDATED 5.50PM Kemaman OCPD Che Suza Che Hitam says the slide damaged a lorry and five cars parked there due to floods.

Penang mufti Hassan Ahmad states that the matter has been clearly explained by the council and it should not be polemicised any further.

UPDATED 12.40PM In the video currently circulating on the Internet, the vehicle is seen speeding into the BN mob.

Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman says the current system, framed 50 years ago, was complete then but not now due to changing needs.

The police have yet to decide whether to press charge against the woman, who had angry exchanges with MB Adnan Yaakob.

The Catholic prelate says mere mention by Najib that he is a national rather than a sectional leader signifies the devaluation of his office.

A golden chance to parade profane hypocrisy.

COMMENT 'Any religious rhetoric should be confined to appropriate situations and political parties should do so but not at the expense of...'

FREE YOURSAY 'The transaction may be above board, but still it's a bad idea for them to do business, when it involves land.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Najib preaches a clean and transparent gov't but there are so many allegations against him and his wife...'