ARCHIVES 2012

Syed Zahar, Malaysian Digest

The Selangor administration yet again faces another accusation of corruption following MCA’s exposure of an alleged scandal involving the Pakatan Rakyat-ruled state. In the latest surprise attack on Pakatan, MCA Young Professionals Bureau chief Datuk Chua Tee Yong (pic, right) dropped a bombshell over an alleged RM1 billion scandal involving the Selangor government, a public-listed company and abuse of public funds.

Dewan Persatuan Hainan Selangor & Wilayah Persekutuan (Thean Hou Temple)

Speakers: Anwar Ibrahim, Gobind Singh, Nurul Izzah Anwar, Nizar Jamaluddin and Rafizi Ramli

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But they’ll return with a proper notice tomorrow. 

(FMT) - Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) officials today had to abort their inspection of Suaram’s accounts when an official of the human rights organisation noticed that their inspection notice was not in order.

If Umno tries to enforce the Islamic penal law in Johor, then MCA will pull out of the coalition, says Labis MP and deputy minister Chua Tee Yong. 

(FMT) - MCA would leave the Barisan Nasional coalition if Umno tries to implement hudud, said Chua Tee Yong, the head of MCA’s Young Professionals Bureau.

The debts owed to various Selangor-owned companies have still not been recovered, says Labis MP Chua Tee Yong.

(FMT) - The MCA alleged today that the Selangor government had “lied” about recovering millions worth of debts from public-listed company Talam Corporation Sdn owed to various Selangor-owned companies, as the loans have still not been repaid.

Local contractors George Kent is 'not competent' enough to handle the multi-million ringgit Ampang LRT project, says PKR. 

(FMT) - PKR has revealed more documents pointing towards the George Kent consortium’s alleged inability to handle system works for the Ampang Light Rail Transit (LRT) extension project.

I suppose, in the end, it is all about politics and not about justice. Hence Najib would have to do what is politically beneficial to him. But this whole episode can go either way. If they win the appeal it can backfire. If they lose the appeal it can also backfire. It will all depend on how they engineer their perception management. And Najib’s boys do not have what it takes to do proper perception management.

Raja Petra Kamarudin

(Bernama) -- Extremist groups exist and rise not just among the followers of Islam but other religions too throughout the world, which required concerted efforts to stem the phenomenon.

(The Malaysian Insider) - Datuk Seri Najib Razak must come clean on any alleged interference in the RM960 million Ampang LRT extension project or face a major campaign issue on his hands, PKR threatened today, after exposing proof that speculated tender winner George Kent consortium had failed both the technical and commercial evaluation for the contract.

Party president Datuk G. Palanivel has moved to assure the Indian community that MIC does not endorse Umno MP Datuk Mohamad Aziz’s stand. 

(The Malaysian Insider) - The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) risks losing Indian support, seen crucial to winning the next general elections, after the recent spate of attacks against Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan reached boiling point last week when Umno MP Datuk Mohamad Aziz suggested she be hanged for treason, MIC leaders told The Malaysian Insider.