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Court adjourns Home Minister’s appeal against Raja Petra's release from ISA detention

Super Admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:46:39 +0000

(The Star) - The Federal Court has adjourned the hearing of the Home Minister's appeal against Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin's release from detention under the Internal Security Act to a date to be fixed.

Businessman: Dr M told me shares belong to Umno

Super Admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:44:21 +0000

(National Express Malaysia) - Businessman Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Maidin revealed in the High Court today that former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had told him he could not claim reimbursement for money paid for seven million shares in Realmild Sdn Bhd because they belonged to Umno.

PM accused of contempt of court, report filed

Combat — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:29:48 +0000

By Patrick Lee, Free Malaysia Today

KUALA LUMPUR: The National Association for Children of Settlers (Anak) today filed a police report against Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and two others for “contempt of court”.

Pang's resignation will aggravate conflict within BN

admin-s — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:22:31 +0000

By Dominic Legeh

(FMT) KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) sees deputy Chief Minister Peter Pang’s quitting from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and his offer to resign from his state cabinet posts as a symptom of the malaise in Barisan Nasional (BN) today.

Taib's 'family' punishes editors over article

admin-s — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:13:46 +0000

By Joseph Tawie

(FMT) KUCHING: Two senior editors of a newspaper here have been sacked and suspended respectively for allowing a “negative” article on Chief Minister Taib Mahmud to be published.

Samling: Drop sex charges or no transport

Combat — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:36:12 +0000

By Patrick Lee, Free Malaysia Today

PETALING JAYA: A timber company will give Penans transport if they retract allegations of sexual abuse against its workers.

The future of KL according to Zaid

Combat — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:28:48 +0000

By Stephanie Sta Maria, The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR: Two months into his new role as PKR Federal Territory chief and Zaid Ibrahim is already pushing hard for a dialogue session with the Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Well-being Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin. His invitation has been met with silence so far but Zaid is keeping his hopes up. An acceptance, he said, would put many of the issues raised by MPs in Kuala Lumpur on the fast track to a concrete resolution.

NEP policies keeping Malays ‘poor’ and ‘weak’, say analysts, politicians

Combat — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:20:23 +0000

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Analysts and politicians have hit out at Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for wanting an indefinite continuation of pro-Bumiputera New Economic Policy (NEP)-style policies.

Mais bars Teo from visiting suraus, mosques without its nod

admin-s — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:07:37 +0000

(TMI) KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 – The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) has warned Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching not to enter the prayer areas of any suraus or mosques in Selangor without its permission, she revealed today.

Tan Sri Ismail Omar named IGP from Sept 13

admin-s — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:04:11 +0000

(The Star) KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar will succeed Tan Sri Musa Hassan as the IGP on Sept 13.

Okay, forget meritocracy, but what about professionalism?

Combat — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:29:23 +0000

By Ooi Kee Beng, The Malaysian Insider

Malaysia’s former prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has been making a name for himself as a blogger after he retired in 2003.

Perhaps because the man’s main concern is to be confrontational, and in the blogosphere the competition on that score is relentless, many of his entries have tested the boundaries of rationality. Very often, these are full of contradictions and are not worth commenting on.

S'gor palace suspends titles of Ling and Phang

Combat — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:09:47 +0000

By Free Malaysia Today

PETALING JAYA: The Selangor palace today suspended state titles awarded to former MCA president Dr Ling Liong Sik and Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager OC Phang pending the outcome of the investigation into the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.

Corrupt and greedy leaders the bane of land settlers

Combat — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:04:49 +0000

By Jamilah Kamaruddin, Free Malaysia Today

PETALING JAYA: There is only a slight difference between the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) and the Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Felcra). In Felcra settlements, the settlers own the land and not the government. Both entities aimed to alleviate the rural Malay economy.

BBC: No political pressure to drop RPK

admin-s — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:29:56 +0000

(TMI) KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 — The BBC denied today that it was pressured to drop Malaysian blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin from its influential Hardtalk programme this week.

'SUPP is scared of Taib'

Combat — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:00:37 +0000

By Joseph Tawie, Free MalaysiaToday

KUCHING: The Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) is in a quandary – should it continue to support Taib Mahmud as chief minister and the leader of the state Barisan Nasional or not?

Youth power can topple Taib

Combat — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:54:44 +0000

By Maclean Patrick, Free Malaysia Today

"If the people don't need me, then I will step down." And with that, Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud has set into motion the oldest political trick in the book. Scan the local newspapers and you will catch the outpouring of support for Taib to remain as the chief minister and leader of the state Barisan Nasional (BN). A fervour of support seems to have erupted from the masses for Taib. They all want to keep Taib at the helm.