DAP Warns Developer On Kampung Buah Pala
July 3 (BERNAMA) -- "Don't test the state government's patience. I will not hesitate to stop the development project," he said, adding that the state government was prepared to risk having to pay compensation to the developer if it had to cancel the project. (......more)
Rajasekaran Is Validly Elected As MTUC Sec-Gen, Court Rules
July 3 (Bernama) -- "The rules of the MTUC bind the members inter se, as well as regulate the position of the members against the union, and as such, should be regarded as determining what has been chosen and accepted by the members as their rules of governance," (......more)
LIM GUAN ENG IS A BLATANT LIAR
June 02 2009, P.Waytha Moorthy -- My point is simple- where did Guan Eng get this ridiculus sum from? Why is he putting the cart before the horse? Perhaps he is not getting proper advise from his State Legal Adviser or perhaps his arrogance has cloded his mind. (...more)
Penang Kampung Buah Pala controversy – Koh Tsu Koon should speak up
Lim Kit Siang, July 01 2009 -- Koh must explain why as Chief Minister, his Executive Council had approved the state government land of Kampung Buah Pala to Koperasi Pegawai Kerajaan Pulau Pinang, first time on 18th August 2004 and second time on 8th June 2005 at a very low premium of RM6.42 million or RM20 per square feet. (....more)
LIM GUAN ENG LIES TO THE POOR AND HELPLESS
Tuesday, June 30 -- You cant be as stupid as you sound. You know pretty well what you are talking about. The losing LEGAL battle of these poor and defenseless people are separate matter all together so I repeat DON’T PRETEND TO BE A FOOL AND NOT UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE ISSUE AT HAND.” Do not hide behind the Federal Court Ruling and say that you respect and uphold the Rule of Law. (.....more)
Penang's deputy CMs meet squatters facing eviction
Bernama, June 30 2009 -- Mansor Othman and P. Ramasamy told the residents of the village, dubbed Penang's High Chapparal, that the developer had agreed to give the villagers one month to move out and that the state government would find a solution by then. (.....more)
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"DAP’s Indian mandor (overseer)! DAP puppet! " ,Hindraf Waythamoorthy says.
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Indian Lecturer Charged With Taking RM800 Bribe From Student
June 30 (Bernama) -- Dr Krishna Prasad Pramulapati, 52, was alleged to have received the cash from S. Kumalini Devi, 24, as an inducement to give passing marks on her Algorithm Analysis examination paper dated June 22. (....more)
Penang High Chaparral Issue, statement by Penang CM
By Lim Guan Eng, June 30 2009 -- The Penang state government regrets the highly irresponsible and irrational actions of Hindraf in targeting the Penang state government over the actions taken by the developer to evict residents in Kampung Buah Pala. Hindraf wants the state government to act against the court order obtained by the developer to evict the residents. This the state government can not do as Pakatan Rakyat governs under the rule of law and is compelled to respect any court order issued. (.....more)
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Arrest Warrants For Two Hindraf Supporters Absent In Court
June 30 (Bernama) -- he Sessions Court here Tuesday issued warrants of arrest against two Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supporters due to their failure to attend hearing of their case for allegedly taking part in an unlawful assembly in November 2007. (......more)
Claim That Indian Community Not Given Top Posts In GLCs Not True
June 30 (Bernama) -- Najib, who is also finance minister, said that 17,507 or 7.9 per cent of the 222,382 employees in the 20 biggest and listed GLCs were of Indian descent. (.....more)
Murder of former Tenggaroh Assemblyman and Johore MIC leader
LimKitSiang.com, June 29 2009 -- She was arrested under remand for 2 weeks and surprisingly, she could afford to hire the best defense lawyer[deleted] along with 8 other lawyers to defend her from the police. Who paid for the 9 lawyers remain a mystery as police do not want to reveal it. Why the “big shot” paid for the 9 lawyers? Why did she send the security guard off at that time, police do not want to answer it. The police has been tight-lipped from day one. (....more)
Tamil-Brahmi script found in village
T.S. Subramanian, The Hindu, June 29 2009 -- Excavation at a site 2 km away yielded thousands of beads and the remnants of the furnace where the beads were possibly made. Terracotta figurines of a humped bull and a man, and a square copper coin of the Tamil Sangam Age, were also found. (.....more)
MIC - Palanivel Fires Salvo At Subra
June 27 (Bernama) -- "He calls me a shadow... I became the deputy president only three years ago. What has he been doing as deputy president for more than two decades from 1981?
"He did not even have the guts of Datuk M. Muthupalaniappan who wanted to contest the presidency," Palanivel said in a statement Saturday. (.....more)
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Subra invokes ‘March 8’ in staking claim to lead MIC
themalaysianinsider.com, June 26 2009,By Baradan Kuppusamy -- “It is no point voting for a candidate who is in the shadows of another individual,” Subramaniam said in urging delegates to think about the future of the party and the Indian community when voting.“It is no point picking a man sheltering under the umbrella,” Subramaniam said in a reference to Palanivel who is supported by Samy Vellu.
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Blacklisted For Not Enforcing Trafficking Laws
By Baradan Kuppusamy, Jun 24 (IPS) -"Malaysia is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a source and transit country for women and children trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; and for men, women, and children trafficked for the purpose of forced labour," said the report released by the State Department this month. (.....more)
No plans to close one-pupil school
NST, June 24 2009 -- "These cases are prevalent, especially among Tamil schools. Whatever it is, we leave it to the discretion of the school's management.
"This is a considerate government and we will not shut schools like this. The student wants to study, so let her." (....more)
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I am told “you do not look like an Indian!”: Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla
P. S. Suryanarayana, The Hindu, June 26 2009 -- Even after [my] landing here, many people ask me: ‘You do not look like an Indian!’ Even in my own country, wherever I go to, Delhi or down south, while I say ‘I am from Mizoram,’ [I am asked] where is Mizoram. I tell them that this is in their own country. (...more)
Coroner Sets Aside Arrest Warrant Against Kapar MP
June 25 (Bernama) -- "Since Manikavasagam is willing to testify on July 9, I leave it to the wisdom of the deputy public prosecutor to investigate further on two versions of the story as to why the subpoena was not served and whether to initiate contempt proceedings against those who lied to the court," said Mohd Faizi. (.......more)
Two get death for drug trafficking
Bernama, June 24 2009 -- Raja and Krishnan were charged with jointly distributing 147.4 grammes of drugs (111.5 grammes of heroin and 35.9 gramme monoacetylmorphines) at the car park of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital in Cheras at 9.15pm on Sept 24, 2007. (....more)
MIC to seek relocation of 22 Tamil schools
Bernama, June 24 2009 -- However, shifting the school would mean identifying a piece of land and allocating funds for the construction of a new school, he said, adding that the school would be rebuilt with the RM100 million allocated by the government for the rebuilding of Tamil schools. (.....more)
Sivanesan: Watch your words Uthaya
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 -- “I was the chairman of Tamil Scholl Parents & Teachers association for five years, deputy president of Tamil Foundation for one term and I sent my three children to Tamil School. Thus, I’ll never betray Tamil Schools” said Sivanesan, Perak State EXCO, in an apparent reply to Uthayakumar’s accusations that the he did nothing for Perak Indians, according to Makkal Osai report. (.....more)
Court Issues Warrant Of Arrest Against Kapar MP
June 23 (Bernama) -- The Coroner's Court on Tuesday issued a warrant of arrest against Kapar member of Parliament S. Manikavasagam for avoiding a subpoena to testify in the actress K. Sujatha's inquest. (....more)
Bankrupt Tamil software industry
June 21 2009, expressbuzz.com -- I am bankrupt,” declared a developer of Tamil word processing applications who did not want to be named, when asked the simple question, “How much do you sell every year?” (....more)
Uthayakumar finds a new office, still looking for his way
By Baradan Kuppusamy, themalaysianinsider.com June 19 2009 -- “Besides Umno has no respect for the law,” he said taking a dig at his favourite adversary. “People here can’t get justice through the law and the courts are unreliable.” (.....more)
Any MIC Leader Can Contest Party Deputy Presidency, Says Samy Vellu
June 18 (Bernama) -- Samy Vellu said it did not matter if the contest for the No. 2 post was going to be a "two-cornered, four-cornered or six-cornered fight" as long as the delegates had a choice. (....more)
Seven Men Held Over Robbery Of Copper-Bearing Containers
June 18 (Bernama) -- "The two security guards were beaten up badly with a machete. Earlier, accomplices of the arrested men had driven off three prime movers with three containers containing the scrap copper that had arrived from Johor at 10pm yesterday. (......more)
MACC reacts to MP's claim
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009, The Malay Mail -- "I do not understand why my laptop and handphone had to be confiscated. I was merely doing my duty as a journalist," he said. (...more)
KAPAR LAND-GRAB: Files missing from MACC office, claims MP
Monday, June 22nd, 2009 The Malay Mail -- "I am giving the MACC one week to locate the files and start an enquiry on this matter. If the MACC fails to do so, we will not hesitate to file a civil suit against it for misplacing the files."
Manikavasagam went to the MACC office on Friday to file a fresh report after Kampung Perepat residents informed him that no action had been taken on their complaint - and learnt about the missing files. (....more)
Man Under Restricted Order Shot Dead By Criminals
June 22 (Bernama) -- Kedah deputy police chief Datuk Asri Yusoff said S. Durai Raja, 38, of Johor Bahru was shot at close range at 9.55am at KM21 Alor Setar-Kangar highway. (....more)
Malaysia's Anwar
Reuters, June 17 2009 -- "If their intention is to convict me by hook or by crook, then it’s going to be messy, I'm not going to take it hands down, and we are better prepared this time around," Anwar told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. (.....more)
Deva Gang behind RM8.24m cash-in-transit robbery
NST, June 16 2009 -- Muhammad Sabtu said police believe the gang members are hiding out in Thailand and border patrol have been alerted to be on the lookout for them.
In their latest heist in Cheras, police identified the two suspects from the closed-circuit television camera recordings taken from the Cheras Leisure Mall shopping centre. (....more)
A brutal fight on the cards in MIC
themalaysianinsider.com, Baradan Kuppusamy, June 15 2009 -- “We have no choice but to fight it out if Subramaniam is betrayed,” said K.P. Samy, a die-hard Subramaniam loyalist, told The Malaysian Insider. “I won’t discount the possibility that Subra might field a line-up to contest all posts,” he said, adding a head-on battle, if it happens, would be brutal. (....more)
Samy Vellu Seeks MIC Deputy President Who Can Work With Him
June 14 (Bernama) -- "All contestants must abide by the party regulations. As the party chief, I will monitor this. Party members cannot do whatever they like as this will be to the party's detriment," he told reporters after a meeting with representatives of several non-governmental organisations, here. (.....more)
Moneylender Shot And Slashed To Death In Quarrel
June 12 (Bernama) -- "During the quarrel, one of them armed with a pistol fired two shots, one hitting her husband in the right rib, puncturing his stomach.
"Then another man armed with a parang slashed slashed him in the neck. Reganagei witnessed the attack when she went to check after hearing a quarrel outside the house." (.....more) |
