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PKR rejects Najib’s ‘insincere’ call to reconcile
said that it did not make sense to call for a reconciliation when the Barisan Nasional government's actions spoke otherwise. "Your mouth says you want to reconcile, but at the same time you arrest our activists. "If this is the reconciliation that Najib is talking about, then we reject it completely," he said in his winding up speech at the party's annual congress here ...
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Kok denies wanting four Chinese reps in exco line-up
KLANG: Selangor DAP chief and former state executive councillor Teresa Kok has denied a news report that she wants four Chinese representatives from her party in the state exco line-up. She told online news portal The Mole that she had not made such a remark. A vernacular daily reported that Kok had said the DAP was insistent on acquiring four seats in the Selangor executive council and that she ...
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DAP’s Ngeh in hot water over subservient tweet
accepting an executive councillor post in Johor, after several parties described it as an affront to the Johor Sultan. Ngeh's tweet on May 15 read: "MCA is subservient to Umno, now subservient to Sultan? MCA can't make any stand on its own? How to represent the people?" Several police reports have already been lodged against Ngeh, with the latest being one made by the ...
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Why field candidates against allies asks Shamsul
to task over the party’s decision to field candidates against its allies in GE13. Shamsul, in his policy speech at the party’s ninth congress here yesterday, called on the leaders of the respective parties in the Pakatan Rakyat to expel their members who had contested against candidates from other Pakatan member parties, thus forcing multi-cornered fights. Responding to Shamsul ...
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Saiful marries TV3 newscaster decked in Zang Toi finery
KUALA TERENGGANU: Saiful Bukhari Azlan tied the knot with TV3 newscaster Nik Suryani Megat Deraman in a private affair here. The akad nikah (solemnisation) ceremony was held at the Crystal Mosque yesterday. It was officiated by former state Islamic Affairs Department ...
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Sabah Islamic Department taken to task over Riduan’s marriage
KOTA KINABALU: Action could be taken against the Sabah Islamic Affairs Department (JHEINS) staff who allowed Riduan Masmud to marry the young girl he was alleged to have raped without getting official consent to take a second wife. "We hope the incident does not mar the reputation of the Syariah Court," said state Community Development ...
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Get to the bottom of death in custody Zahid and IGP urged
PETALING JAYA: Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) has condemned the police for the death of N. Dharmendran who died in their custody recently. It urged ...
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Indian warships visit Malaysian waters
PORT KLANG: Four Indian frontline battleships on an operational deployment to the South China Sea and the Western Pacific have made a port call here. The vessels deployed on a goodwill visit between mid-May and mid-June are the INS Satpura, INS Ranvijay, INS Kirch and INS Shakti. All four vessels collectively carry more than 800 crew members. The five-day visit to Malaysia is led by Rear Admiral ...
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Shutterbugs capture best shots of heritage area
GEORGE TOWN: Participants of a photography competition turned up bright and early in the heritage enclave here to snap beautiful shots of the scenery and sights of the city. The shutterbugs, who comprised mostly youths, set out at 9am yesterday to capture their best shots during the two-hour time frame given by George Town World Heritage Incorporated, which organised the competition. They spent ...
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Crime Prevention Department gets support
chief executive officer Datuk Seri Perkasa Juniur Khoo said the private security sector was ready to cooperate with the police in coming up with crime prevention policies. "We play a supplementary role compared to the huge responsibility of the police force, but I feel we can help lighten the burden of the force if we can successfully prevent crime on private property," he said. Khoo ...
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Here’s your Honda CRZ multimedia design dude
PETALING JAYA: A multimedia designer has won a Honda CRZ worth RM123,000 in Red FM’s Dude Where’s My Car finale. Mohd Syairazi Mohd Zikri, 26, bested 80 other finalists in seven challenges before qualifying for the final round. The challenges included getting the highest score in reaction game Bop-It, picking out red balls from critter-infested boxes and completing a puzzle game in ...
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Theme parks and long holiday help fill Johor hotel rooms
JOHOR BARU: It’s a long holiday break and hotels here are doing brisk business, with many registering full occupancy. One of the main reasons for this is the theme park attractions, especially in Nusajaya. M Suites ...
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Spotlight on Barisan’s Indian leaders
THERE are murmurings in the Indian community over posts and positions in the Cabinet, with some individuals questioning the Prime Minister's appointment of ...
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Salon operators want council to refund fines
KOTA BARU: Hair salon operators here are turning to defeated Barisan Nasional candidate Tan Ken Ten to get refunds of the fines imposed under the Kota Baru Municipal Council’s controversial gender segregation regulation. The fines were imposed under Section 107(2) of the Local Council Act by-law prohibiting a woman from cutting the hair of a man and vice versa, regardless of religion. ...
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Rela man in coma after being rammed by biker
IPOH: A Rela personnel member is in a coma after a motorcyclist rammed into him in a bid to escape a police roadblock during an operation against illegal racing. Teong Yoon Meng, 44, suffered serious head injuries in the 3.45am accident yesterday. "He is in a coma after surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain," Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Sum Chang Keong said. Teong was still conscious ...
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Use the law to protect our girls
Steps must be taken to ensure that there are no loopholes in our statutory rape law. Izzah, an innocent kampung girl, follows her uncle to Kuala Lumpur when he promises her a job. When they get to the city, however, he sells her to a brothel. Luckily, the son of a tycoon, Johan, comes to her rescue. But he could not resist her charms and rapes her. To save her honour, she begs him to marry her. ...
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Syariah courts need to prioritise child’s interest
THE Syariah courts system need to be reviewed to incorporate the best interests of a child when dealing with marriage applications of young girls aged below 16, says the Women’s Centre for Change. WCC’s advocacy officer Melissa Mohd Akhir says the Syariah courts need to be sensitive to the vulnerabilities of these young brides-to-be, particularly if they are victims of statutory rape ...
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Negative impact on health
ALLOWING an adult rapist to marry his underage victim will have negative physical and psychological impact on the girl, say medical experts. It could manifest in fear and depression, insomnia and even suicide, says Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the Perdana University Graduate School of ...
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‘Harry Potter Wong’ casts his spell
intend to bring a fresh style to the local political scene by engaging the people in national issues and vowing to fight corruption. WONG Chen says he was just 12 when he organised his first strike. He was at boarding school at the United World College (UWC), a prestigious international school in Singapore, when the matron of his house introduced a point system where students received points for ...
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MP with an unusual name and style
doesn't like going around making promises. During the election campaign, voters would approach the Barisan Nasional candidate to ask for all kinds of things. "I told them straightaway that I don't like making promises but if there is an opportunity, I will try to help. They were shocked and said that previously candidates would just say yes' to everything. "I just told ...
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5 soldiers killed as rash of bombings hits southern Thailand
Police officers and soldiers in southern Thailand escaped death in bombings Saturday, one day after a bomb killed five military rangers, authorities said. A roadside bomb hit a truck carrying five soldiers in Narathiwat province, the Bangkok Post reported. Police officers in the same province responding to a report of gunshots were ambushed by a bomb but escaped without injury. Other bombings ...
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Thousands defy Malaysia govt to hold rally
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people rallied near Malaysia's capital Saturday night against alleged electoral fraud, further raising the political temperature after divisive recent polls.The latest in a series of protest rallies over the May 5 elections -- which the opposition says were won fraudulently by the 56-year-old ruling coalition -- saw a large crowd gather ...
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Drizzle fails to dampen Citrawarna 1Malaysia launch
KUALA LUMPUR: A drizzle did not deter the public, including foreign tourists, from following the Citrawarna 1Malaysia (Colours of 1Malaysia) event at Merdeka Square on Saturday. The fest, which started at 5pm, saw about 100,000 local and foreign tourists and 248 MegaFam participants from 23 nations including Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Jerman, New Zealand and Canada mesmerised by the local ...
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Malaysia Sedia Bantu Negara Berminat Contohi Pengurusan Th - Jamil Khir
GURUN, 25 Mei (Bernama) -- Malaysia bersedia memberi kerjasama kepada mana-mana negara yang berminat menjadikan sistem pengurusan haji oleh Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) sebagai model pengurusan jemaah haji mereka. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom berkata sistem pengurusan haji holistik yang diguna pakai TH menarik minat banyak negara untuk mencontohinya. ...
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Najib Change must be based on rule of law not the street
. It is not necessary for Malaysians to take to the street or "tear down" all that have been built by the country's forefathers to achieve whatever aspirations that may not be in line with the Government of the day, he said. "If we demand change, it must follow the constitution and the rule of law. "If not, we will end up following the law of the jungle and that will ...
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Malaysia's 10th MP sets focus on education
On the 10th of June, 2010, the 10th Malaysia Plan was revealed to Malaysia’s news media, outlining what is essentially the government’s budget plans for the next five years. The 10th Malaysia Plan will therefore be in effect during 2011 to 2015. Malaysia is a vast country and the plan is therefore vast as well, a thick and complicated document, but one of the most important aspects of the plans announced in parliament were those that involve the education departments of the country.
Malaysia has an extensive public schooling system, operated under the belief that every child has a right to equal and fair opportunity in the country, a right that is enshrined in the constitution. The government spends around RM 7 billion on public education throughout the country, and in the 10MP, extremely important plans were outlined, aimed at increasing pre-school attendance from 67% of the population currently, to 87% by 2012. Read more
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