Parent(s) at the heart of dispute over child’s religion

The tussle is over just one word – shall it be “parents” or “parent”?The government wants it to be good enough for just one parent to decide for a minor to convert religion and tabled the bill for this on Wednesday. But religious groups and civil society leaders have slammed this move as unconstitutional.They want the key word in the law to remain “parents” so that both...

Pakatan simpati kepada Khairy; gesa pembaharuan polis

Seorang menteri yang rumahnya dimasuki pencuri pada hujung minggu lalu mendapat simpati daripada pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat (PR).“Saya tahu bagaimana rasanya rumah dimasuk pencuri kerana rumah saya sendiri pernah dimasuki pencuri dua kali pada tahun 2009 dan 2010 dan itu merupakan salah satu sebab mengapa saya berpindah ke pangsapuri pada 2011,” menurut Setiausaha Publisiti Kebangsaan...

RCI key witness dies

A former Umno grassroots leader and a key witness in the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) who had been exposing the controversial "Project IC" in Sabah, died yesterday.Abdul Mutalib Mohd Daud, 51, is believed to have suffered a stroke.He was an activist who authored books highlighting the project, which generally lashed out at former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad....

PM or cabinet must act on IGP, says Gobind

Puchong Member of Parliament Gobind Singh Deo moved a motion today urging the prime minister or the cabinet to take action against Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar following yesterday’s Kuala Lumpur High Court decision which held him responsible for the death of detainee A. Kugan. Due to public interest, Gobind said the House should be adjourned for this matter to be debated, whether the IGP was fit to continue in his post. The...

SPR didesak dedah syarikat pembekal dakwat, kata NGO

Pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) dan persatuan masyarakat awam mendesak Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) mendedahkan syarikat pembekal yang diberikan kontrak dakwat kekal pada pilihan raya umum ke-13 baru-baru ini.Perkara ini perlu dilakukan dengan segera supaya langkah serta-merta dapat diambil untuk memastikan kontroversi melibatkan dakwat tersebut tidak berulang pada pilihan raya kecil Kuala Besut yang akan diumumkan dalam masa terdekat.SPR berdepan...

KDN dan KPN terkunci kerana ada “pekung sendiri” kata Kit Siang

Pasukan keselamatan negara kini dilanda "jerebu kebertanggungjawaban, integriti dan tadbir-urus dua pegawai tertinggi dalam bidang keselamatan, ekoran kredibiliti dan kewibawaan Ketua Polis Negara (KPN) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar dan Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi tercalar, kata Lim Kit Siang (gambar).Ahli Parlimen Gelang Patah itu berkata, langkah Menteri Dalam Negeri dan KPN nampaknya sedang terkunci kerana kedua-duanya tidak...

MIC: Persaraan Singham disyaki berkaitan dengan kes Kugan

Pemimpin MIC Senator Datuk Jaspal Singh hari ini meragui persaraan Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datuk V.T. Singham pagi ini mungkin disebabkan oleh keputusannya melibatkan kematian dalam tahanan A. Kugan dua hari lalu.Bendahari Agung tersebut berkata meskipun benar persaraan Singham itu adalah mengikut proses yang sewajarnya, kerajaan perlu menolak dan mengekalkan hakim tersebut...

Johor royal and two others jailed for assault on boxer

A member of the Johor royal family and two others were sentenced by the Johor Baru Sessions court to four years’ jail for assaulting a national boxer last year in a brawl.Tunku Nick Tazuddin Izwan Syah Tunku Qadir, 27, Mohd Arif Husin, 35, and Alex Foo Hee Wee, 41, were sentenced by Judge Zamri Bakar after he found them guilty of injuring Muhamad Farkhan Haron. The jail sentence...

EC says it will use indelible ink again in Kuala Besut by-election

Even as Nurul Izzah Anwar of the opposition yesterday threatened to take legal action against the Election Commission (EC) for the indelible ink fiasco, the EC says it will use that ink again for the coming by-election in Terengganu.“Yes, the indelible ink will be used,” said vice-chairman of the Election Commission Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar (pic) when contacted by The Malaysian...

No decision yet on GST

The government is still undecided when to table the goods and services tax bill (GST) as it is still under study.Second finance minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said that based on a 2015 simulation, the government would collect RM20 billion under the existing sales and service tax. But if this were replaced by the GST, the government's revenue would increase by RM...

300 peniaga di Jonker Walk boleh berniaga seperti biasa - Idris Haron

MELAKA, 26 Jun Kira-kira 300 peniaga boleh meneruskan perniagaan mereka seperti biasa di kawasan pasar malam Jonker Walk pada setiap hujung minggu, kata Ketua Menteri Melaka Datuk Idris Haron.Beliau berkata, arahan penutupan gerai yang kebanyakkannya menjual cenderamata di Jonker Walk itu hanya salah faham, sebaliknya penutupan itu hanya melibatkan laluan kenderaan di kawasan...

Home minister to answer assault suit

Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has exhausted all legal avenues to stop a suit against him from being heard in court. The Federal court this morning dismissed the home minister's application for leave to appeal against the lower courts' decision that the suit should go to trial. The suit was filed by businessman Amir Bazli Abdullah against Ahmad Zahid...

1Malaysia campaign is dead in the water, say Guan Eng, Perkasa

Once, the 1Malaysia slogan was part of the daily discourse in the country, driven by a prime minister who believed that the fuzzy, warm feeling of togetherness promoted by this concept could supplant deep racial divisions in Malaysia – and yield significant non-Malay gains for Barisan Nasional in the general election.But after the May 5 elections returned the BN to power without...

Anwar tamak mahu rampas kerusi Kuala Besut, kata Shabery

Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek mengatakan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sebagai seorang yang tamak kerana bersikap tergesa-gesa mahu merampas kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Kuala Besut yang kosong selepas Dr A. Rahman Mokhtar meninggal dunia.Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia itu berkata sikap pemimpin pembangkang tersebut sebagai tidak menghormati keluarga Dr. A. Rahman yang...

Menteri Sumber Manusia Richard Riot nafi dakwaan ijazah palsu

KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Jun Menteri Sumber Manusia Datuk Richard Riot Jaem telah menafikan dakwaan beberapa anggota Parlimen pembangkang bahawa beliau memiliki ijazah palsu.Beliau berkata ijazah dan sarjana miliknya, kedua-duanya dalam bidang sumber manusia, diperolehi daripada University of Hertfordshire.Riot berkata beliau akan menyerahkan kepada peguamnya untuk menentukan tindakan...

Kuala Besut bakal saksi pilihan raya kecil pertama selepas PRU

KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Jun Kematian anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) kawasan Kuala Besut di Terengganu Dr A. Rahman Mokhtar akibat kanser paru-paru hari ini mewujudkan kekosongan kerusi yang pertama selepas pilihan raya umum diadakan 5 Mei lepas.Kawasan itu bakal menjadi tumpuan sekiranya pilihan raya kecil diadakan, kemungkinan pada bulan Ramadan, memandangkan Barisan Nasional...

Indelible ink was actually food colouring, Shahidan tells MP

 Food colouring, not chemicals, was in the indelible ink used in the general election, the Election Commission (EC) admitted today in the Dewan Rakyat."No chemical was used in the ink but it was instead replaced with permitted food colouring," said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim in his reply to Segambut Member of Parliament Lim...

KAWASAN IPU TINGGI MULAI HUJAN

KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Jun Hujan dilaporkan di beberapa kawasan yangmerekod Indeks Pencemaran Udara (IPU) tinggi termasuk di Shah Alam, Selangorpetang ini.Jurucakap Jabatan Meteorologi berkata Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya danbeberapa kawasan di Perak juga mengalami hujan petang ini dan ia dijangkaberterusan hingga malam.Turut mengalami hujan ialah Muar, kawasan yang diisytihar darurat...

Najib confirms pact with Anwar unsigned, but committed to reconciliation

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has confirmed that he did not sign the now-infamous reconciliation agreement with Pakatan Rakyat brokered by former Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla, saying that he had to obtain the approval of other Umno leaders and that involved a long process.In an interview with Indonesian weekly Tempo, he said despite not having inked the...

SINGAPURA DILANDA HUJAN BATU

SINGAPURA, 25 Jun Penduduk di Jurong di sini hari inimengalami hujan batu ketika hujan lebat dan ribut kencang melanda negara inipetang ini.Seorang penduduk di Jurong Timur Vanitha Subramaniam, yang pada masa itusedang bekerja, berkata beliau menerima panggilan daripada ibunya memberitahumengenai hujan batu itu."Ibu saya menggambarkan hujan lebat setengah jam itu seperti air...