Fugitive cop surrenders, to be charged tomorrow

S Hare Krishnan, the police officer sought in connection with the custodial death of N Dharmendran, surrendered this morning and is expected to be charged tomorrow.He surrendered at the Bukit Aman police headquarters at 10.30am and was later brought to the Dang Wangi district police headquarters at 11am to have his statement recorded.Earlier, confusion reigned over Hare Krishnan's appearance in court as his family claimed that he was being charged...

Menghidupkan Sepuluh Malam Terakhir Ramadhan

Masa berlalu begitu pantas. Sedar ataupun tidak, hari ini genaplah 19 hari kita menjalani ibadah puasa. Dalam tempoh tersebut, sudahkah kita berjuang habis-habisan untuk mencapai tahap takwa dalam erti kata yang sebenar atau sebaliknya? Jika tempoh tersebut belum mampu memperlengkapkan diri kita dengan takwa, masih belum terlambat untuk kita berusaha ke arah itu. Justeru,...

Now the Chinese dilemma, sharing or grabbing power, says Dr Mahathir

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad accused the DAP today of trying to set up Singapore in Malaysia where Chinese wield economic and political power instead of sharing power under the Barisan Nasional (BN) concept.In an opinion piece in Umno-controlled News Straits Times, the influential former prime minister said the DAP had weakened BN senior member MCA until "the idea of sharing with...

Tahun ini, PAS, PKR dan Umno jaga tepi kain masing-masing

ANALISIS: PAS, Umno dan PKR sedang bergolak panas sekarang ini bagi menghadapi mesyuarat agung pemilihan masing-masing.Ketika PAS dan Umno akan menyelesaikannya hujung tahun ini, PKR pula akan melaksanakan pemilihannya Mei tahun depan."Masing-masing tidak boleh kata mengata antara satu sama lain kali ini. Masing-masing ada masalah tersendiri untuk diselesaikan," kata seorang...

Aggressive BN can edge out PAS' 'local boy'

ANALYSIS KUALA BESUT With only one day to polling day, BN seems poised to retain Kuala Besut with a larger majority by mobilising an aggressive and seemingly effective election campaign.In the last general election, the late Dr A Rahman Mokthar of BN won the constituency with the overall majority of 2,434 votes over PAS' Napisah Ismail.Of the eight polling districts that make up the state constituency, five have been BN-held since 2004, namely -...

Govt’s appeal over Anwar Sodomy II starts tomorrow

The government's appeal against opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy acquittal will be heard at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya for two days, starting tomorrow.Anwar was freed by the Kuala Lumpur High Court in January last year of sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan at the Desa Damansara condominium between 3.10pm and 4.30pm on June 2008.The much publicised trial saw local and foreign journalists covering it extensively.The...

Don’t hope for a changed Umno after party polls, says former editor

Even though Umno has introduced changes in the way it elected its top leadership, a former editor thinks it will not result in a changed party.Some 146,500 Umno members from 161 divisions nationwide will elect the party’s top leadership in line with changes introduced to the party’s constitution in 2009.In his latest blog entry today, former New Straits Times group editor Datuk A. Kadir Jasin said the October elections will not bring about much change.“The...

Ex-IGP: AG wrong, we need preventive detention

Preventive detention should be included in the mooted replacement law Emergency Ordinance 1969 (EO) that was repealed last year, said former inspector-general of police Abdul Rahim Noor."We can see gangsterism-related violent crimes thriving after the EO was repealed. Unfortunately, all the police can do is look on because their hands are now tied."The NGOs that fight for human rights and the Attorney-General Chambers does not understand these realities...

When the kampung speaks, what the city hears…

What do kampung folk and city folk think about the way each group voted so differently from the other in the last general election? In the fourth of The Malaysian Insider series on reconciliation, a look at the so-called urban-rural divide.The village is pretty, with tall, ringed coconut trees leaning like a welcoming wave to the visitor on the gravel road to Kuala Selangor. There are cows – brown, white and black – everywhere in Kampung Pasir Tuntong...

Dr M: Cash aid didn’t help BN as people think it’s their money anyway

Malaysia's grand old man of politics Tun Dr Mahathir opened up in an interview to say that direct cash grants did not help the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) in Election 2013 as people thought it was rightfully their own money.In an interview carried in Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia's Sunday edition, the country's longest-serving prime minister answered leading questions on the political and social scene.He was asked about BN's efforts to do everything...

Why our cops are not crime fighters anymore – ex-police chief

Crime is out of control. Gang activity is out of control. Indian gangsters are so brazen that they wear their gang numbers openly, like badges of honour, and kill and rob with impunity.On the flip side, the police are helpless and increasingly despondent and detectives are now mostly observing criminal activity and filing the information away.Welcome to Malaysia, as sketched by former Inspector General of Police and Perkasa heavyweight Tan Sri Rahim...

Perkasa wants Marino out, demands new Vatican envoy

Some 30 people, led by Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali, submitted a protest note to the embassy of the Holy See in Kuala Lumpur, demanding that the Vatican appoint a new envoy to Malaysia.However, none of the embassy officials came out to meet the group, forcing Ibrahim to hand over a copy of the note to the police guard.He also pasted another copy on the guard house wall.Ibrahim, who was accompanied by Jati president Hasan Ali, said current ambassador...

No bail for Alvivi an 'overkill', say lawyers

Not granting bail for infamous bloggers Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee is "overkill", said lawyers.They said that it is also "extremely rare" for bail not to be granted, be it for offences under the Sedition Act or Film Censorship Act under which the duo were charged, and especially for "minor" offences."It is overkill...Even the ' pramugara terlampau ' was allowed bail. Offences under the Film Censorship Act are not heinous offences," lawyer Amer Hamzah...

BN MP escapes censure, colleague wants fist fight

Drama unfolded in the house with one Gerakan MP escaping being referred to the Parliament Rights and Privileges Committee for alleging that Anwar Ibrahim has bank accounts abroad, while an Umno MP challenges an opposition member to a fist fight.Liang Teck Meng (BN-Simpang Renggam) claimed that the opposition leader has 20 bank accounts overseas including nine in a certain 'National Bank of Israel'.However, 107 parliamentarians voted against a motion...

PAS kesal jenayah 'bertopengkan agama'

Pemuda PAS hari ini menyuarakan kekesalannya terhadap insiden seorang pekerja kafeteria siber Ng Mun Tatt yang diculik, dikasari, dibogel dan diconteng badannya dengan perkataan "saya hina Islam".Bagaimanapun, kata setiausaha dewan itu Khairul Faizi Ahmad Kamil, mangsa akhirnya tampil menafikan dakwaan serius terhadapnya itu.Justeru, katanya Khairul Faizi ( kiri ), insiden itu jenayah yang tidak boleh diterima dan lebih dikesali apabila menggunakan...

Suaram: Where are the other custody death charges?

Suaram has called for police to be made accountable for the increasing numbers of deaths in custody, noting that of the 12 cases this year alone, only three policemen have been charged in just one case."From (the 12), only three police officers have been charged for the death of N Dhamendran, and only after public pressure and outcry, while one of the accused has gone missing."In the case of P Karunanithi, who died in Tampin in June, till today no...

Gov't trying to steal our land, claim Orang Asli groups

Two grassroots Orang Asli groups have strongly accused the government of trying to steal as much as 60 percent of their ancestral land by pushing through a law in Parliament without consulting the people most affected.Orang Asli representatives from villages in Pahang and Malacca have put their voices to a growing protest against Act 134, an amendment to the Aborigines Act 1954.The amendment, they said, would allow the government to assign Orang...

NGO: Nik Aziz dihalang solat di masjid kem TUDM

Pengerusi NGO Kebajikan Rangkaian Bekas Tentera (KERABAT) Mejar (B) Yusoff Ali mempersoalkan tindakan pengurusan kem tentera Gong Kedak di Besut yang menurutnya menghalang mursyidul am PAS Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat daripada menunaikan solat di masjid kem tersebut.Laporan Harakahdaily yang memetik kenyataan Yusoff menyebut, pengurusan kem pada awalnya membenarkan bekas menteri besar Kelantan itu diundang untuk menunaikan solat Maghrib di masjid...

Retribution is quick if you're sex bloggers

COMMENT In a flash, the authorities cracked their whips when a non-Muslim couple, infamous for their exhibitionist sexual trysts, posted a photograph of themselves dining on pork ( bak kut teh ) soup.Next to the photograph was a caption that linked the consumption of the forbidden meat to Muslims breaking their fast in the holy month of Ramadan.The move courted an uproar and numerous quarters clamoured for the heads of Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee to...