Posted on 06 October 2008
PETALING JAYA: Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee Raja Petra Kamarudin was brought to the Sessions Court in Petaling Jaya at 8.25am Monday for his sedition trial.
Court proceedings are scheduled to start at 9am. The Malaysia Today editor, 58, who is being held at the Kamunting Detention Centre in Perak, was charged on May 6 over [...]
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Posted on 24 September 2008
Counsel for Raja Petra will file a habeas corpus application next week against the detention order.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin was detained for two years under the Internal Security Act yesterday for writing articles considered to have maligned Islam, and being malicious and seditious.
He was sent from Bukit Aman police [...]
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Posted on 23 September 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, TUES:
Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin was sent to the Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping at 11am this morning to begin his two-year detention under the Internal Security Act.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar confirmed he signed the detention order based on investigations and recommendations by the police.
Syed Hamid said Raja [...]
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Posted on 16 September 2008
The crowd attending the Malaysia Day celebration organised by Pakatan Rakyat at the Kelana Jaya Stadium yesterday.
KELANA JAYA: The list of Barisan Nasional members of parliament who would cross over to the Pakatan Rakyat will be announced today, PR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said last night.
Addressing more [...]
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Posted on 12 September 2008
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at the MSC implementation council meeting yesterday. With him are (from left) Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili.
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi [...]
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Posted on 05 September 2008
FUEL PRICE MAY DROP 15 SEN BY YEAR END: The government will reduce fuel prices by a further 15 sen by end of the year if world crude oil prices stay at US$109 (RM374) per barrel, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He was at a press conference after chairing the National [...]
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Posted on 31 August 2008
Jubilant Malaysians from all walks of life come together to celebrate the nation’s independence at Dataran Merdeka. — Picture by Effendy
KUALA LUMPUR: At the stroke of midnight, the country’s Merdeka celebrations roared to a start as Malaysians came together at Dataran Merdeka to celebrate 51 years of independence.
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi leads [...]
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Posted on 30 August 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, FRI:
These are highlights of the 2009 Budget announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Some 100,000 tax payers to be out of the tax net as rebate for taxable income of RM35,000 and below will be increased to RM400 from RM350
Tax exemption for all interest income for individuals
Reduction of import duties [...]
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Posted on 28 August 2008
BUTTERWORTH: A political analyst said Barisan Nasional’s loss in Permatang Pauh was Umno’s own doing.
Umno has 25,000 members in Permatang Pauh but its candidate Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah only obtained 15,524 votes.
“Why didn’t all of them support him? Does this show weaknesses in the party itself?” Dr P. Sivamurugan of Universiti Sains Malaysia [...]
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PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks to reporters after his sodomy trial in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday.
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Cakap Cakap
Posted on 11 October 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Hari ini merupakan hari yang penting bagi Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) apabila teraju kepimpinan bagi penggal baru parti tersebut bakal diketahui malam ini.
Para perwakilan dari seluruh negara mula membanjiri ibu pejabat parti itu di Menara PGRM, di sini, bermula jam 8 pagi.
Pemilihan bagi pemegang jawatan akan bermula jam 11 pagi selepas upacara [...]
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Daily News
Posted on 11 October 2008
KOTA BARU: Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has set yet another deadline for Pakatan Rakyat to wrest control of the Federal government.
Now, he says it will happen before the end of the year.
“It is not like something I will allow to linger for one or two years. The momentum will continue when the Parliament [...]
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Dewan Rakyat
Posted on 30 August 2008
Join Jagdev Singh Sidhu for the roundtable discussion on the newly-announced 2009 budget. The panel members are Tai Lai Kok from KPMG Tax Services, Lee Tuck Heng from Price Waterhouse Coopers, Kenneth Lim from Ernst & Young Consultants and Ronnie Lim from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Tax Services.
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Editorial
Posted on 24 September 2008
Sedari awal thn 60an,Amerika mmg tlh menunjukan rasa minatnya kpd Bumi Bertuah Malaysia.Ini terbukti dgn Penghasilan sebuah dokumentari bertajuk ‘the little Dragon of Asia’.Antara faktor yg menarik minat Amerika ketika itu hinggalah kini,adalah krn faktor Geografi Malaysia yg terletak sbg jln perdagangan utama antara China dan Barat,terlindung drp bencana,hasil bumi,minyak,gas,getah dan Kelapa Sawit.
Disebabkan faktor2 inilah [...]
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Email Gossips
Posted on 13 September 2008
They say those who forget history are doomed to repeat its mistakes. In light of the recent sabre-rattling by those in Umno and the warning by the Armed Forces Chief, Malaysia Today feels compelled to republish an old article by Raja Petra Kamarudin that was published in Harakah on 24 September [...]
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Society
Posted on 11 October 2008
Shah Rukh Khan MALACCA, FRI:
Bollywood idol Shah Rukh Khan is a Datuk. The heartthrob will be receiving his Datukship from the Malacca Yang Dipertua Negeri, Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob in conjunction with his birthday tomorrow.
Listed as an artiste from Dreamz Unlimited in the list of recipients, Shah Rukh will be receiving the Darjah Mulia [...]
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Sports
Posted on 11 October 2008
Brazil’s Robinho (right) fights for the ball with Alex during a training session in Teresopolis, Brazil on Thursday. — APpic
MONTEVIDEO: Brazil and Argentina will seek to close in on top spot this weekend in Latin American World Cup qualifiers with the samba stars travelling to Venezuela while the ‘albiceleste’ host neighbouring Uruguay.
The two [...]
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Malaysian Sports
Posted on 11 October 2008
LEE Chong Wei’s brilliant run in the second part of the Super Series last year is back to haunt him as he has no choice but to compete in at least three more tournaments to consolidate his World No 1 ranking.
Chong Wei, despite not at his best physically, will be competing in the Denmark [...]
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World News
Posted on 11 October 2008
SEOUL, SAT:
Following reports of a bird flu outbreak, South Korea said Friday it has halted the import of chicks from Germany.
The halt on quarantine inspections follows reports indicating a H5N1 virulent strain outbreak in the European country, according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
“The measures are temporary and implemented as a [...]
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