PETALING JAYA: Police have a “strong case” against a cop who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl in a police station in Subang Jaya on June 18.
State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the investigation report had been sent to the Deputy Public Prosecutor and Bukit Aman for further action.
“Based on our investigations, [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has proposed an increase to the development allocation ceiling from RM200bil to RM230bil for the mid-term period of the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) due to rising costs.
“I would like to emphasise that the Federal Government will continue to implement the 9MP (2006-2010) development projects in all states,” he [...]

Lin Woon Fui (left) and Gan Teik Chai.
HAFIZ Hashim took a step closer to the end of his career when he was toppled by unheralded Japanese Yuichi Ikeda in the third round of the Thailand Open in Bangkok yesterday.

Ikeda took advantage of fourth seed Hafiz’s glaring weakness — lack of fitness [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: An additional RM30 billion will be set aside for the rest of the Ninth Malaysia Plan period to cover the rising costs of existing projects.

Funds would also be channelled to “priority” areas such as regional corridor developments and food production.
The money, in addition to [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Power-grabbers are hard at work, taking advantage of the difficult conditions to fire up the people’s sentiments with false promises, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.

He cautioned the people against falling prey to this and urged them to be steadfast and united to overcome the impact of the surging oil [...]

Norlaili Mohd Ali, 31, sitting stoically in a van with the coffin containing the body of her 14-year-old son Mohamad Hadri Hasbi.
KUCHING: After breaking his wrist in a fall at school, Mohamad Hadri Hasbi, 14, required a routine orthopaedic surgery to have a metal rod inserted in his arm.

But [...]

SHAH ALAM, Fri:
Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) plans to propose a hike in water tariff for the Klang Valley to meet rising operational costs. Executive chairman Tan Sri Rozali Ismail said it was studying several aspects like the hike in price of items and services following the fuel price hike and its [...]

The Eagle 150B light aircraft broke in two after crashing into the compound of a house in Taman Cempaka, Ipoh, yesterday. — NST picture by Ikhwan Munir
IPOH: A trainee pilot and his flight instructor cheated death when their light two-seater aircraft crashed into the compound of a house in Taman Cempaka here yesterday.

The [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs:
The Barisan Nasional supreme council meeting tonight decided to issue a show-cause letter to Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) following its plan to support a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who is also BN chairman.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said SAPP would be given [...]