KUALA LUMPUR: The issuing of birth certificates by the Sultanate of Sulu to illegal immigrants from the Philippines in Sabah has raised the question of the sovereignty of Malaysia and the state, said DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang.
“How can this take place?
“It challenges the question of sovereignty of Malaysia in Sabah and there is a [...]

THE police will investigate claims that budget hotels in Klang are being used to film couples having sex before selling the footage to pornographic VCD and DVD sellers.
Klang OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Mat Yusop said police had not received any reports of rooms at budget hotels in Klang being fitted with hidden cameras to capture [...]

KEMAMAN: A Form Four student from Felda Neram Dua here alleged that she was a sex slave for her father and brother for the past two years.
She said her mother ignored her when she told her that she was repeatedly raped by them.
On Tuesday, after her 21-year-old brother, an odd job worker, raped her, she [...]

THE Finance Ministry is discussing with banks to reduce the monthly repayments for housing loans to lessen the financial burden of the lower-income group.
Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said the move would enable borrowers to have more disposable income for their daily expenses.
For example, a person who has managed to repay half [...]

SINGAPORE, WED:
Petrol companies in Singapore have lowered their pump prices by four cents a litre for petrol to reflect current market conditions.

Singapore Petroleum Company Limited (SPC) announced today the pump prices for its motor gasoline across all three grades at all its service stations had been reduced by four cents per litre from 3 p.m. [...]

MOBBED: Nazri tells parliament administration to focus on security instead of dress code. NST Pix by Mohd Yusni Ariffin KUALA LUMPUR, THURS:
Stop chasing skirts and focus on the security arrangements - this is the directive Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz has for the parliament administration.

Seputeh MP Teresa Kok [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday denied charges that the authorities were behind the “disappearance” of private investigator P. Balasubramaniam and his family.

The deputy prime minister shrugged off the claims as baseless.
He was speaking to reporters at the launch of Ibrahim Pahlawan Melayu (Ibrahim, the Malay Warrior), a memoir narrating the life and experiences [...]

KOTA KINABALU: After weeks of criticising the prime minister, Sabah Progressive Party president Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee took pot shots at Barisan Nasional leaders and his own party seniors.

He even resorted to calling unnamed BN leaders “sharks”.
Yong took his deputy president Datuk Raymond Tan to task, accusing him of being “awed by the immensity [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have recorded a statement from private investigator P. Balasubramaniam.

Federal Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Bakri Zinin said a police team was sent to record the statement from Balasubramaniam over his two contradicting statutory declarations.
He declined to reveal Balasubramaniam’s whereabouts.
“The first statement has been recorded and if there’s a need for further questioning [...]

UTRAJAYA, THURS
The Federal Court in Putrajaya today in a landmark decision ruled that it can hear an appeal by BN candidate Wan Sagar Wan Embong who lost the Manir state seat to Pas candidate Harun Taib in the 2008 general elections.
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The New Straits Times