PETALING JAYA: Raja Petra Kamarudin yang ditahan pada 12 September di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) dihantar ke Pusat Tahanan Kamunting, Taiping untuk tahanan selama dua tahun.
Arahan tahanan dikeluarkan malam tadi, kata peguam-peguamnya pagi tadi.
Ia disahkan oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.
“Sah, kerana dia mengancam keselamatan dan ketenteraman awam melalui penulisan [...]

PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menegaskan sehingga kini tiada sebarang pertemuan berlangsung antara Pakatan Rakyat dengan pihaknya bagi membincangkan masa depan politik dan pembentukan kerajaan baru oleh pembangkang.
“Tidak ada sebarang mesyuarat dengan orang-orang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim,” kata Perdana Menteri selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat Majlis Ekonomi 2008 yang kedua di sini.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin was served with an order last night that would see him detained in Kamunting for two years under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
The detention order was signed by Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar last night.
He will be held without trial under Section 8 of the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: A Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department was shocked to learn that only RM4.50 per day is allocated for food to each detainee in the lock-up.
T. Murugiah said this was ridiculous, especially with the increase in the price of rice, petrol and other items.
The RM4.50 covers breakfast (60 sen), lunch (RM2) and [...]

GEORGE TOWN: Former Bukit Tambun assemblyman Lai Chew Hock’s wife died after being stabbed at least six times in front of him during a robbery at their home there in Nibong Tebal.
Thor Joo Lee, 46, who was stabbed in the abdomen, chest and shoulder, is said to have bled to death while being rushed to [...]

PETALING JAYA: The Government has widened its ban on dairy products imported from China to include confectionery which contain milk, chocolate (including white chocolate) and other food which contain milk.
The decision was based on the latest information received from Singapore’s Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) which found melamine in “White Rabbit Creamy Candy”, the Health [...]

MIRI: Sarawak police have called on non-governmental organisations or human rights groups that have information about sexual abuse by timber workers against interior Penan and native girls to lodge official police reports immediately.
State Police Commissioner Datuk Mohmad Salleh said Sarawak police are prepared to launch an immediate investigation into these serious allegations.
“We need official police [...]

PETALING JAYA: Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad has assured that all its dairy products in Malaysia are safe to consume and does not contain melamine.
Its managing director Hans Laarakker said within Dutch Lady Malaysia, there are no Dutch Lady products or dairy raw materials sourced from China.
Dutch Lady Malaysia manufactures and distributes milk products ranging [...]

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi denied he had had talks with the Opposition over the transition of power, as reported by a foreign news agency.
He said there had been no meeting between his office and PKR.
The foreign report, quoting PKR information chief Tian Chua, said the Pakatan Rakyat alliance had opened talks [...]

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court ruled on Tuesday that the order issued by the Deputy Home Minister to detain a man at the Simpang Renggam rehabilitation centre for alleged involvement in vice activities is valid.
Justices Datuk Nik Hashim Nik Abdul Rahman, Datuk S. Augustine Paul and Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin unanimously dismissed Le Wei Keong’s appeal [...]