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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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PERMATANG PAUH, TUE:
THE Permatang Pauh By-Election was won by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. At the end of the vote count at about 9:47pm, the PKR de facto leader received a total majority of 15,671 votes to beat BN’s Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah.

The results at the final tally are:
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim: 31,195 votes
Datuk Arif [...]

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