SHAH ALAM: Kajang municipal councillor Tan Boon Wah told the inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock today that he did not hear any screaming nor did he see anyone being beaten throughout the period he was held at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here. Tan, 40, who was questioned by the MACC [...]

GEORGE TOWN: Having picked a fight with the chief secretary to the government and his state development officer, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is now training his guns on the media. Lim, who is also DAP secretary-general, said he planned to seek legal advice against certain newspaper reports on his spat with state development officer [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Capitalism must be very carefully handled although it is a good system, said former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Dr Mahathir said events that led to the present global financial crisis, which affected the West very much showed that uncontrolled capital could actually destroy even the big economies. Capitalism has many different [...]

FUZIAH Salleh (PKR-Kuantan), in bantering with reporters at the Parliament lobby yesterday on the Pakatan Rakyat’s choice of candidate for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election, begged to differ with the prime minister’s evaluation that the polls would not reflect the overall sentiment of voters. She, like the Umno and MIC leaders squabbling over candidate selection, [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Sungai Petani member of parliament Datuk Johari Abdul will not apologise to his Parti Keadilan Rakyat comrade and Bakar Arang (Kedah) state assemblyman Tan Wei Shu as the latter’s allegations against him are baseless. Johari told the New Straits Times yesterday that he would give Tan enough time to compose himself after being [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Kelantan prince Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra yesterday withdrew his suit against his brother and two others over the announcement on the termination of his position as the regent. His lawyer Zainur Zakaria made the withdrawal application when the case was mentioned before High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Datuk Aziah Ali in [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said he was shocked at the change in the stand of former finance minister, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah maintaining that Kelantan had the right to receive oil royalty. Rais said Tengku Razaleigh’s statement on Thursday that the Kelantan state government should now get the [...]

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang DAP-PKR tiff is catching fire with Penang DAP chief Chow Kon Yeow describing Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohd Hashim as being politically frustrated. He said there was no doubt that the PKR Bayan Baru MP was unhappy over his removal as state party chairman and was now attempting to break up the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: PKR Bayan Baru MP Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim’s open criticism against Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is loaded with facts which must be investigated and acted upon by Pakatan Rakyat. PKR Kulim Bandar Baru member of parliament Zulkifli Noordin said Zahrain’s outburst was not without basis and that it was an [...]

SHAH ALAM: Three police reports were lodged against Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim yesterday for his allegedly disparaging remarks about Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan (YBK). The reports were lodged by the poverty eradication foundation chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Sakom, chief executive officer Zulkhairi Jamaluddin and trustee Bing Selamat Amir at the district police [...]