The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The police could curb the recent hate-poster spree in Taman Tun Dr Ismail by uploading closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of those who have been putting up “defamatory” posters of Lim Guan Eng and Bersih 2.0 leaders on the Internet, the suburban township’s MP said today. Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng said this would serve as ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — A group representing Malaysian voters living abroad slammed the Election Commission (EC) today for wrongly citing the United States as a country that operates a “no tax, no vote” system. EC chairman Tan Sri Aziz Yusof was earlier reported as saying that Malaysians overseas would have to pay tax to Putrajaya before being given ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Parti Keadilan Insan Tanah Air (KITA) leaders are planning to meet at the end of the month to decide their future ahead of Datuk Zaid Ibrahim’s decision to dissolve the party. “If the party can be free from infestation by undesirable elements and infiltrators without dissolving the party, then it is a preferred ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The government did not consult the Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) board of employee representatives when it decided to use RM1.5 billion from the EPF to give home loans to unqualified buyers, union officials have said. Former Sabah Commercial Employees Union (SCEU) general secretary Rebecca Chin, who sat on the EPF board ...

KUALA TERENGGANU, Feb 6 – For those who are into “keropok lekor,” or fish chips, they will soon be able to enjoy it and fight old age at the same time. According to a Bernama report, the Yayasan Pembangunan Keluarga of Terengganu, in collaboration with Sidratul Corporation Sdn Bhd, will produce the fish chips laced with local herbs which are ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 – The Performance Management and Implementation Unit (PEMANDU) has insisted that its ambitious Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) was developed accurately despite assertions by a local think-tank that the government agency’s figures do not add up. The unit within the Prime Minister’s Department launched the ETP in ...

KUNAK, Feb 6 – Sabah Malays and Bumiputeras were advised to stick with Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) today by Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal. According to Bernama Online, Shafie (picture) said that Sabah Malays and Bumiputeras who were split into Usno, Berjaya and Parti Besatu Sabah became reunited under Umno after the party ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 – The Selangor government said today it will examine media reports of a “PKR man” who was arrested in Indonesia last week before deciding on the next course of action. Online media and pro-Umno blogs have linked the man, identified by Indonesian news portal Detik as Azmin Helmi, to a female state executive councillor. “The ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 – Lim Guan Eng said today that all communities in Penang now enjoy a share in the success of the state after handing power to Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in Election 2008. “There is... a sense of ownership in Penang, that each and every one of us has a stake and share in Penang’s success. “Penang Hindus and Indians do not walk alone ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 – Umno’s Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor apologised today to the ethnic Indian community here for a social slip in a Thaipusam banner, which he blamed on MIC members and workers from the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. The banners in Putrajaya, which bore a celebratory greeting to Hindus for Thaipusam, had ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 – The Rural and Regional Development Ministry must explain why welfare aid has only been handed out to half the hardcore poor families in Penang, Lim Guan Eng said today. The Penang chief minister (picture) questioned why just 301 such families had received aid under the ministry’s People’s Welfare Development Scheme (SPKR) ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — Lim Kit Siang said today that Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil’s leave should be extended as the minister is yet to be cleared of any impropriety in the ongoing National Feedlot Centre (NFC) scandal. The DAP adviser pointed out that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had not exonerated the Wanita Umno chief while ...

KLANG, Feb 6 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak today took aim at proponents of a welfare state, stating that all welfare states ended up facing “very serious economic problems”. The prime minister told about 1,500 disabled and less fortunate people gathered at the Hokkien Association here that his administration strived towards providing a social safety ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is currently investigating five members of a syndicate, including Tabung Haji officers, who have allegedly been offering “express haj” services to pilgrims. The New Straits Times today quoted MACC special operations director Datuk Mohd Jamidan Abdullah as saying that the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers accused Putrajaya today of abusing monies from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to hide its current debt levels under the guise of offering a purportedly “noble” housing scheme for lower-income earners. Slamming the move, DAP publicity secretary Tony Pua and PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — PKR’s Rafizi Ramli today demanded Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil prove she was not involved with the National Feedlot Corporation’s (NFCorp) operations, saying it was a matter of utmost public interest. The PKR chief strategist charged that the Wanita Umno chief had not once refuted PKR’s allegations with concrete proof, ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — A man claiming to be a PKR member, who left Malaysia to avoid political intrigue, has been detained by Indonesian authorities for possessing fake identification documents. Indonesian news portal Detik reported at the weekend that Malaysian Azmin Helmi was picked up on Friday by immigration officers in Batam who became ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Aziz Yusof has clarified that he never meant that only Malaysians abroad who pay taxes in the country be allowed to become postal voters. He explained that he had only suggested that Malaysians residing overseas might have to fulfil certain conditions before becoming postal voters, as ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — Johor Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders have held “serious discussions” with Salahuddin Ayub for the PAS vice-president to stand in his home state to address the lack of a strong Malay leader as a possible mentri besar candidate. The opposition in Johor expects to make huge gains in the next general election on the back of ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — The Youth and Sports Ministry will order a probe into allegations of match fixing involving 18 President Cup players and a coach, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said today. According to Bernama Online, the minister labelled the scandal “disgraceful” and urged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the police to ...