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Bersih 3.0 not Marxist

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:42:29 +0800

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Are you serious? I bet the majority of the people do not even know what Marxism is, and most went of their own free will and capacity, with one aim: to have a clean election.

Zambry: Perak ‘debt-free’ after RM1b water asset swap

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:24:14 +0800

PUTRAJAYA, May 23 — Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir declared Perak “debt-free” after the state transferred RM999.2 million in water assets to Putrajaya’s Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad (PAAB) in exchange for it taking an equivalent amount in water-related debt.

'Police in plot to interfere with campus politics'

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:24:19 +0800

The Prime Minister's Department (JPM) is conspiring with the police to meddle in campus politics and stifle student democracy for BN's political survival ahead of the general election, claimed student group Pro-Mahasiswa Nasional (PMN).

Yusof defends decision to join Anwar's defence team

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:49:09 +0800

Despite receiving brickbats for his decision to join Anwar Ibrahim’s defence team, former solicitor-general II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden defended his move and said he had expected criticism.

Speed up reforms to join high-income club, World Bank tells Malaysia

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:03:19 +0800

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — The World Bank is urging Malaysia to expedite economic reforms and move beyond “quick wins” if it wants to achieve Putrajaya’s target of being a high-income economy by 2020.

Sekinchan man: I'm still a Jalan TAR trader

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:31:17 +0800

Sekinchan Ikan Bakar Restaurant chain owner Jamal Md Yunus, who is also a luxury car dealer and is organising the protest in front of Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan's house tomorrow and on Friday, insists that he remains a petty trader.

Ambiga thanks DBKL and cops for keeping watch

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:17:22 +0800

Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan expressed thanks to the police and the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), whose officers had painted over the stall lots marked outside her home by anti-Bersih protesters, and had remained there since.

‘Let it be’, Ambiga says of protests outside home

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:28:43 +0800

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan will not take legal action against those responsible for staging protest gatherings outside her home, and said she would rather rely on the “court of public opinion”.

Khairy: Pakatan’s Buku Jingga, free education pledge will bankrupt Malaysia

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:21:24 +0800

SHAH ALAM, May 23 — Abolishing the national higher education loan scheme and implementing all of Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) Buku Jingga policies will bleed RM188 billion annually from federal coffers and bankrupt the country, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has said.

Umno ‘needs’ Gerakan, MCA to win Penang, says state BN boss

Wed, 23 May 2012 07:09:47 +0800

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) chief Teng Chang Yeow has insisted that Umno “needs” Gerakan and MCA to wrest the state from Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in the coming polls, although the Malay party was the only one among the three that won seats in Election 2008.

Manji: Allah made gays and lesbians, too

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:28:19 +0800

INTERVIEW Unapologetic for her defence of the gay and lesbian lifestyle, controversial liberal-Islam author Irshad Manji has challenged critics to explain how Allah in all His glory could have made “misfits or abominations”.

Najib using the courts against me, says Anwar

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:04:02 +0800

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim claims that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is using the court process to stifle him further as the 13th general election approaches.

MAS to raise over RM4b from bonds, loans

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:17:05 +0800

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 – Malaysia Airlines (MAS) unveiled details of its critical fund raising exercise today consisting of RM2.5 billion in Islamic bonds, RM2 billion in bridging loans from commercial banks and proposals for a new state entity to pay for RM5.3 billion of pending aircraft delivery and lease them to MAS rather than own the planes outright.

MAS continues losses, but down from a year ago

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:59:28 +0800

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 – Malaysia Airlines narrowed its losses to RM171 million after tax for its first quarter ending March 31, a 29 per cent reduction from the same period last year.

Anwar claims trial to Bersih 3.0 charge

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:37:06 +0800

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, along with party deputy president Azmin Ali and former supreme council member Badrul Hisham Shaharin, have been charged with participating in a street protest.