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On 9 November 2008, while covering the Bersih candlelight vigil Malaysiakini.tv's camera-person Shukri Mohamad was detained by the police. Although released 7 hours later, they however retained the camera and the video tape.
It was not until 18 November before the police released it.
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Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda held his first press conference since his acquittal from the Altantunya Shaariibuu murder case. Below are excerpts from the 50-minute press conference at Hotel Maya in Kuala Lumpur.
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Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is not involved in the Altantuya murder case, claimed former political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda today.
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All highway concession contracts, except for the KL-Putrajaya Expressway (KLPE), will be declassified, said Works Minister Mohd Zin Mohamad.
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Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin was today questioned by the police over two articles on Islam posted on his Malaysia Today website.
At the same time, Raja Petra, 58, who is the editor of the blog, also lodged a police report against the authorities for his almost two months detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
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日前仅受委政府政策监督局主任,形同被架空的马华署理总会长蔡细历,今日率先操作,首炮就瞄准马华部长廖中莱所管辖的卫生部,为饱受三聚氢胺事件困扰的饼干厂家请命。蔡细历也是前任卫生部长。
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"Just because we are women and we dont have that thing between the legs so we are not good," says former UM VC Rafiah Salim over the governments decision to discontinue her service.
About 200 people this evening gathered at the Petaling Jaya Civic Centre to hold a protest against the Internal Security Act, but unlike last Sunday, the police did not make any arrest.
The reason being this time around the organisers have obtained a police permit to hold the protest.
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Court hearing for Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial has been put off after the prosecution applied for a stay of proceeding pending an appeal for the case to be transferred to High Court.
Selangor exco member Ronnie Liu was today charged with abetment in obstructing a Subang Jaya Municipal Council enforcement officer in closing down a hotel last year.
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MIC Youth led a second demonstration outside the Sri Lankan embassy in Kuala Lumpur today - opposing the countrys military offensive against their northern provinces Tamil minority.
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DAP's anti-ISA (Internal Security Act) flag began its 350km journey on foot to the Kamunting Detention Camp in Pandamaran, Selangor today with several party personalities kicking things off.
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Party vice-chairperson and former ISA detainee Tan Kok Wai flagged off the low-key event at the Pandamaran new village at 8.15am with a short speech.
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在马华新阵容中遭边缘化的署理总会长蔡细历今日点名批评,由总会长翁诗杰一手拟定的党职名单,反映翁氏没有整合马华的意图,也没有容纳异议的诚意。
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Exclusive Masjaliza Hamzah, Programme Manager Research and Publication, Sisters in Islam and Fahda Nur, Syariah Counsel on the recent 'tomboy' fatwa.
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Producers: Lydia Azizan and Azreen Madzlan
Former Umno president Dr Mahathir Mohamad forewarned Umno leaders involved with money politics - that they are compromising the partys chances in the next general election.
Anwar briefs reporters at a meeting of Pakatan MPs in parliament on their plans. He also offers his view on the appointment of Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof as election commission chairman effective Dec 31st.
Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia today shot down several emergency motions moved by Pakatan Rakyat MPs, citing technical grounds as reasons for doing so.
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First to be rejected was veteran opposition MP Karpal Singh (DAP-Batu Gelugor), who wanted to move an emergency motion to debate Chief Justice Zaki Azmi's confession that he had brib...
The temperature in the Dewan Rakyat rose a couple of notches when DAP leader Lim Kit Siang trained his guns on Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chief Azmi Khalid.
Apart from calling for his resignation, Lim also challenged Azmi to explain the PAC's findings on the controversial Eurocopter deal outside the House.
Earlier, Lim had asked when the PA...
Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar has denied that the police moved in on participants at a candlelight vigil last night while they were singing the national anthem.
"That is what they (participants) are claiming," Khalid told reporters at the Petaling Jaya police district headquarters about midnight.
When told that there was a video recordin...
Former de facto law minister Zaid Ibrahim today revealed he had been issued a show-cause letter by Umno asking him to explain his open letter on the Internal Security Act to the prime minister.
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Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim has come out strongly against the government's decision to make public the RM10.5 million compensation paid to judges involved in the 1988 judicial crisis.
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Riot police today dispersed about 300 people who had gathered at the Petaling Jaya Civic Centre.
The police moved into the crowd just as they were singing the national anthem and getting ready to leave. Before that they have heard short speeches from several politicians.
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Exclusive Ivy Josiah, Executive Director of Women's Aid Organisation on Fatwas & Women.
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308政治海啸后,同属国阵盟党的马华和巫统,对多项课题的立场都不一致。在一些民联执政的州属,马华与巫统更是经常出现不同调的状况,最新的例子包括刘秀梅受委雪州发展局代总经理的争议。
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马华党选之后,东山再起的署理总会长蔡细历会否入阁备受瞩目,更可能直接影响马华权力均衡。虽然有舆论认为蔡细历因为受性爱光碟风波所累不适合再次入阁,但马华新任中委卢诚国却表态支持给蔡细历一个重新出发的机会。
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Controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin was released from his Internal Security Act (ISA) detention at 3.20pm.
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bout a dozen protestors marched through Kuala Lumpur denouncing the recent discriminatory
Those involved were from two groups Katagender (which promotes gender sensitivity) and Food-not-Bombs, and included several men.
Armed with a large banner which read Lawan semua fatwa menindas perempuan (Oppose all fatwa which oppresses women), the protestor...
民主行动党国会领袖林吉祥今早继续紧咬振兴经济配套违反程序一事,敦促副首相兼财政部长纳吉勇于认错和作出纠正,展现未来首相的领导风范。
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Parliament - Nov 4, 2008
Opposition parliamentarians walked out of the Dewan Rakyat today in protest against Finance Minister Najib Abdul Razak's refusal to entertain questions during his winding-up of the Budget 2009 Bill debates.
Najib, who told the House that questions would be answered at the end of his speech, did not allow the numerous atte...
On the historic victory obtained by Barack Obama as the new American president today, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said that the reality of leaders being chosen regardless of race can happen anywhere.
Abdullah chided the opposition today for the ruckus they created yesterday while his deputy Najib Abdul Razak was winding up the debate on t...
The unruly scenes that unfolded when an Umno Youth-led mob stormed into an international conference on East Timor in 1996 were brought to life in the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.
The Dewan Rakyat proceedings was suspended for two hours following protests from the opposition bench over the additional figures tabled by Finance Minister Najib Abdul Razak to Budget 2009.
At his own press conference held later, Najib described the opposition MPs as "irresponsible" and argued that if Pakatan MPs were really concerned about the people, they would have stayed for the winding-up speech.
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Opposition parliamentarians walked out of the Dewan Rakyat today in protest against Finance Minister Najib Abdul Razak's refusal to entertain questions during his winding-up of the Budget 2009 Bill debates.
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The unruly scenes that unfolded when an Umno Youth-led mob stormed into an international conference on East Timor in 1996 were brought to life in the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.
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Public Accounts Committee chairperson Azmi Khalid today said the committee has cleared the government of wrongdoing in the suspended billion-ringgit Eurocopter deal.
A DAP parliamentarian has asked the Finance Ministry and government investment arm Khazanah Nasional to explain their involvement in Silterra Malaysia Sdd Bh, which posted a loss of RM1 billion last year.
Information Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek has been asked to explain the sudden disappearance of a popular television programme on state-owned RTM 2 which had seen a myriad of personalities airing their thoughts on current issues.
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The Umno supreme council today decided that the party's annual general assembly as well as the hotly contested party elections will be held on March 24-28.
The Shah Alam High Court today acquitted political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda of abetting the alleged murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.
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PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim is back in court for his sodomy trial today.
Sessions judge SM Komathy Suppiah is hearing arguments from both sides on whether the trial should not be transferred to the High Court as requested by the prosecution.
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经过6年的漫长审讯,立百猪农起诉政府索偿逾1亿令吉的诉讼案件今早宣告失败。联邦法院判决政府上诉得直,推翻上诉庭早前的判决,不批准诉讼案在高庭开审。
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The Federal Court today threw out an appeal by Munawar A Anees for his sodomy charge be remitted to the High Court so that he can argue his case.
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Article 121(1A) - Revisiting Aug 9 2008
The media, the culprit?
Newly-appointed Chief Justice Zaki Azmi has pledged to act against a small number of judges who have failed to perform their duties.
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Article 121(1A) - Revisiting Aug 9 2008
The media, the culprit?
The Eurocopter deal may have been postponed indefinitely, but this has not stopped opposition stalwart Lim Kit Siang from continuing to press for information on the intended purchase.
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