Three activists were arrested this morning for attempting to deliver a cake commemorating the 31st birthday of Altantuya Shaariibuu to the Prime Ministers Office in Putrajaya. www1.malaysiakini.com
Deleted from victors' history: The other freedom fighters || Ex-members of CPM feel aggrieved that they are being demonised although they too played a major role in achieving independence. In view of the nations 52nd Merdeka, Malaysiakini recently visited one such communist peace village in Sukhirin, southern Thailand, to talk to some of these battle-hardened communist insurgents on their role in gaining independence. || More in Malaysiakini.com || Reported by K Kabilan | Produced by Maran Perianen | Edited by Indrani Kopal | Voice Over by Nick Josh Karean
Some 20 to 30 police personnel abruptly ended a talk last night in Kuala Lumpur, held in conjunction with the banned Seksualiti Merdeka festival. The scenes in the video were shot at the Annexe Gallery, Central Market last night. Police surrounded the annex hall and asked a small group that had gathered to disperse. The forum that was halted, was about Sexuality Rights In The Workplace, meant to discuss sexuality rights and fair employment policies across genders, and solutions towards making the workplace friendlier for people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. It was a private talk meant for Seksualiti Merdeka members and friends only. Seksualiti Merdeka is an annual festival celebrating human rights of people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. It is backed by several NGOs, including the Bar Council, Amnesty International and Suaram. The event was scheduled to be held at the Annexe Gallery of the Pasar Seni (formerly Central Market) in Kuala Lumpur from Nov 9 to 13. Yesterday, deputy inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar announced a blanket ban on the event. The event has been held since 2008 to promote better understanding of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in the country and for the people to respect their rights. Video by Indrani Kopal
Najib declares SUPP candidate Robert Lau Jr as the BN's "fighting cock". "He is our young fighting cock. He can work anywhere in the world, but he told me that Sibu has been good to his family. "He said they owe a debt to Sibu, and that is why he is offering himself as candidate for Sibu. "I stand by Robert Lau Jr and no one else. When he stands, he speaks for Sibu and he has my ear as prime minister," he said. Najib promises to sign a cheque of RM5 million to resolve flood woes in Rejang Park if BN candidate Robert Lau wins. "Let's make a deal. If you deliver me Robert Lau Jr on Sunday, I will sign the cheque on Monday," he said to a spirited response from the 1000-odd crowd. Shot & Edited by Maran Perianen
Exclusive: Manohara Meets Malaysiakini Malaysiakini talked to Daisy last week while waiting for Manohara to take a break from shooting a soap opera for a private television station in Jakarta. Watch the Part 1 of Daisy's interview in Malaysiakini.tv Read the full transcript in Malaysiakini.com To subscribe or renew your Malaysiakini subscription, please call 03-2284 3367 Reported by Maran Perianen Editing by Indrani Kopal
Teoh Beng Hock's sister Lee Lan and lawyers Gobind Singh Deo, Malik Imtiaz Sarwar and Karpal Singh attended the final meeting of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) today, prior to the start of proceedings on Monday. Full story here: www.malaysiakini.com
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Officers from the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) have again visited independent news portal Malaysiakini today to further investigate the deemed offensive cow-head videos. The seven-member MCMC team, which included three digital forensics experts, demanded Malaysiakini to hand over the original tapes of the two videos. www.malaysiakini.com
Police today searched Malaysiakini's office in Bangsar Utama for copies of Zunar's Cartoon-o-phobia but left an hour later empty-handed. The three-member team - led by ASP Marina Hashim from the Shah Alam district police station - arrived at 3.45pm and searched the storeroom where books published by Malaysiakini's subsidiary Kinibooks are usually kept. Unable to find copies of Cartoon-o-phobia, the police proceeded to take a statement from Malaysiakini editor-in-chief Steven Gan. Full story here: www.malaysiakini.com
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Private investigator P Balasubramaniam has made shocking claims that Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had links with murdered Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu. 2nd part of the press conference is in Malaysiakini.tv Camera: Mohd Kamal Ishak Editing: Indrani Kopal
Some scenes from MB's residence Motorists passing by the MB's residence honk in support. Inside, speeches are punctuated by shouts of Reformasi and Hancur BN. Crowds continue to swell. Many line up the street outside MB's residence. More updates in Malaysiakini.com Camera: Ainuddin Aminuddin (ICFJ Trainee)
The police have arrested 21 people, including Klang MP Charles Santiago and several top leaders of PSM, at an anti-war vigil at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. MCPXThe vigil was organised by Anti-War Coalition to show support to the victims of war and aggression in Palestine and Sri Lanka. About 200 people had gathered at about 8pm for the vigil, which was declared illegal by the police who were also present at the venue.
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Police arrested Human Rights Party (HRP) leader P Uthayakumar and erected roadblocks around Kuala Lumpur in the bid to stop an 'anti-racism' rally organised by it and its affiliate Hindraf in the city centre today. The rally is also aimed at protesting the controversial 'Interlok' novel by national laureate Abdullah Hussain, which has been criticised for containing racial slurs and stereotypes against the Indian and Chinese communities. www.malaysiakini.com
kemaskini 6.19pm Gerakan aktivis bahasa menentang dasar Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) mencipta sejarah apabila turun ke jalan raya, mengulangi peristiwa perarakan Keranda 152 beberapa dekad lalu. Peristiwa bersejarah pada 3 Mac 1967 itu bagi membantah Rang Undang-undang Bahasa Kebangsaan di Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), waktu itu antara lokasi penting kegiatan sasterawan dan intelektual Melayu. Mereka merancang mengadakan bantahan ke Parlimen. Nombor '152' merujuk Perkara 152 Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang menyentuh fasal Bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa kebangsaan Malaysia.
For the second straight night the Brickfields police have arrested people who had gathered to show support for activist Wong Chin Huat who was arrested under the Sedition Act on Wednesday. And just like last night, 14 people were arrested again today for allegedly participating in an illegal assembly. And about two hours later, six others were also taken in, including lawyers who had come to assist those arrested earlier. The 14 - nine men and five women - included PKR Youth movement exco member Ginnie Lim, KLSCAH Youth chief Ng Chong Soon, journalist The Yi Keong, PKR party worker Chua Yee Ling and several student activists. The arrested lawyers were Fadiah, Syuhaini Safwan, Puspawati Rosman, Ravinder Singh and Murnie Hidayah Anuar. They are all from the Bar Council's legal aid centre. All six were arrested for illegal gathering. Camera: Amirrudin Abdullah Editor: Lydia Azizan
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tidak merujuk sama sekali ulasannya tentang Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu dan musuh politiknya Datuk S Subramaniam kepada pemilihan agung MIC yang berlangsung esok. Semalam akhbar Tamil Makkal Osai melaporkan kritikan mantan perdana menteri itu terhadap Samy Vellu sebagai presiden MIC yang menyebabkan ketewasan teruk dalam pilihan raya umum lalu dan bekas timbalannya itu yang bertanding jawatan itu sekali seorang pemimpin yang baik. "Saya tidak rujuk pada pemilihan. Saya kata, kelemahan MIC terletak pada Samy Vellu. Saya dengar ramai orang India kata tidak mahu sokong MIC, pasal Samy Vellu," katanya di Petaling Jaya petang ini. Dr Mahathir diminta mengulas pertembungan terbukanya dengan Samy Vellu - yang membidas semula kritikannya hari ini, sebagai merestui kumpulan pemimpin MIC yang menentang barisan pemimpin yang direstuinya (Samy Vellu) esok. Dalam wawancaranya dengan Malaysiakini hari ini, bekas menteri kerja raya itu berkata, Dr Mahathir sendiri seorang pakar dalam seni "memusnahkan timbalannya" sendiri. Cerita sepenuhnya: www.malaysiakini.com
Some 50 residents enraged with the proposed relocation of a Hindu temple to their area staged a noisy protest with a severed cow's head this afternoon. The residents - from Section 23 in Shah Alam - who gathered after the Friday prayers, placed the head outside the gates of the state secretariat building for a short period before removing it. "Where is Xavier? This head is for him," shouted one of the protesters in reference to Selangor executive councillor Dr Xavier Jeyakumar. Full story here: www.malaysiakini.com
The identity of the author who wrote the so-called 'suicide note' found in Teoh Beng Hock's slingbag remains a mystery. The coroner's court for Teoh's inquest heard today that the handwriting on the note - written in a mixture of Chinese and Bahasa Malaysia - is the same as that found in a notebook in Teoh's bag. Full story here: www.malaysiakini.com
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In the evening, a police officer with the rank of assistant superintendent came to Malaysiakini to quiz a Bahasa Malaysia section editor Wee Yu Meng for more than an hour, ending at 5.15pm. Full Story: www.malaysiakini.com Camera/Editing: Tan Jiun Wuu
An independent post-mortem report has revealed that deceased 22-year-old police detainee Kugan Ananthan had endured severe beatings and was also starved during his incarceration. www.malaysiakini.com
By about 11.45am, the crowd had swelled to a procession of about 200 moving towards the contingent police headquarters. Water cannon and other Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) trucks were seen on standby at the headquarters. During the march, the police drove two patrol cars into the crowd, forcing the HRP/Hindraf supporters to break up into two lines and onto the sidewalks flanking the road. rally proceeds to Pudu IPKUpon arrival at the contingent police headquarters, the demonstrators demanded that Kuala Lumpur deputy police chief Amar Singh release those arrested within the hour. As of 11.40am, according to a police source, at least 183 have been arrested over the aborted HRP/Hindraf rally. If the police refused to heed their demands, said the demonstrators, they would camp outside the police station. They made the assurance, however, that they would not block traffic. At a press conference in the police station, meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur police chief Zulkifli Abdullah clarified the number of those arrested was 109, not 183 as earlier reported. www.malaysiakini.com
Thousands of people gathered at the Menteri Besar's official residence last night to show their support for the Pakatan government. They packed the residence to hear speeches by Pakatan leaders while others vented their anger by stepping on posters of the deputy prime minister, Najib Abdul Razak.
From today until Sunday, Malaysia's top independent news portal Malaysiakini will be taking part in the three-day Jobstreet career fair at the MidValley Exhibition Hall at MidValley City, Kuala Lumpur. The company's booth will feature information about Malaysiakini's unique working environment and the individuals behind the scenes. "We want to show how it is like in the company, that is can be fun and exciting as well," said Malaysiakini human resources manager Gheeta James. After long depending on word-of-mouth and postings on recruitment websites such as Jobstreet, Gheeta said, Malaysiakini decided on its maiden foray into job fairs in order to give the company greater visibility. Story here: www.malaysiakini.com Video montage by Nick Josh Karean
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today announced that the controversial multi-billion ringgit deal to buy a fleet of military helicopters has been put on hold until the economy improves.
A memorandum from an undergraduate students group, containing three different cases of human rights violation, was today submitted to Suhakam, Malaysia's human rights commission. The memo also asked the commission to take action on the complaints that touched on police ethics and professional conduct.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court (Appellate and Special Powers division) has postponed the hearing of cartoonist Zunar and Malaysiakini's judicial review application, following the ban of its two cartoons to May 11. The decision was made in chambers of Justice Rohana Yusof, after meeting lawyer K Shanmuga representing Zunar and Malaysiakini, and senior federal counsel, Nor Hisham Ismail. The case was initially fixed for hearing today. The cartoon 1Funny Malaysia and Perak Darul Kartun was ban by the Home Ministry, while Zunar and whose real name is .........and Malaysiakini, wants to seek order to lift the order. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless devic
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Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial is to be heard from 2pm today, after the Kuala Lumpur High Court denied him a postponement to engage a new lead counsel this morning. Senior lawyer Sulaiman Abdullah, who is still unwell, had told Anwar to appoint a new lead counsel as he did not want to be the cause of further delays to the trial. It has already been postponed once. Speaking to reporters outside the court, Anwar said his lawyers had met Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohamad Diah in chambers this morning to seek more time, but were told that this was a technical matter that can be solved. The judge then set 2pm for the case to start.
Who is CAT? What does VirtualMalaysia.com and travel.malaysiakini.com have in common? Established in 1999, one of the many aims of Creative Advances Technology Sdn Bhd or CAT for short is to offer IT solutions for the tourism industry. In the digital era, what better way to promote a country's uniqueness through on-line interaction project? CAT has come out with a system known as the Standard Online Tourism Architecture (SOTA) which offers a one-stop solution to help give that extra push to our local tourism industry. As such, a collaboration between CAT and Malaysiakini will see a different pathway in the tourism industry being carved, where the new service will offers its consumers a one-stop solution to all their travelling needs. Here, Vincent Kok the CEO of CAT shares his views on SOTA and how it will help travellers. both local and international, while Malaysiakini CEO, Premesh Chandran shares his thoughts on the service as well.
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Tracking Zunar ... well actually it was tracking the police who had Zunar. They travelled from the Brickfields police station to IPD Serdang and onto Sepang. Tonight Zunar is being detained in a lockup in KLIA. Report: 11.55, Zunar keluar daripada IPD Sepang dan dibawa ke lokap Balai Polis KLIA untuk tahanan. Peguam Latheefa Koya berkata siasatan masih berjalan bawah Seksyen 4(1) Akta Hasutan. Zunar dijangka akan dibawa di hadapan Majistret Sepang petang esok (Sept 25), katanya lagi. Katanya lagi, beliau tidak berpuas hati dengan prosedur penyiasatan yang dijalankan oleh polis dalam kes tersebut. Tambahnya, polis tidak dapat menjelaskan mengapa Zunar dibawa dari satu balai polis ke balai yang lain, hanya untuk ditahan di lokap balai polis KLIA. "Daripada jam 4 petang tadi lagi dia ditahan, tapi satu kenyataan pun tidak diambil daripada beliau," katanya.
Several uniformed police personnel grab hold of Sivakumar and forcibly remove him from the speaker's chair. He was then dragged out of the House by a group of plainclothes personnel wearing tags which read 'official'. Sivakumar resists and shouts, "I am the legal speaker. Why am I being treated like this?" It cannot be ascertained if these were police personnel. More in Malaysiakini.com
The police this morning dispersed about 300 protesters who gathered outside the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Selangor office in Shah Alam demanding that MACC be investigated for the death of an opposition politician's aide. As they shouted 'Siasat, siasat, siasat' (investigate, investigate, investigate), top Pakatan Rakyat leaders submitted a protest memorandum to MACC. At least seven protesters were arrested in the melee. They included Kapar parliamentarian S Manikavasagam and Selangor exco Dr Xavier Jayakumar. Camera: Mohd Kamal Ishak Editor: Lydia Azizan
In addition to Uthayakumar, scores of other persons suspected of being participants in the rally have also been taken in by the police this morning - seven at KLCC and 10 at the Renaissance Hotel. Their identities have not yet been ascertained. As at 10am, it has been estimated that about 100 people have been arrested in various parts of Kuala Lumpur. The police appeared to be stopping and arresting anyone suspected as Hindraf supporters, especially Indians, who were found walking in the streets of Kuala Lumpur.
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Bayan Baru MP Zahrain Hashim has attacked Malaysiakini in Parliament over its report on a recent seminar in Washington last month, which he attended alongside top government officials. According to Zahrain, Malaysiakini provided information about the seminar to fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin, who later gave a negative spin of the event. malaysiakini.com
Khalid Samad (PAS-Shah Alam) queried the government for refusing to take up the offer from the main contractor of the Shah Alam Hospital to complete the controversial RM482 million project. He said GM Healthcare, which was engaged by developer Sunshine Fleet as the main contractor of the project, had offered to complete the project within 18 months with a RM3 million discount on the project cost. Story: www.malaysiakini.com
Malaysiakini was asked to leave the media room of the Umno annual general assembly for not possessing press passes issued by the party's secretariat. Its team of eight journalists were told they were not allowed to use media room facilities by one of the secretariat's officers. This was despite being told that Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor had promised Malaysiakini press passes during an exclusive interview on Oct 5. Full story Video by Ng Ling Foong
Malaysia's top independent news portal Malaysiakini at the three-day Jobstreet career fair at the MidValley Exhibition Hall at MidValley City, Kuala Lumpur. Full story Camera: Shufiyan Shukur Editing: Indrani Kopal
