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Monday, 3 November 2014

Male Y DNA found on Anwar's underwear

PUTRAJAYA: The on-going final appeal hearing of opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim enters its fifth day.

Lead prosecutor Tan Sri Dr Muhammad Shafee Abdullah will continue the submission today before the five-man Federal Court bench chaired by Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria. IT comprised also of Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Md Raus Sharif, Tan Sri Abdull Hamid Embong, Tan Sri Suriyadi Halim Omar, and Tan Sri Ahmad Maarop.

Fearing ‘Christianisation’, local NGO wants construction of new church stopped

PETALING JAYA, Nov 2 — Some 70 local residents and members of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) protested against the construction of a church, claiming the growing number of Christian places of worship in the area is part of an attempt to evangelise and convert Muslims to Christianity.

The Petaling chapter of Pertubuhan Sahabat — the NGO which organised the demonstration this morning — said that there are three churches in the vicinity, although close to 70 per cent of the residents in the area are Muslims and predominantly Malay.

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

STPM records higher perfect score

KUALA LUMPUR: The percentage of students who scored a perfect 4.0 CGPA was higher in last year’s Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM).

Of the 51,673 candidates who sat for the examination in 2012, 442 (or 0.86%) candidates scored a cumulative grade point average of 4.0 compared to 300 (or 0.59%) candidates in 2011.

Monday, 18 March 2013

Sulu Rebels: Ops Daulat documentary to premiere on Bernama TV

KUALA LUMPUR: Bernama TV, a 24-hour television channel offering news in four languages, will broadcast a documentary on the Sabah intrusion by Sulu terrorists from southern Philippines on Tuesday.

Umno not involved with explicit video

MELAKA, March 17 (Bernama) -- Umno has denied the party is involved with a video grab showing explicit act resembling a political figure with a male partner.

Information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan said the opposition will certainly blame Umno but the party had never arranged such perverse act in a hotel room.

PM Najib: PM: Big plans for M’sia should BN retain power

KLANG (March 17, 2013): With weeks to go to the 13th general election, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has asked for the people's mandate to ensure the government's transformation programmes see fruition.

Najib, who became prime minister in 2009 after his predecessor Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi resigned, said the coming election will be the first time he is contesting for the people's mandate.

Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Sulu Rebels: 22 more bodies of militants removed

LAHAD DATU: Another gunman has been shot dead the 54th casualty among the Sulu gunmen as security forces removed 22 bodies from Kampung Tanjung Batu and Semporna.

Sodomy Case: Saiful’s dad joins Pakatan

PETALING JAYA: The father of Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who was involved in the sodomy case implicating Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, has joined PKR.

Azlan Mohd Lazim announced his decision at a press conference at the PKR headquarters here yesterday.

Monday, 11 March 2013

'Sulu Sultanate Army' learned combat by watching movies

COMBAT MOVIES. Abraham Idjirani and Jacel Kiram say the Kirams want a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Sabah. Photo by Jerald Uy

MANILA, Philippines - Admitting that the 215 surviving followers of the Sulu Sultanate only learned combat by watching movies, the camp of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III is now the one pressing for a peaceful resolution of the row they started in Sabah.

Wan Azizah auctions hubby’s love letter for RM50,000

In a bid to sweeten the deal for their supporters and coax them into parting with more hard-earned cash to steam Pakatan’s push for Putrajaya in the imminent general election, senior coalition leaders each gave up a “prized possession” in an auction at the coalitions fundraising do last night.

Anti-Wan Azizah letter writer fears for his safety

Mohd Fareez Kamal Intidzam has lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi police station yesterday, asking for police protection for himself and his family against those who are looking for him.

PETALING JAYA: A former aide of PKR women chief Zuraida Kamaruddin is claiming that he is being “hunted down” by the party and its leaders after details of his letter which had called for the removal of PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail had become public.

Mohd Fareez Kamal Intidzam, 24, now wants the police to provide him with security as he feels his safety is at stake.

“I am being hunted down by certain people who I think are either supporters or people acting on behalf of Wan Azizah.

Sulu Rebels: Agbimuddin Kiram slips away during raid

HAVEN FOR IMMIGRANTS: 33 held after house-to-house search in terrorist hideout

THE leader of the terrorist group in Sabah, Agbimuddin Kiram, was believed to have given security forces the slip when they raided a settlement in Kampung Pinggir Bakau, here, yesterday.

Lahad Datu: ‘The armed gunman was watching us’

The Star photographer Normimie Diun and a group of journalists had a close encounter with a gunman as they were heading towards the frontline yesterday morning.

They were about 3km away from a place where elite police and military units were flushing out remnants of the Sulu armed group when she saw a gunman in the oil palm plantation.

Sulu Rebels: 9 stilt houses as hideout

Followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III may have bought at least nine stilt houses to use as hideouts in Kampung Simunul water village in Sabah, Malaysian authorities said.

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Sulu Rebels: OCD in parts of Mindanao on blue alert due to Sabah crisis

The Office of Civil Defense in parts of Mindanao has gone on blue alert due to developments stemming from the standoff in Sabah between followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and Malaysian security forces.

In its 7 a.m. update Wednesday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said the blue alert is being undertaken by the Office of Civil Defense for BaSulTa (Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi).

Sulu Rebels: 10,000 Tausugs to sail to Sabah

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Thousands of Tausug from Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi have sailed to Sabah to reinforce members of the so-called royal army of the sultanate of Sulu who are fighting it out with Malaysian security forces, a Moro National Liberation Front official said Tuesday.

“We can no longer prevent our people. We are hurt and many of our people, even the non-combatants, are going to Sabah to help the sultanate,” Habib Hashim Mudjahab, chair of the MNLF’s Islamic Council Committee, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by phone.

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Sulu Rebels : Protest against Tian Chua

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of retired policemen gathered at the National Monument to protest against PKR vice-president Tian Chua’s remarks over the Lahad Datu standoff.

Sulu Rebels: More intruders spotted

COASTAL AREAS: Villagers of Tanjung Batu and Tanjung Labian leave their homes

LAHAD DATU: TANJUNG Batu and Tanjung Labian have been declared as "red zones" following the sighting of armed intruders in the coastal villages.

Monday, 4 March 2013

Sulu Rebel - Army rushing reinforcements to help police deal with latest landings

SEMPORNA: Two new flash points involving armed intruders erupted in the east coast of Sabah as the army and police mapped out a strategy to storm the Sulu group of Raja Muda Azzimudie Kiram at Tanduo village.

The army is rushing reinforcements to help the police deal with the latest landings of about 10 men in military gear sighted in Kunak, following the killing of six policemen and six intruders in a gun battle at the Simunul water village in Semporna on Saturday night.

The Semporna siege

A recap of events that took place in the town of Semporna. 6 policemen were killed as the east coast of Sabah comes under attack.

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