KUALA LUMPUR: Residents of Taman Batu Permai, Jalan Ipoh are claiming that a recreational green space was converted into commercial lots seven years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong's inter parte injunction application hearing regarding his defamation case against Social Care Foundation chairman Tan Sri Robert Phang and Star Publications (M) Berhad at the High Court was postponed to next month.

Today's hearing, before judge Dr Prasad Sandhosham Abraham, was postponed to April 5 after Wee's counsel, Ben Chan, told the court that they require more time to study affidavits in reply handed over by Phang's counsel.

PETALING JAYA : The Opposition's plan to reintroduce local council elections has hit yet another brick wall – in the same way similar plans fizzled out last year.

The obstacle remains the same — the Local Government Act does not provide for such elections and there is also a clear provision under the same Act for councillors to be appointed.

KUALA LUMPUR: The second sodomy trial of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been postponed to tomorrow after the accused made an application for the trial judge to recuse himself from the trial this morning.

PETALING JAYA: The setting up of an Australian Customs and Border Protection Service post in Malaysia as an effort to combat people smuggling in the region is not something new.

Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam said that besides Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom have similiar posts in Kuala Lumpur.

 

KUALA LUMPUR: It's a private matter.

Mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuad Ismail, responding to The Malay Mail report yesterday on the plight faced by flats-dweller V. Manogaran, 51, said the matter should be resolved by the parties concerned.

JOHOR BARU: The mother of the Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar paid her last respects to the late Sultan Iskandar yesterday afternoon.

Hajjah Khalsom Abdullah (pic), 72, spent time at the Bukit Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum accompanied by members of the royal family.

SHAH ALAM: Three Selangor Pakatan Rakyat representatives were called up this morning by Selangor's Special Select Committee for Accountability, Competency and Transparency (Selcat) to explain spending discrepancies in their constituency allocations.

Pandamaran assemblyman Ronnie Liu, Sri Setia's Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and Sri Muda's Shuhaimi Shafie were told to detail their expenses for their respective constituencies, a State government spokesperson said this morning.

PETALING JAYA: In an about turn, Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad has claimed that he had been misquoted over remarks that the Selangor Non-Islamic Religious (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988 was outdated.

KUALA LUMPUR: Two former employees of Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad (PUNB) were today acquitted by the Sessions Court here for falsifying company bond documents worth USD 5 billion(RM 19 billion) 10 yrs ago.

 

 

KUALA LUMPUR: The fate of the controversial Damansara 21 bungalow development project in Medan Damansara now lies with the Cabinet.

But interested parties will have to wait a little longer for it to be reviewed as City Hall is still preparing a Cabinet paper on the issue.

BANGI: Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim will be requesting the Attorney-General to pay particular note on the blogger who posted disparaging remarks on the late Johor Sultan.

He said the A-G, Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, should look at the matter so that legal action can be made against the writer of the blog, Aduka Taruna.

AMPANG: Victims of the December 2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide tragedy seem to have an uphill battle on their hands over their compensation claims.

This looks evident as the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council plans to stonewall any of their compensation claims.

A council spokesperson yesterday said: "As far as the council is concerned, I don't think we have ever promised any compensation to the victims. I'm not sure if there had been any such promises by the Federal or State governments.

KUALA LUMPUR: City dwellers should learn to say "No" to plastics, for they too will soon be part of the growing community adopting the 'No Plastic Bag Day' campaign.

A move is being initiated in Kuala Lumpur and the details are being worked out by KL City Hall.

Mayor Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail told The Malay Mail that the nation's capital might adopt the 'No Plastic Bag Day' campaign, depending on how successful it was in Selangor.

KUALA LUMPUR: It's back to business as usual for the five clubs along Jalan P.Ramlee whose entertainment licences were revoked by Kuala Lumpur City Hall on Jan 1.

Sources told The Malay Mail last night that the decision to lift the ban was reached following appeals sent in by the outlet owners to the authorities.

However, it could not be ascertained whether the lifting of the entertainment ban came with conditions. It is also understood that the matter was discussed at a Cabinet meeting yesterday.

 

PUTRAJAYA: The prestigious Tokoh Ma'al Hijrah award this year went to an Egyptian professor and a former minister in the Prime Minister's Department.

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal this morning ruled that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) can question witnesses beyond general office hours.

In allowing the MACC's appeal, the court reversed a High Court order last month requiring the MACC to conduct its questioning only between 8.30am to 5.30pm.

The ruling came about following a lawsuit by Kajang municipal councillor Tan Boon Wah. Tan had filed an originating summons on July 22, seeking a declaration that MACC could record statements from witnesses only during office hours.

KUALA LUMPUR: Good news is at hand for the city's poor. The Federal Territories and  Urban Wellbeing Ministry will hand out 'goodies' that include rental payment for their houses, as well as the allocation of Amanah Saham shares.

Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin said yesterday the focus of the programme would be the poor, to help them improve their living conditions.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has not decided whether to take any action against transsexual Mohd Fadzil Min Bahari, also known as Fatine, at this stage.