“That which is fundamentally lawful cannot be criminalised”

Appeals Court rules it’s unconstitutional to criminalise peaceful assemblies by Tarani Palani PUTRAJAYA (April 25): In a landmark judgement today, the Court of Appeal ruled that it is unconstitutional to criminalise organisers of peaceful assemblies for failing to give notice of the event to the police. The court ruled that that a provision of the…

PM resigns over disaster – in S. Korea

South Korean PM resigns Seoul: South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on Sunday over the government’s poor response to the April 16 ferry disaster, in which it was first announced that everyone had been rescued. The Sewol ferry sank on a routine trip south from the port of Incheon to the traditional…

Farewell, Tiger of Jelutong (in pictures)

(Photos courtesy of Malaysiakini)

Eulogy for Karpal Singh

State eulogy for Karpal Singh – Lim Guan Eng We mourn the untimely and unexpected passing of DAP national chairman and Member of Parliament for Bukit Gelugor, Saudara Karpal Singh. Sdr Karpal is a 8-term MP of Bukit Gelugor and Jelutong, as well as a 3 term state assemblyman in Penang, first elected in 1978.…

Karpal Singh, Tiger of Jelutong

Karpal Singh, always in the pursuit of justice Karpal Singh – the prominent lawyer, lawmaker and DAP leader – died early this morning in a road accident while on the way to Penang, doing what he does best: going to court for a client. He was 73. His reputation as a lawyer and politician had…

Ridiculous estimate of RM400 billion to buy back highways

RM400 billion to buy back highways? Ridiculous, says DAP MP How did Putrajaya come up with the incredulous amount of RM400 billion as the cost of buying back the highway concessions in Malaysia, a DAP lawmaker asked today. Party national publicity chief Tony Pua said the construction costs of the 26 tolled highways in Malaysia…

Petronas has been bailing out Putrajaya financially since 1985, says Ku Li

The founding chairman and chief executive of Petronas yesterday lamented that Putrajaya has been treating the leading oil and gas company as a cash cow, especially in bailing out government-linked outfits of financial trouble. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, or Ku Li, said since its inception in 1974 and until 2011, Petronas paid the government RM529 billion…

RMAF pilot’s court martial charges over indelible ink likely to be challenged in High Court

A legal team assembled to represent a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) pilot in a military court charged with providing statements to the media regarding the indelible ink is mulling challenging the charges in a civil court. PAS lawyer Mohamed Hanipa Maidin, who is leading the team, said he was considering filing a judicial review…

Malaysia ranks 39 out of 44 countries in PISA assessment

Malaysia ranks 39 out of 44 countries in problem-solving test for 15-year-olds, says report Malaysia once again fared poorly in a world student performance assessment test conducted in 2012, ending up in the bottom quarter among 44 countries – a result that reinforces the concern that the country’s education system is in tatters. Malaysia ranked…

Repeatedly deceived over KLIA2 cost scandal

MP SPEAKS For the past three years, the transport ministers as well as the top management of Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) have repeated lied to Malaysians about the opening dates for KLIA2. The date has been moved at least five times from September 2011 to the current deadline of May 2, 2014. Despite the…