PETALING JAYA: A proposal has been made today for all local councils in the state to form a separate Right to Information section where all state documents will be accessible to the public. This proposal came about after a meeting between the Klang local council (MPK) and two NGOs – human rights center Komas and…
SELANGOR State Global Green Seminar “Surfing the Green Wave”
Green technology is a raising trend and the future of the world. Its rapid growth in every aspect of humanity and the industry has created enormous business opportunities in every part of the world. In view to this, it’s essential to explore more business opportunities among the Malaysian, to jump on the bandwagon of green…
If Lynas’ waste stays, four ministers must go, says DAP
Malaysiakini KUALA LUMPUR | Dec 9, 2012 Four cabinet ministers directly involved in allowing Australia’s Lynas Corporation to operate in Gebeng should resign because the company had snubbed their demand to export its waste, said DAP. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said in a statement that Lynas’ admission that the waste material from its rare…
‘Early warning suggests crackdown pre-planned’
By Koh Jun Lin Malaysiakini KUALA LUMPUR | Dec 7, 2012 Seputeh MP Teresa Kok believes the police crackdown during the Bersih 3.0 rally was pre-planned, claiming she received an ominous warning from a Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcement officer just five minutes earlier. She testified at the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) public inquiry…
Selangor BN accused of buying cheap public land to build condo
By Clara Chooi The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR | Dec 5, 2012 Selangor Umno had sold off a two-acre piece of prime land in Kelana Jaya here to gain profits instead of building community centres as claimed, DAP lawmakers revealed today when rebutting Barisan Nasional’s (BN) denial in a multimillion ringgit land grab scandal exposed…
‘We leave it to the DAP CEC’
S Rutra Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR | Dec 4, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR: Three DAP leaders who concurrently hold parliamentary and state assembly seats have left it to the party’s top decision-making body to decide on the one-man, one-seat proposal. Seputeh member of parliament Teresa Kok, Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming and Wong Ho Leng…
New KL mayor to revive Plaza Rakyat project
Leven Woon Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR | Nov 28, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR: The long-abandoned Plaza Rakyat project might be revived in the near future as the new Kuala Lumpur mayor Ahmad Phesal Talib has promised to appoint a new contractor for the project. At a press conference after meeting with KL MPs yesterday, Ahmad…
Ex-IGP says ministers meddle with investigations
The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR | Nov 28, 2012 Tan Sri Musa Hassan today accused Cabinet ministers and politicians of regularly trying to interfere with police investigations and arrests when he was serving as Inspector-General of Police ― a practice that continues even now. Musa, who retired as IGP in September 2010, named Home Minister…