By The Malaysian Insider July 4, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — Opposition-backed protesters vowed today to go ahead with a mass rally against a steep hike in fuel prices, despite a police warning that it was illegal.The hardline stance raised fears of clashes during the rally scheduled for Sunday amid a politically charged atmosphere. … Read more
By The StarFriday July 4, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: Evidence allegedly linking Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to murdered Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu will be released in the next few days. “The next evidence will come in the next few days. Just be patient. This is not the end. I just want to test the nerve … Read more
document.write(parent.prscreen) By The Star Friday July 4, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: Police omitted pertinent information allegedly linking Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak with the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case, claimed private investigator P. Balasubramaniam in a statutory declaration. Balasubramaniam declared he had informed police what Abdul Razak Baginda had purportedly told him prior to … Read more
By The StarFriday July 4, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has declined comment on the latest allegations, which were contained in a statutory declaration, against his deputy, saying that the matter now rests with the court. He said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had however told him of the allegations … Read more
document.write(parent.prscreen) By Eileen Ng and Irdiani Mohd Salleh, New Straits Times July 4, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak reiterated that he never knew Altantuya Shaariibuu as another claim arose yesterday linking him with the murdered Mongolian woman. “It is a terrible lie,” the deputy prime minister said in reference to a statutory declaration … Read more
document.write(parent.prscreen) By Zainon Ahmad and Llew-Ann Phang, The SunJuly 4, 2008 PETALING JAYA (July 3, 2008): Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said when he takes over as prime minister of the country, all he wants to do is to forgive and forget the past, and to move on and be an effective leader of the country. … Read more
We, the undersigned civil society groups views with deep consternation and dismay a report carried by the local print media yesterday disclosing that members of the police and the armed forces were carrying out joint security exercises at the Police College in Cheras. The report stated that such joint security exercises focused on a possible … Read more
By Jalil Hamid July 3, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s deputy prime minister said on Thursday the man who has accused opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy had turned to him for help because he was in a trauma. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak’s surprise remarks came days after Anwar rejected the allegation as … Read more
By Karim Raslan, The Straits Times July 2, 2008 JULY 2 — Ten years ago a high-level political face-off between two men and their supporters deteriorated into a vile and grubby moral lynching. In hindsight, it’s hard not to conclude that the victor in that face-off ended up being more compromised than the victim, who … Read more
3 July 2008, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Today we witness another episode of a consistent pattern of abuse of power and manipulation of the criminal justice system. Recently one of the witnesses in the Altantuya trial approached us with detailed information of events connected to her disappearance and murder. The information was shocking. Mr. P. Balasubramaniam, … Read more