By LOOI SUE-CHERN, the StarTuesday July 1, 2008 GEORGE TOWN: Japanese wireless toy manufacturing company Nikko Electronics Bhd closed its Prai factory on Tuesday, leaving about 950 employees jobless. InvestPenang chairman Datuk Lee Kah Choon said the company, which is listed on the Bursa, closed down due to dwindling exports and market demand, and escalating … Read more
By The Malaysian Insider July 2, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 – Days after fresh sodomy claims tripped his journey to power, two opinion polls show most believe Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is innocent and believe the charges are politically-motivated. The independent Merdeka Centre research firm conducted a small survey and found just six percent … Read more
By The Malaysian Insider July 2, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — How things have changed? Ten years ago the revelation that the man, who accused Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of sodomising him, had engaged in anal sex would have been headline news, not buried in the last few paragraphs of a report on page … Read more
By Debra Chong, The Malaysian Insider July 2, 2008 SHAH ALAM, July 2 – The trailer for “Saladin”, the Malaysian animation, was showing on the projector screen in the indoor Stadium Melawati when Parti Keadilan Rakyat supporters started trickling in at 8pm yesterday for a last-minute ceramah. The fight scene, which saw a fiery battle … Read more
Tim Leonard and Tan Yi Liang, the SunJuly 1, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR (July 1): Parti Keadilan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim this afternoon lodged a police report alleging that several senior government officials were involved in fabricating evidence in the infamous 1998 black-eye case. Anwar lodged the report at the Selangor police … Read more
By The Malaysian Insider July 1, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has taken Washington to task for warning Kuala Lumpur that it would oppose any move to use judicial or law enforcement procedures to end Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s political career. Abdullah said Foreign Minister … Read more
By Karen Arukesamy, The Sun July 1, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR (July 1) : Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor will not sue Malaysia-Today blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin for alleging she was present with two others at the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder scene when the Mongolian woman was blown up. “I do not want to address unnecessary issues. I’ve … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: The authorities investigating the alleged sodomy involving Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim must act fairly to reduce public anxiety. Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM) president Yusri Mohamad said the authorities should realise the case had attracted much attention because the public had been shocked, sad and anxious over the latest allegation against Anwar. “The … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has filed a defamation suit against his former aide who alleged that the politician had sodomised him last week. The suit, which named the aide, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, as the defendant, claimed that the police report lodged by him on Saturday was malicious, … Read more
By LOONG MENG YEE and JO TEH, the StarTuesday July 1, 2008 MYT 11:19:12 PM PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim rubbished the sodomy accusation, saying he has a strong alibi to prove his innocence. Anwar also said the sodomy charge by accuser Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan should be dropped because it was frivolous and … Read more