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Fatwa On Yoga Out Soon PENANG, Oct 29 (Bernama) -- The National Fatwa Council will come out with a ruling relating to yoga exercise soon. The announcement would be made by the council's chairman, Prof Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Husin, said Deputy Director-General (Operations) of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) Othman Mustapha. He told reporters this after opening the two-day seminar on Islamic Jurisprudence and Eternal Islamic Thinking at Universiti Sains Malaysia jointly organised by the Islamic Studies Division of the university's Human Knowledge Study Centre and Jakim here today. Yesterday, lecturer Prof Zakaria Stapa of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Islamic Studies Centre advised Muslims who have taken up yoga to stop practising it for fear that it could deviate their belief. -- BERNAMA http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=367877

Signboards Under Jurisdiction Of State Government KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 (Bernama) -- Languages used on signboards is under the jurisdiction of the state government and not the unity, culture, arts and heritage ministry, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Minister Teng Boon Soon said the ministry was not responsible for enforcing any language used at local authority or state government levels. He was replying to Datuk Mohamad Aziz (BN-Sri Gading) on talk that the Penang Government planned to use several languages on signboards in the state. -- BERNAMA http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=367953 seals: I heard the minister of unity, culture, arts and heritage warned the Penang CM not to go against the agreed practice (I think he also said "by the Rulers") that Malay is the language that unites Malaysian. But I have seen usage of JAWI in Selangor and Johor and many other places. I am not questioning the usage of JAWI here but highlighting his contradicting st...

TO all my friends and readers I wish A VERY HAPPY DEEPAVALI and may the day brings you the light and brightens the self and the life in every aspect. Hope this Deepavali will also will win the evil and restore the peace and love in Malaysia.

AirAsia gets nod to fly to India By ROYCE CHEAH KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia has finally conquered its “last frontier” with the Indian Government giving the low-cost carrier approval to fly to India. AirAsia chief executive officer Datuk Tony Fernandes said the airline would start selling tickets to Tiruchi in Tamil Nadu at midnight on Wednesday with the first flight to take off on Dec 1 at 7.40am. “It will be a daily flight and we are looking at even adding a second flight now as the initial response has been tremendous,” he told reporters Monday during a press conference here. Special promotional prices for the flight will cost RM49 one-way while the normal ticket price will cost about RM200 one-way. Fernandes said plans are now in the works for the next one and a half years to fly to many more destinations in India including Madras, Madurai and Kochi with AirAsia. “AirAsia-X meanwhile will fly to places like New Dehli, Bombay, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Calcutta,” he added. He said AirAsia w...

The following is a threat to National Security in Malaysia: http://national-express-malaysia.blogspot.com/2008/10/letter-to-prime-minister-of-malaysia-by.html

Karpal suspended from Dewan Rakyat for 2 days Husna Yusop and Giam Say Khoon KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23, 2008) : Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh was suspended from the Dewan Rakyat for two days for uttering the words "kurang ajar" – an unparliamentary word - to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz today. Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia made the decision after Karpal accused him of not being serious and "main-main" (fooling around) in carrying out his duties. "I am suspending Bukit Gelugor because he has used the word kurang ajar. I am showing you that I am serious. I am not abusing my power. I am just exercising my power," he said while instructing the sergeant-at-arms to accompany the wheelchair-bound Karpal out of the House. It all started with the disclosure by Nazri that the government had spent RM81,965.75 for a Bar Council dinner at JW Marriot Hotel in April, in reply to a question from Wee Choo Keong (PKR-Wangsa Maju)....

BREAKING NEWS: Waythamoorthy's wife, daughter and 10 other Hindraf supporters detained Charles Ramendran PUTRAJAYA (Oct 23, 2008) : The wife, six-year-old daughter and 10 supporters of Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader P.Waythamoorthy who is in self exile in Britain, were detained by police when they tried to handover a memorandum at the Prime Minister's department in Putrajaya today. The 12 supporters of the group which was recently outlawed by the government had gone to the PM's office at about 3.30pm to handover a memorandum seeking the release of all Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees. Kuala Lumpur police chief DCP Datuk Mohammad Sabtu Osman said eight men, three women and a child were detained for representing or acting for an oulawed organisation or group under Section 48 of the Societies Act. He said police will record a statement from them before deciding to either release of detain them further. However, he said police will release Waythamoorthy's w...

Friday October 24, 2008 Fatwa on tomboys KOTA BARU: The National Fatwa Council has ruled that tomboyism, where a girl behaves or dresses in a boyish manner, is forbidden in Islam. Its chairman Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Husin said the decision was prompted by recent developments as there had been cases of young women inclined to behave like men and indulging in homosexuality. Parents must stop their children from indulging in disruptive activities that are against Islamic teachings, he told reporters here yesterday. €“ Bernama http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/24/nation/2362908&sec=nation seals: Question: is being a TOMBOY is because they like or because of creation? Creation here means, presence of testosterone in the females body naturally. ( http://www.tgcrossroads.org/news/archive.asp?aid=526 )

Update: 'Suspend deal until after parliamentary probe' - The RM2.3 billion military helicopter deal with Franco-German company Eurocopter should be suspended until a parliamentary committee has probed the purchase. http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/91738 ****** On October 20, PKR Youth deputy chief, Mohd Fariz Musa lodged a police report regarding the latest exposé into the much questioned government purchase of 12 Cougars worth RM2.3 billion. In a press conference, he stated that such large discrepancies in the prices both Brazil and Malaysia were paying for the same model merit a in-depth investigation and of course, public scrutiny. "Brazil have signed a contract to purchase 50 Cougars worth US$1.2 billion (RM4 billion). On the other hand, Malaysia have sealed the deal worth RM2 billion for just 12 units," he explained at the Dang Wangi police station in relation to his report. [Malaysiakini, 20/10/08] http://standupformalaysia.blogspot.com/2008/10/malaysiakini-bra...

(click on the picture to see more pictures taken on the day) It was a good photo outing with MIB (only few turn up) and was fun. You are read more about it at http://www.tulipspeaks.com/2008/10/it-was-fun-filled-photoshoot.html http://poobalan.com/blog/indian/2008/10/19/mindsblog-photoshoot-at-batu-caves/ http://www.mindsblog.com/index.php/2008/10/18/batu-caves-photoshoot/ http://rames.blogspot.com/2008/10/batu-caves-photoshoot.html Hope we can see more participation in the next event

Sungai Siput MP’s former car torched By HAH FOONG LIAN and CHRISTINA KOH IPOH: The Volkswagen once owned by Sungai Siput MP Dr D. Jeyakumar was torched outside the house of a fellow Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) member in Sungai Siput. Sungai Siput OCPD Supt Azman Salim said PSM member V. Patrick had been inside his house at Taman Orkid when he heard his dog barking and the sound of a motorcycle at about 1am on Thursday. On going outdoors, he found that the side window of his car had been shattered with the use of a brick and a there was a small fire in his car from a homemade pipe bomb. According to Dr Jeyakumar, the Volkswagen had been his since 1981 but he had passed it on to Patrick a few months ago. Neighbours, he said, had spotted four young men on two motorcycles at the scene. Describing the attack as the work of political rivals, Dr Jeyakumar said this was not the first time that fellow PSM members had been targeted. The police are investigating the case. http://thestar.com.my/...

With three legal suits for sedition amounting to RM41 million already knocking on their door, Utusan Malaysia played it safe by taking a different approach in propagating their political beliefs to the public. This time around, columnist Chamil Wariya (image) wrote a short fictional story about a female politician in his attempt to dodge any legal proceedings whilst sharing his point view on politics. Read aboout it at: http://standupformalaysia.blogspot.com/2008/10/malaysiakini-utusan-malaysia-calls-for.html MP Josephine is a threat to peace and harmony. It is better for her to die so that the people of various races in this country can live peacefully in this blessed land. I've sacrificed for the future.

Friday October 17, 2008 Policemen beat a retreat KUALA LUMPUR: A police beat base located in the Chow Kit area of downtown Kuala Lumpur has been shut down because the “presence of criminals could make it unsafe” for police officers. (Well! The presence of criminals makes it unsafe for the rest of us too but guess we can't rely on the police?) Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the beat base was located in a dirty area where police faced the possibility of being exposed to contagious diseases. (What diseases exactly?) The presence of criminals also posed a threat to the safety of police officers. (No! Really?) He said this in a written reply to Dr Lo’ Lo’ Mohamad Ghazali (PAS - Titiwangsa). Dr Lo’ Lo’ had asked why the beat base along Jalan Haji Taib was closed considering that vice activities were high in the area. She also wanted to know what kind of action had been taken by the police to curb vice activities in the Chow Kit area. Syed Hamid said police were in the mi...

Updated: Thursday October 16, 2008 MYT 4:20:42 PM Pakatan leaders slam Hindraf ban By ROYCE CHEAH KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Rakyat has slammed the banning of Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) by the Home Ministry questioning why it is the only organisation being singled out by the Government. PAS secretary-general and Tumpat MP Datuk Kamaruddin Jaffar said there are many other active organisations that are not registered with the Registrar of Societies (ROS), adding that the action seems to be a prelude to a crackdown on civil society. “We are worried that this action to restrict civil rights will only anger the Indian community and add to more racial tension,” he told reporters at a press conference at the Parliament lobby here on Thursday. Kamaruddin urged the Government on behalf of the coalition to stop the crackdown on civil movements, release all Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees as well as abolish the Act. DAP national publicity chief and Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua questi...

Published: Thursday October 16, 2008 MYT 6:38:00 PM Updated: Thursday October 16, 2008 MYT 8:42:50 PM Probe initiated into Hindraf, cops monitoring members By R.S.N. MURALI KUALA TERENGGANU: Police have initiated investigations into Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) and are monitoring the movement of its members following Wednesday’s ban by the Government. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said members could face arrest if they remained defiant and proceeded to organise gatherings. “They have been banned and deemed illegal, therefore cannot do anything. “Hindraf’s status is akin to a secret society,” he said here on Thursday. Musa did not elaborate on the type of action that would be taken against Hindraf members, saying this would be up to the Attorney-General. Musa said police had also identified Hindraf members who had “gate-crashed” the Prime Minister’s Hari Raya open house at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 1, including the organiser. He added t...

Wednesday October 15, 2008 MYT 6:44:48 PM Hindraf declared illegal KUALA LUMPUR: The Hindu Rights Actions Force (Hindraf) has been declared an illegal organisation from today, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. In a statement issued here, Syed Hamid said the decision to declare Hindraf as an illegal organisation was made following the ministry being satisfied with facts and evidence that showed Hindraf had and was being used for unlawful purposes and posed a threat to public order and morality. “Based on powers vested under Section 5(1) of the Societies Act, Hindraf from today is declared an illegal organisation,” he said. He said the order was being made as a result of monitoring and investigation on the organisation’s activities by the Registrar of Societies (ROs) and Home Ministry, since Hindraf’s inception. Syed Hamid said if left unchecked, Hindraf would continue to pose a threat to public order, the security and sovereignty of the country as well as the prevailing ra...

I’ve read Rocky’s post ‘In defence of Utusan Malaysia’, some of the many comments to the same, the offending article that appeared in Utusan, Teresa’s statement of claim againt Utusan and the posting in the UMNO Cheras website relating to the ‘Tabung Azan’ initiative launched by UMNO Cheras, announced by Senator Syed Ali Alhabshee and, it would seem, now supported by Rocky. I noted two things from my reading of the offending article, which was published on 10th September. First, it touches on two issues involving a DAP MP : the azan controversy and the road signages in Jawi language controversy. Teresa’s suit appears to only relate to the first. Second, the author narrates in his writing that before publishing the article, he had called and checked with several people on the azan issue. He, however, does not narrate that he checked or attempted to check with one very important person. The DAP MP involved. On the face of the offending article, at least, it would seem that the same was p...

Tuesday October 14, 2008 MYT 9:21:11 AM Hindraf leaders to report to police station over Raya incident By M. MAGESWARI PETALING JAYA: Four Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders have been issued notices to turn up at the Dang Wangi district police station in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday over the Hari Raya open house “incident.” Their lawyer N. Surendran said the four are Hindraf national information coordinator S. Jayathas; A. Nageswary, the wife of Hindraf national chairman P.Waythamoorthy; coordinator K. Selvam; and national event coordinator R. Kannan. Surendran said the four were asked to be at the police station at 2.30pm. Their notices were signed by investigating officer ASP Sidney Clyde Jeremiah. “In the notices, the police stated that they want to record statements from the four on what had happened at the Prime Minister’s Raya open house,” he said when contacted by The Star. He said the notices stated that investigations would be carried out for two alleged offences. “The first ...

Last Friday, I had the opportunity to perform my Friday prayers at the Masjid Kota Damansara. As I was entering the Masjid, I passed by the Masjid’s notice board. Normally Masjids’s notice boards are filled with advertisements of programs and events in the particular masjid. But, this one notice board was posting something more special. It contains the newspaper clippings and police reports pertaining to the recent controversy of Azan which lead to the arrest of Teresa Kok under ISA. One newspaper clipping shows the statement of Datuk Khir Toyo from the Utusan Malaysia dated 09/09/2008 entitled "Ada Pihak Cuba Halang Laungan Azan". To sum up the statement, basically Khir Toyo says that DAP has begun to take the upper hands with regards to limiting the practice of Islam in Selangor. He also says that PKR is not strong enough to resist DAP and PAS has chosen to remain silent. He cited the example protest to Azan in Puchong and Kota Damansara. In another newspaper clipping conta...

Kambing, awak tak boleh tidur lena, Hari Raya Haji dah nak sampai......

KUALA LUMPUR: The Cheras Umno division has started a fund to help Utusan Malaysia defend itself against a RM30mil defamation lawsuit filed by Seputeh MP Teresa Kok. Kicking off the fund with a RM20,000 contribution, division head Datuk Syed Ali Al Habshee said the Tabung Azan would also be used to assist mosques and suraus that needed money to buy loudspeakers for the purpose of the azan (call to prayer). “Teresa has challenged the honour of Malays by suing Utusan Malaysia as it is a newspaper owned by the Malays. “Challenging the Malays is similar to challenging Umno,” he said in urging other divisions to contribute to the fund. On Thursday, Kok sued Utusan Melayu Sdn Bhd and the paper’s columnist Zaini Hassan over an article that allegedly defamed her. Kok was said to have petitioned a mosque in Puchong to reduce the volume for the azan, something which she has strongly denied. The mosque has also stated she was not involved in such a move. Syed Ali said questioning the azan meant qu...

Jambu Air or Syzygium samarangense

Shah Rukh Khan terima darjah Melaka bawa gelaran Datuk Oleh Amirullah Andi Nur MELAKA: Artis Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, menerima anugerah Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) yang membawa gelaran Datuk sempena sambutan Hari Jadi ke-70 Yang di-Pertua Negeri, Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, hari ini. Setiausaha Politik Ketua Menteri Melaka, Saadon Basirun, berkata penganugerahan itu sebagai menghargai sumbangan Shah Rukh Khan terhadap perkembangan pesat industri filem Hindustan di rantau ini, termasuk Malaysia. "Bagaimanapun tarikh majlis penyampaian anugerah itu belum ditentukan lagi," katanya pada sidang media di Seri Negeri, Ayer Keroh dekat sini, semalam. http://www.bharian.com.my/Current_News/BH/Saturday/BeritaUtama/20081010232605/Article/index_html seals: why not give one to Lim Kit Siang, Lim Guan Eng, Karpal Singh, Kula and so on...? They are the reason for Malaysia to be on the right track.

Police should stop harassing Hindraft/RPK supporters over PM’s Hari Raya Open House Police are taking things too far in initiating investigations against two groups over their presence at the Prime Minister-cum-Cabinet Hari Raya Open House last Wednesday – the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) members and “I’m with RPK” supporters who had turned up at the Open House with T-shirts bearing the theme of their cause. Four Hindraf members, K Shanti, wife of Hindraf leader-in-exile P Waythamoorthy, Hindraf information chief S Jayathas, Selangor coordinator K Tamilselvam and national events coordinator R Kannan have been served with written notice under Section 111 of the Criminal Procedure Code to report to the Dang Wangi district police headquarters on Tuesday to give their statements for illegal assembly under Section 27 (5) of the Police Act, as well as trespass under Section 447 of the Penal Code. Three persons, lawyer-blogger Haris Ibrahim, lawyer Amarjit Sidhu and blogger P. Surind R...

Thursday October 9, 2008 Why do men take second wives? A WRITER'S LIFE By DINA ZAMAN Polygamy has nothing to do with culture or religion. Men, and women too, cheat because they can. WHEN a male friend told me he planned on taking a second wife, all I could do was try not to choke on dinner. Are you serious, I asked. He said yes, he had fallen in love with a single mother, but it was not his fate to marry her. Thinking it was perhaps due her compassion, her earnest desire to bring up her sprogs in a Godly way and that life was indeed a struggle, I choked on my dessert when my friend told me the first thing he noticed about her was that she owned a great set of jugs. Now, my friend takes his religious obligations very seriously. His first wife wears the hijab. So to hear him admit that it was his paramour’s cleavage that caught his heart was quite shocking. It was due to women like me, whose so-called Western, secular and feminist ideas of polygamy that pushed it underground. I then ...

DAP reaction: ‘He was forced out’ By ANDREA FILMER GEORGE TOWN: DAP leaders expressed their disappointment in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s decision not to defend his Umno presidency, saying the leader was “chased out of office.” DAP chairman Karpal Singh said the move was against the mandate of the people. “It is most unfortunate that Abdullah has virtually been hounded and harassed out of office. He headed Barisan in the March 8 election and, at some level, won with a comfortable majority despite the anti-Barisan sentiment among the people. “He received the mandate of the people and that must be respected,” Karpal Singh said when contacted. “It’s obvious that he is not stepping down voluntarily and I think it is not right for the Barisan supreme council to have treated him in this manner,” he said. In a statement, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said Abdullah was always seen as a man with good intentions. “Ironically, the public respected Abdullah more than his...

Wednesday October 8, 2008 MYT 9:31:45 PM PM will not defend Umno post Umno transition of power KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will not defend his Umno presidency in the party polls next March, paving the way for his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. "I will not contest in the Umno elections," he told reporters after a Barisan Nasional Supreme Council meeting at the Putra World Trade Centre here on Wednesday. "I do not want a divided party, or a divided government," he said. Abdullah also told reporters that he would "stay on as Prime Minister" till March. He also outlined several initiatives he wanted to see implemented before he leaves. These will be tabled in Parliament by the end of the year, he said. They involve his on-going commitment to reforming the judiciary; an anti-corruption Bill to give more clout to combat corruption; and the special complaints commission to revamp the police force. By tradition, the Umno presi...

PUTRAJAYA: The Home Ministry wants to ban the Hindu Rights Action Force. Secretary-general Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said as Hindraf was not a registered organisation, the ministry's legal unit would look at the technicality of disbanding the group. He said Hindraf had on many occasions created unrest within the community, citing the recent gate-crashing of the prime minister and cabinet's Hari Raya open house as an example. Abdul Aziz said Hindraf's insolence could not be tolerated as it had angered many, especially Muslims who felt Hindraf had marred the spirit of the Hari Raya. He also said the police were looking into who were behind the incident. Speaking to the New Straits Times from Singapore, Abdul Aziz was also bemused at reports that Hindraf had lodged a police report against Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar and Malay daily Utusan Malaysia, for allegedly hurting the feelings of Hindraf members in a news report. He said if the report had been made und...

Tuesday October 7, 2008 MYT 9:09:54 PM S'gor Umno Youth seeks action against Hindraf supporters BY WANI MUTHIAH SHAH ALAM: Selangor Umno Youth wants the Home Ministry to take action against Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supporters for “barging” into the open house hosted by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Muslim cabinet ministers at the Putra World Trade Centre recently. “I hope the Home Ministry will not be frightened to take action against them,” said its chief, Abdul Shukor Idrus. Hindraf supporters went to the open house to present a teddy bear and card to Abdullah, asking for the release of their leaders M. Manoharan, P. Uthayakumar, V. Ganabatirau, R. Kenghadharan and K. Vasanthakumar. However, Abdullah was reported as saying on Monday that he was told only one person from the group had wished him Selamat Hari Raya. Abdul Shukor said the Hindraf supporters’ action at the open house went against the principles of a multiracial country and society. “Wh...

‘Hindraf did not greet ministers at Raya open house’ KUALA LUMPUR: The Hindraf supporters who turned up at the Hari Raya open house at Putra World Trade Centre last week did not extend festive greetings to the hosts, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He said they were only interested in calling for the repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA) and the release of the group’s five members held under the Act. Abdullah said he was gracious enough to allow them in as he thought they wanted to wish him and the other ministers but was disappointed that their intention was not so. At the open house last Wednesday, more than a hundred Hindraf supporters turned up while another group came in support of detained blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin. Relating the incident to reporters, he said the police and security personnel who initially denied the Hindraf group access, sought clearance from him. “I discussed it with (Deputy Prime Minister) Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and the other m...

Tuesday October 7, 2008 Selangor govt decides to lift limits on temple gate towers Other News & Views Compiled by SIM LEOI LEOI, TAN SIN CHOW AND A. RAMAN THE Selangor government had decided to lift the earlier 7.3m limit for the construction of gopurams (entrance towers) for temples set by the previous government, Makkal Osai reported. State Executive councillor Dr Xavier Jayakumar said that the current government had recently given approval for the construction of a temple gopuram for more than 12.8m. He added that the previous state government had approved 929 sq metres of land, next to a sewerage reclamation pond, for the building of a temple and did not allow any extension or renovation. He further said that the current state government had ordered that a piece of land must be allocated for the building of an Indian temple in each housing estate. He was speaking to reporters after visiting the Tasik Kaliamman Temple in Ampang yesterday. He briefed the 300 people who were prese...

Against their will ON a sunny Sunday morning last year, 16-year-old Cynthia (not her real name) boarded a four-wheel drive dispatched by logging company Samling to ferry students to SMK Long Lama from her longhouse in Long Kawi, middle Baram, Sarawak. However, the driver did not send the passengers €“ two boys and three girls €“ to the school directly. He dropped by a logging camp and told the students that they had to spend the night there. “It was around 4pm. Although the school is not far from the camp, the driver didn’t want to continue the journey. The boys and girls were separated into two rooms. I was with my younger sister and another girl. When night fell, the men in the camp were drinking. In the middle of the night, several men came into our room. One of them dragged me from the room and took me to the bushes behind the camp,” Cynthia recalls her ordeal. The other two girls were not harmed. The Form 3 student became pregnant and delivered a baby girl a few months ago. Cynthi...

Teresa’s picture ripped out from Raya banner By THO XIN YI A BANNER put up by Kinrara assemblyman Teresa Kok for Hari Raya was found cut up on Sunday morning. The banner had a picture of her and Puchong MP Gobind Singh. Her picture was cut out but Gobind’s was left intact. It was put up in Jalan Puchong, near the entrance of Kampung Pasir Baru Puchong. Vandalised: The banner with Teresa’s picture cut out. “My friend, who was on his way to the mosque for prayers saw it and informed me. I rushed over to the scene and called Teresa’s assistant Balakrishnan Debarajan immediately,” said Gobind’s political assistant Shamsudin Yusof. Balakrishnan then made a police report at the Bukit Puchong police station. Teresa is away in Sarawak on a business trip. Later, Gobind, at a press con­fe­­rence, condemned the act of van­dalism. “This is disheartening. The act of putting up this banner to wish our Muslim community Selamat Hari Raya is sincere,...

KOTA BARU: Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, who resigned from his job as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department last month, is considering leaving Umno. His reason is that he does not see a future for him in the party. "I have given 20 years of my political life (to Umno) and I have got into a lot of difficulties because of my views and not that I was disloyal. I have always have different views in many things previously and today." "I have been suspended from the party for nothing and the latest, disqualified from running for (the Kota Baru) division election." "So what do you want me to do if you are in my position," Zaid said in an interview at his house in Pasir Hor here today. The de facto law minister tendered his resignation in mid-September over the government's use of the Internal Security Act, which allows detention without trial, against three individuals including DAP stalwart Teresa Kok and blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin. Zaid, however, said he...

Couple going for ‘treatment’ beaten to death By STEVEN DANIEL KUALA LUMPUR: A couple who went to a relative’s house for Hari Raya and agreed to an “alternative treatment” to rid them of their problems, ended up dead after being battered with helmets and broomsticks during the cleansing ritual. Five others who also participated in the ritual, including the couple’s children and relatives, suffered head injuries and were being treated at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital here. City CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Ku Chin Wah identified the dead as Mohd Ibrahim Kader Mydin, 47, a cellular phone dealer, and his wife Rosina S.M. Mydin Pillay, 41. It is learnt that the couple and their three children - two boys aged 19 and 14 and daughter, 21 - had gone to the relative’s flat unit on Jalan San Peng here on Wednesday morning. There, they were greeted by the victims’ brother, wife and four children, aged between eight and 23. Both families were believed to have recently joined a cult. The victim was sa...

To , The Citizen of the Earth, my fellow Malaysian, Muslim brothers/sisters/friends/bloggers, We wish you and your family a very Happy Eid Mubarak. may all be blessed with all the god things in life. Maaf Zahir & Batin. From all of us.

Samy Vellu says state government to blame for temple demolition KUALA LUMPUR: MIC president Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu wants the Selangor government to openly apologise for the demolition of the Hindu temple in Ampang. He said the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) was under the jurisdiction of the state government and therefore it should be responsible for the demolition. “We want the state government to give the assurance that it will not demolish any more temples,” Samy Vellu said. The Malaysia Hindu Sangam (MHS) has also called on state executive councillor Xavier Jeyakumar to be careful when making press statements. Its president Datuk A. Vaithilingam said Jeya­kumar had described the Sri Maha Kaliamman Temple in Kampung Baru Taman Tasek, Am­­pang Jaya as a shrine. “Jeyakumar then went on to say that the breaking of temples was a ‘small’ issue compared to the bigger issues Indians faced, not realising that for Indians, the breaking of a place of worship is definitely a s...