The police will use Facebook to get closer to the public, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan (picture). “As the social networking website is a popular medium of interaction, the police will capitalise on it from early January to achieve its targets by getting closer to the public,” he told Bernama in an [...]
A Malaysian court ruled on Thursday that a Catholic newspaper can use “Allah” to describe God in a surprise judgment that could allay worries about the erosion of minority rights in the majority Muslim country. The High Court said it was the constitutional right for the Catholic newspaper, the Herald, to use the word “Allah.” [...]
Sugar will cost 20 sen more per kg from tomorrow, with the new price being RM1.65 in the peninsula and RM1.75 in Sabah and Sarawak, it was announced Thursday. Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohd Zain Mohd Dom, who made the announcement, said the government would also withdraw its subsidy on white [...]
Money and a lot of it is key to winning Sarawak elections says former Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah in exclusive interview with Malaysiakini. “Money is a big factor there… if you don’t go in with big money there is no way you can change the attitude of the people,” he said and then clarified [...]
JAKARTA – Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid died in hospital on Wednesday aged 69, after a long battle with illness, a party official said. Wahid was Indonesia’s fourth president, coming to power in 1999 after the country’s first general elections following the fall of military strongman Suharto in 1998. Popularly known as Gus Dur, he [...]
Challenged Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party deputy president Datuk Peter Nyarok has retained his party post. Nyarok beat his sole challenger, Philip Ngo, with a thumping majority of 135 votes at the party’s triennial general assembly on Tuesday. The state Assistant Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture secured 201 votes against 66 obtained by Ngo, a former [...]
Outgoing Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) Youth Chairman, Dato’ Seri Tiong King Sing said all efforts should be targeted at preparing the party to face the coming State election instead of indulging in internal bickering. Speaking at the opening of the SPDP Triennial General Assembly (Youth) here yesterday, Tiong lamented that some members, including a [...]
JAKARTA — An Indonesian court on Tuesday threw out a hospital’s criminal defamation case against a mother-of-two who complained about a wrong diagnosis in emails to her friends. Bank worker Prita Mulyasari, 32, broke into tears and the court erupted with applause as the chief judge threw out Omni International Hospital’s case, after a months-long [...]
WASHINGTON – US researchers have found an antibody that hunts down prostate cancer cells in mice and can destroy the killer disease even in an advanced stage, a study showed Monday. The antibody, called F77, was found to bond more readily with cancerous prostate tissues and cells than with benign tissue and cells, and to [...]
Baridin Latief and Ata, the father-in-law and brother-in-law of high-profile terrorist Noordin M. Top have been named as suspects for allegedly hiding the terrorist during his runaway from the National Police counterterrorism unit. Police chief detective Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi confirmed the status Tuesday. Ito said that the police had accused Baridin of violating article [...]
