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Despite virtual death sentence, Malaysia sends Saudi blogger home
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Malaysia deported a Saudi Arabian blogger today, police said, despite fears voiced by human rights groups that he could face execution in his home country over Twitter comments he made that were deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad.
Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year-old columnist, sparked outrage in the oil-rich kingdom ... Read More
View of the Seri Sabah flats at night . — Picture by Choo Choy May Read More
Apologise for paid-for interviews, Guan Eng tells PMO
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Lim Guan Eng today demanded the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) apologise for paying RM84 million to a UK publicity firm to polish the Najib administration’s image through news ... Read More
Court issues interim order to bar Saudi’s deportation, too late?
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Malaysian human rights activists who won an interim court order are rushing to the airport to stop authorities from sending home a Saudi Arabian man to certain death.Mohammad Najeeb ... Read More
Kashgari deportation unlawful and cruel, says PKR veep
By Melissa Chi
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — PKR vice president N. Surendran denounced the federal government for sending Saudi Arabian Hamza Kashgari home today, where he will likely be executed for alleged blasphemy.“The ... Read More
BN can’t win GE by riding on Najib’s popularity, says Rafidah
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — The next general election cannot be won on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s “likeable” personality alone, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz has said.The influential former Wanita Umno ... Read More
‘Haram’ to accept Israel, says Hadi
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — PAS will not accept any efforts to recognise Israel as a sovereign state as its very existence is “haram” (illegal), Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has said.The PAS president charged ... Read More
For some council tenants, EPF home loan not sweet deal
By Melissa Chi
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — On a clear day, the iconic Petronas Twin Towers can be sighted from the top floor of the 17-storey high Seri Sabah flats in pollution-choked Cheras.The view that the rich pay ... Read More
Judiciary now cowed due to Dr M, says ex-CJ
By Melissa Chi
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — The courts have become subservient to politicians in the executive arm of government today because of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, former Chief Justice Tun Mohd Dzaiddin Abdullah said ... Read More
BBC to apologise for airing paid-for Malaysia news
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has pledged to apologise for airing paid-for programmes that were favourable to some countries including Malaysia.UK daily The Independent ... Read More
Electoral graft due to voter expectations, say pundits
By Melissa Chi
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Voters may not realise it but they are promoting corruption among politicians by demanding handouts, pundits said today.A political academic, an independent think-tank chief and two ... Read More
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- Apologise for paid-for interviews, Guan Eng tells PMO
- Kashgari deportation unlawful and cruel, says PKR veep
- Despite virtual death sentence, Malaysia sends Saudi blogger home
- Court issues interim order to bar Saudi’s deportation, too late?
- BN can’t win GE by riding on Najib’s popularity, says Rafidah
