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Foreigners say got ICs through Project IC, court official tells RCI

KOTA KINABALU, May 23 — Foreign parents have said that they received blue ICs in Sabah through “Project IC” before applying for the late birth registration of their children, a court official told the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants here today.

Melissa Chia, a senior registrar in the Kota Kinabalu High Court, testified ... Read More

Family members and friends grieve for N. Dharmendran, the latest person to die in police custody, at the family’s flat in Kuala Lumpur on May 23, 2013. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Family members and friends grieve for N. Dharmendran, the latest person to die in police custody, at the family’s flat in Kuala Lumpur on May 23, 2013. — Picture by Choo Choy May Read More

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Suaram to IGP, Home Minister: Take responsibility over latest custodial death

By Ida Lim

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — The national police chief and home minister should be held accountable for the latest death in police custody, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) said today when condemning the police ... Read More

Crackdown begins!

By AMIN ISKANDAR
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 ― Batu MP Chua Tian Chang, activist Haris Ibrahim and PAS’s Tamrin Ghafar were arrested for sedition today and brought to the Jinjang police station for questioning, according to ... Read More

Opposition party papers seized as nationwide crackdown begins

By Amin Iskandar
Assistant News Editor

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Over a thousand copies of PAS-owned Malay newspaper Harakah as well as DAP-owned The Rocket and PKR’s Suara Keadilan were carted off by home ministry officials from shops and ... Read More

Sosilawati’s daughter thankful for judgement

SHAH ALAM, May 23 — The daughter of cosmetics millionairess Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya today expressed relief that the trial on her mother’s murder was finally over after three years.Erni Dekritawati Yuliana ... Read More

Court: Religious councils, association can be parties in Allah dispute

PUTRAJAYA, May 23 — Six state Islamic religious councils and an association were allowed to be made parties in a dispute over the use of the word “Allah” in the Catholic Weekly publication The Herald.This ... Read More

EC to redelinenate constituency boundaries this year

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — A study on the redelinenation of electoral constituencies, which was postponed two years ago, will begin soon, said Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan ... Read More

In protest, family to take victim’s remains to KL police Hq

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — The grieving family of N. Dharmendran, the latest person to die in police custody, will carry his body to the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters to perform prayers there, in a ... Read More

PKR demands release of Tian Chua, Haris Ibrahim

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — PKR has demanded the immediate release of party vice-president Chua Tian Chang and activist Haris Ibrahim, calling the Najib administration hypocrites for using the Sedition Act ... Read More

PSC recommended fairer election system, DAP rep reminds BN, EC

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Barisan Nasional (BN) was reminded today of recommendations approved last year by Parliament to improve the country’s current electoral system and for the coming redrawing of ... Read More

Foreigners commit 30pc of serious crimes in Sabah, RCI told

By Boo Su-Lyn

KOTA KINABALU, May 23 ― Foreigners are responsible for 30 per cent of index crime in Sabah, the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants heard today amid a perceived spike in criminal ... Read More