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

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 symbolic gesture of protest against an incident that has drawn condemnation from opposition politicians and rights groups.

The dead man’s uncle, who ... Read More

Members of a panel of speakers in Kuala Lumpur on May 22, 2013 which discussed the outcome of the 13th general election. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng

Members of a panel of speakers in Kuala Lumpur on May 22, 2013 which discussed the outcome of the 13th general election. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng Read More

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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

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

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

Kit Siang: Pakatan drawing up GE14 action plan for Sabah

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is drawing up an action plan to kick off “follow-up campaigns” in Sabah after scoring record wins in Barisan Nasional’s (BN) east Malaysian fortress in the ... Read More

Obsession with ‘Chinese betrayal’ poisoning Malaysia’s post-election discourse

BY Jahabar Sadiq
Editor

MAY 23 — Nearly three weeks after Election 2013, politicians and businessmen returning from Putrajaya speak of a dejected atmosphere there with Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders thinking and talking in terms ... Read More

Second clash in a week at another candlelight vigil

By Opalyn Mok

GEORGE TOWN, May 23 — Another candlelight vigil here held in solidarity of Adam Adli Abdul Halim ended with a clash where a reporter and an activist were injured, the second such incident this week.Penang ... Read More

Adam Adli charged with sedition

BY MOHD FARHAN DARWIS

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Student activist Adam Adli Abdul Halim claimed trial this morning to a sedition charge of attempting to topple the government through street protests.The 24-year-old was charged ... Read More

PKR to challenge 27 results from GE13

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is to file 27 petitions in court soon over the results of the 13th General Election, its vice-president Tian Chua said today.“We will co-ordinate the ... Read More

Two cops plead not guilty to bribery

IPOH, May 23 — Two policemen pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to two charges of bribery involving RM15,000 two years ago.ASP Ng Swie Chait, 34, and Lance Corporal Mohd Syafiq Omar, 29, ... Read More