Update: D S Gill sends his apologies for being unable to provide live coverage as he can’t get an internet connection at the Caring Society Complex in Penang.
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Jul 202009
This information on the Selangor MACC from the MACC website may be interesting. It states that 106 new staff were approved on 1 January 2009 for deployment from 2009 to 2013. Last November, the then ACA (now MACC) director-general Ahmad Said Hamdan said the agency would be getting 5,000 new staff by 2012. The MACC website also states that the director of Selangor MACC is P/TPj Ja’afar Bin Mahad, who took office only a month ago on 18 June 2009. He previously helmed the body for nine months in 2008. Recent directors served very brief terms compared to their earlier predecessors: 11. PKPj I Hjh Azni Binti Hamzah 01.01.1999 – 31.01.2005 (7 years) 12. PKPj I Shaharuddin Bin Khalid 01.11.2006 – 31.12.2006 (2 months) 13. PKPj I Mohd Jamidan Bin Abdullah 01.01.2007 – 30.09.2007 (9 months) 14. PKPj I Ja’afar Bin Mahad 01.01.2008 – 05.10.2008 (9 months) 15. P/TPj Moh [Read more]
Jul 202009
Live images from the Nirvana Memorial Park in Semenyih from 1.30pm to 3.00pm – Photos by an eye-witness. (For best results, view slideshow using Firefox browser and press Shift key + Reload/Refresh icon on your browser to clear cache). 1502: Young people at the back are singing “Auld Lang Syne” in Mandarin. Many of them are Beng Hock’s friends and current and ex-colleagues. About 500 people are reportedly gathered at the site. 1327: The crowd at the Park is now waiting for the arrival of the MB and Kit Siang.
Jul 192009
While many Pakatan supporters were rejoicing over Chua Jui Meng’s entry into PKR, I had this nagging feeling. The Pakatan probably needs a psychological boost after Pas’ reduced majority in Manek Urai. But isn’t there a danger that if more BN types, sidelined by their respective parties, are welcomed to the Pakatan fold, the Pakatan could one day end up becoming “BN Lite”? In the case of Chua, he looks set to be invited to sit on the PKR Supreme Council. Already there is concern in some circles about some of the ex-Umno types in PKR. Will the party now have to wrestle with ex-MCA types? Remember, race-based politics is not something that is easily shed.
Jul 182009
Photos by an eye-witness in Ipoh Teoh Beng Hock with fiancee Soh Cher Wei on his 29th birthday in April 2008 – Photo courtesy of Justice for Beng Hock 2209: The cops move in after 30 minutes or so, and the crowd gradually disperses. “It was a very solemn gathering, ” says the eye-witness at the scene. “The cops didn’t really seem in the mood to make arrests although a ‘Black Maria’ arrived at the scene.” A few left early as they were not taking any chances… 2126: Some 300 people are now gathered outside Wisma DAP in Ipoh, according to an eye-witness at the scene. Among those present is Kit Siang, who addresses the crowd, followed by Ngeh Koo Ham and a few others. About 30 police personnel are there as well and they have given the crowd 20 minutes to disperse. The cops are being ‘generous’ today; usually [Read more]