The ghost of the multi-billion ringgit Bank Negara forex speculation scandal, perhaps the largest financial scandal in Malaysian history, has returned with a vengeance to haunt the masterminds.
Some 600 people turned up at Hong Lim Park (Speakers’ Corner) in Singapore on 2 June to mark the 25th anniversary of Operation Spectrum, an ISA crackdown in the island republic.Hundreds gathered at Hong Lim Park in Singapore (click photo to enlarge) - Photograph: yawningbread.wordpress.com
Update (3 June): Sarawak Report informs us that DJ Peter John Jaban has now made contact with his colleagues at RFS. He called early today and admitted to running away because he feared for his safety. The three who whisked him away were people familiar with him. 31 May:The disappaerance of Radio Free Sarawak presenter Peter John Jaban raises serious concerns. Taken together with recent political violence … are we descending into a state of lawlessness?Peter John Jaban, Radio Free Sarawak presenter
Some 80000 people have packed Stadium Darulaman and its vicinity in a show of strength for Pas. A large crowd filling up Stadium Darulaman earlier this evening
Responding to the Election Commission’s prohibition on posters bearing caricatures of personalities in the run-up to the general election, Zunar has announced that he will be leading a team of cartoonists during the campaigning.
The federal government runs a RM232bn budget but Selangor has to get by with only RM1.6bn and Penang RM0.7bn. Even USM has a larger budget than the Penang state government.
A French lawyer has updated an audience at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Bangkok on the latest revelations in the judicial inquiry into the Scorpene deal in Paris.
Today’s damning revelations can be found in a Suaram statement reproduced on the Aliran website.
Malaysian and French embassy officials were among the audience at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Bangkok this afternoon
In a boost for Philippines President Benigno Aquino III’s anti-graft campaign, senators have fired Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona for not declaring US2.4m in bank accounts.
Are stop work orders an effective deterrent or do they amount to little more than a slap on the wrist, the cost of which may have already been factored in by developers?
Wong Chen has analysed the RM2.2bn of FGVH shares in the public sale and discovers that other groups will get 4.6 times more shares than the Felda settlers. Even Felda employees will receive more than the Felda settlers.
A horrific crash during a drag race in Putrajaya which injured 17 people on Saturday night marred a five-day event touted as the ‘Million Youths Gathering 2012’.
