Look at the terrain in the satellite image above of the surrounding hills and you will not be surprised that Paya Terubong was flooded after just half an hour of rain yesterday.
LRT extension: MRCB-George Kent award (Updated)
Update (23 September 2015): MRCB has issued a clarification following a Malaysian Insider report about the tender award for the LRT extension from Bandar Utama to Klang. This excerpt from The Edge:
Anthony Kevin Morais: A patriot felled
… in the fight against corruption. He paid the ultimate price in this ongoing battle which has gripped our nation – a heroic sacrifice indeed.
Rabies reaction
I spoke to a former senior officer of the Penang Veterinary Department about the rabies cases in Penang and these are the notes from my conversation with him:
From 1MDB to ValueCap
Well, the big news today is that The FBI has opened an investigation into money-laundering allegations related to 1MDB, according to the WSJ. This follows the Swiss attorney general’s probe.
DBKL’s bill: Red Shirts RM38,000; Bersih RM62,000
The KL mayor estimates the clean-up bill for the Red Shirts rally would come up to about RM50,000. Alam Flora is supposed to be doing the costing. But Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Rahman Dahlan says the bill is RM38,000 and Alam Flora has confirmed the amount. Everyone could see in photos the piles of trash left behind by the rally goers. And Alam Flora personnel were photographed being deployed during the event.
Malaysia Day updates
Tweets from https://twitter.com/anilnetto/lists/malaysia-breaking-news
Key events on 16 September, Malaysia Day
Malaysia Day eve – Zunar does us proud by becoming the first full-time cartoonist to win the International Press Freedom award by the Committee to Protect Journalists. At the same time, it is an indictment on the state of media freedom in Malaysia.
Malaysia Day:
9am – 1pm – Launch of Parti Amanah Negara at the Ideal Convention Centre (IDCC), Section 15, Shah Alam expected to be attended by 2,000 people.
Jeremy Corbyn’s win in UK Labour Party election signals major shift
Imagine you have just won the elections for control of a major national political party. And one of the first things you do is address a rally calling for refugee rights.