More astonishing testimony from the Sodomy II case.
Plans for Penang Hill similar to Berjaya’s proposal?
So are the plans for Penang Hill similar to Berjaya’s original proposal? Politicians and businessmen would do well to recall what really prompted the ‘Save Penang Hill’ campaign in 1990.
Sodomy II: “A sackable offence,” says witness
More revealing testimony from the Sodomy II trial today.
Penang: Rampant property development alarms residents
The frenzied pace of property development on Penang Island is worrying neighbouring residents and causing grief to villagers facing eviction.
Penang Hill, Berjaya and Chong Eu/Tsu Koon
It was a concerted civil society postcard campaign around 1990 that pressured the state government to stop any development on Penang Hill.
Sodomy II updates
A couple of interesting updates this afternoon from the Sodomy II trial.
Bursa queries purchase price of Turf Club land
Bursa Malaysia has queried, among other things, the basis and justification for Berjaya Land Bhd’s purchase price of RM8.01 million per acre or RM184 per square foot for 57 acres of Penang Turf Club land.
Text of Anwar Ibrahim’s statement from the dock
The full text of Anwar’s statement from the dock in court this morning.
High stakes in Asahi Kosei v Charles Hector case
This is a hugely significant case that has not received enough attention and on which hinges the very definition of the employer-employee relationship.
The Legend of Fat Mama
Nope, it isn’t what you are thinking. This is an award-winning documentary about the ups and downs of the Chinatown community in Calcutta (Kolkata) and how the Indo-Chinese war in 1962 changed their lives.