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  • So, Was There Or Was There Not.....

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    By Nuraina A SamadMonday, July 28, 2008 According to Malaysiakini -- breaking news, "there is no evidence that Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan was sodomised, according to the doctor who examined him four hours before he lodged a police report alleging he was s...
  • PRESS STATEMENT BY SEVEN MCA PJ UTARA BRANCHES

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    PRESS STATEMENT BY SEVEN MCA PJ UTARA BRANCHES Written by Din MericanTUESDAY 29 JULY 2008________________________PRESS CONFERENCETHE SAIFUL BUKHARI MEDICAL REPORT TUESDAY 29 JULY 2008, 11AM Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press.We meet here today because we, ...
  • Stop the probe, Anwar tells police

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     By Wan Hamidi Hamid, The Malaysian InsiderUPDATEDJuly 29,2008PETALING JAYA, July 29 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today demanded the police stop their investigations into the sodomy accusations against him in the light of a leaked medical report that fou...
  • Leaked medical report stirs controversy for Anwar, police

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    By The Malaysian InsiderJuly 28, 2008KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's supporters said today a leaked medical report that states his accuser was not sodomised, backs his claim of innocence but police have dismissed the report as sabotag...
  • anwar ibrahim - j'accuse

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    document.write(parent.prscreen) By ES SHANKAR aka donplaypuksFriday, 25 July 2008Justice is blind! This is the First important principle. A court of law must base its verdict on the quality of the evidence tendered before it. The personalities of the ac...
  • Doctor on the run: police want him to fabricate evidence against Anwar

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    The doctor's report says it very clearly. Saiful was never sodomised, either by Anwar or anyone else. Why is the government still pursuing the case against Anwar? And why are they looking for the doctor who has now gone underground with his whole family? ...
  • Anwar: This is not 1998

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    By Debra Chong PETALING JAYA, July 23 – A simple question during a press conference this afternoon at Parti Keadilan Rakyat headquarters elicited a strong, emotional outburst from Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.It began when a reporter asked the PKR adviser ...
  • Khir Toyo: Talks with PAS aimed at wresting Selangor, other states

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    by Pauline Puah, The EdgeWednesday, 23 July 2008 Umno held talks with PAS after the March 8 general election with the hope of reversing the setback it suffered not just in Selangor but other states as well, former Selangor menteri besar Datuk Seri Mohd Kh...
  • PAS: Caught between Old and New

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    Published by The Other Malaysia       Written by Farish A. Noor     Wednesday, 23 July 2008  Now that the cat is out of the bag and the whole of Malaysia knows that there have been secret backroom dealings between UMNO and PAS; ostensibly to bri...
  • Sarawak to build 12 dams to meet future power needs

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    By TEH ENG HOCK and ROYCE CHEAH, the StarWednesday July 23, 2008PETALING JAYA: Sarawak plans to build 12 hydroelectric dams to meet its future industrialisation needs.The move has got environmentalists up in arms, questioning the need for the dams and the...
  • Singapore claims waters around Pedra Branca

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    By Sajahan Abdul Waheed in Singapore, New Straits TimesJuly 23, 2008 SINGAPORE wants to claim a territorial sea and an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around Pedra Branca -- going back on its word to discuss with Malaysia territorial issues and activities ...
  • What is Syed Hamid Albar afraid of?

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    By P RamakrishnanPresident, AliranFriday, 18 July 2008   In a rhetorical stance, the Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar posed this question to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, “What is he afraid of?” Aliran would like to pose this very question to Sy...
  • I Weep for Malaysia!

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    By Capt Yusof Ahmad aka Ancient MarinerMonday, July 21, 2008 My former colleague Capt. Abdul Aziz Abdullah, who is back after many years as a working expat in a neighbouring country, sent me this heartfelt comment on the state of the nation which I thoug...
  • Pak Lai, oi, Karpal Singh said shaddap already!

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    by Lilian Chan aka Obnoxious 5XMom July 20, 2008. I was wondering why I am in such a relaxed mood today. Then, I baru realized that I nochet read The Star, nochet surf Malaysiakini and that’s why I have nothing to make me feel constipated. So, I read…...
  • IGP, AG barred from Anwar probe: PM SO WHAT

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    By Richard LK Loh aka Blood-suckersSunday, July 20, 2008 Malaysiakini reported: IGP, AG barred from Anwar probe: PMPolice chief and the attorney-general will be excluded from an investigation against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim who has been accused o...
  • KARPAL SINGH SAYS PM SHOULD SHUT-UP AND NOT INFLUENCE POLICE INVESTIGATION

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    By Mohd Kamal AbdullahSaturday, July 19, 2008Malaysiakini reported that DAP chairman and Member of Parliament for Bukit Gelugor, Karpal Singh has warned Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his ministers not to volunteer unsolicited comment...
  • It's intimidation, says Ambiga

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    By Lee Shi-Ian, New Straits TimesJuly 19, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: The Bar Council yesterday described the recent questioning of lawyers who had represented private investigator P. Balasubramaniam as an act of intimidation. "This would amount to threatening la...
  • Invisible Hands: Digging Out the True Motives of Anwar’s Arrest

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    Written by:  DATO’ SALEHUDDIN HASHIM and NATHANIEL TANPosted on July 18th, 2008 by Nathaniel Tan Malaysiakini was kind enough to publish a piece I co-authored. Thanks guys! -“When you eliminate the impossible, that which remains - no matter how impla...
  • Anwar Ibrahim has been released on police bail this morning.

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    From YB Lim Kit Siang’s BlogPolice Black EyesBy Din Merican, Programme Director, PKRJuly 17, 2008Yesterday, the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi promised that there will not be another “black eye” trauma for Anwar as happened ten years ago.Howe...
  • Was there a need for this?

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    document.write(parent.prscreen) written by palmdocPublished in Malaysian Medical ResourcesJuly 17, 2008I came across this news report:Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was stripped naked, had his private parts examined and some other body parts measured during a ...