MACC threatened me, says DAP man

KUALA LUMPUR: A DAP municipal councillor told the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the death of Teoh Beng Hock that he was threatened and harassed by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Com-mission (MACC) officers.

A Japanese boy teaches a lesson in sacrifice

THIS letter, written by Vietnamese immigrant Ha Minh Thanh working in Fukushima as a policeman to a friend in Vietnam. It  was posted on the New America Media on March 19.

It was translated by NAM editor Andrew Lam, author of "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres." Shanghai Daily condensed it.

BN upbeat despite Taib and bible issues

Minister Nazri says the Sarawak CM is innocent of
corruption until proven guilty and the Al-Kitab
controversy is a non-issue.

TAIPING: Umno claims that Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud is not a liability for Barisan Nasional despite widely publicised allegations that he has abused power and committed corruption.

Taib’s cousin going for broke to reclaim Balingian

Family affair: Salleh (left) and MoCS president Francis Siah at Kuching International Airport Tuesday.

KUCHING: It will be a battle of the cousins in Balingian, where the Chief Minister is the incumbent.

Datuk Salleh Jafaruddin, former deputy education minister and PBB deputy secretary-general, announced his candidacy against his second cousin Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud at Kuching International Airport yesterday.

Chua: Let teaching of Maths and Science in English continue

KUALA LUMPUR: The teaching of Mathematics and Science in English (better known as PPSMI) should be allowed to continue especially in selected urban schools, said MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.

Jeffrey ‘clears’ Pairin on ‘infamous’ PBS pullout

KOTA KINABALU: There are serious gaps in the on-going polemics in Sabah and literature on those responsible for the “infamous” Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) pullout from the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) on the eve of general election in 1990 and, subsequently, “making the economy suffer in the process”.

Pakatan promises Sarawak religious freedom, more cash

KUCHING, April 5 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) pledged today to form a land reform commission, freedom of religion in any language and RM400 a month for senior citizens if the pact’s three parties of the DAP, PKR and PAS win next week’s Sarawak state election.

Wan Azizah: It's Not Anwar

By Sheridan Mahavera, The Malaysia Insider

KUCHING, April 5 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) pledged today to form a land reform commission, freedom of religion in any language and RM400 a month for senior citizens if the pact’s three parties of the DAP, PKR and PAS win next week’s Sarawak state election.

S’pore rejects drug mule’s death penalty appeal

Yong buried his face in his hands after the ruling was
announced before being led away by the police.

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s highest court on Monday affirmed a death sentence imposed on a Malaysian youth convicted of drug trafficking, which could pave the way for his execution by hanging.

17 missing years in Sabah’s history

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is missing a chunk of its history and, according to local historians, there is a lack of research and studies being conducted to rectify this.

Local history experts are of the view that there is still a grey area over how Sabah was developed before it entered into the Federation of Malaysia.