Sarawak BN slams Khairy, demands apology

KUCHING: The Sarawak BN is up in arms against Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin for daring to suggest that Chief Minister Taib Mahmud should resign.

Several leaders of the Sarawak BN have come to Taib’s defence and condemned Khairy. In a joint press statement, the defeated Batu Kawah candidate Tan Joo Phoi (Sarawak United People’s Party) and Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu’s Ahmad Ibrahim have demanded that Khairy apologise to Taib.

Rais beri keterangan 4 Julai

KUALA LUMPUR: Menteri Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim akan memberi keterangan dalam kes saman beliau terhadap penulis blog berhubung satu artikel yang didakwa memfitnah beliau.

Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datin Zabariah Mohd Yusof di sini hari ini menetapkan tiga hari bermula 4 Julai depan untuk mendengar kes itu.

Free radio station plan for Sabah

By Luke Rintod of FMT

LONDON: Some Sabah activists are now toying with the idea of setting up a radio station like Radio Free Sarawak for Sabah.

Leaders of CigMa or Common Interest Group Malaysia, who are currently on a European tour, also want a London-based online website.

Stabbing with a borrowed knife

How did the infamous Raja Petra Kamaruddin (RPK) arrive at the conclusion that Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah was complicit in some imaginary plot to block Najib from becoming PM? That conclusion has a higher probability of being false than true.

He alluded to a meeting of some 30 bloggers at Tengku Razaleigh’s house some time ago.

Scorpenes, Altantuya to make waves in France when open court starts May-June

Malaysian civil rights group SUARAM expects its corruption lawsuit filed against French naval arms firm DCNS to move into open court and hearings to begin in May or June.

This will pave the way for Malaysians to finally get access to details of a highly questionable RM6.7billion ringgit submarines deal entered into by their defense ministry in 2002, and kept top secret by Prime Minister Najib Razak.