DBKK orders SAPP's signboard to be down

DBKK wants signboard down containing 'forbidden word

KOTA KINABALU, July 11, 2011: A tense 90-minute standoff between city hall enforcers and Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) leaders over a signboard ended with police mediation.

SAPP president Datuk Yong Teck Lee and dozens of his party supporters refused to allow Kota Kinabalu City Hall enforcement officers to remove the signboard bearing the words "bersih, benar, berani" to introduce their internet television and radio link.

The Barisan Nasional has abused its fixed deposit by increasing power tariff

KOTA KINABALU 10th July 2011 Issued By YB Melanie Chia ADUN N16 Luyang cum SAPP Women Chief

Despite the pleas from the various strata of society in Sabah, the Government had proceeded with the restructuring of the electricity tariff in Sabah.

Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui announced that the tariff restructuring is necessary to reduce the widening gap between the cost of electricity supply and tariff. The decision and the announcement made had disregarded the recent pleas by the people in Sabah not to increase the electricity tariff.

Last letter from death row

Sabahan Yong Vui Kong, 21, is on death row in Singapore for drug trafficking. Malaysiakini is publishing Yong's final letters to Yetian, a member of the Save Vui Kong Campaign, as he faces death.

Before I begin, I would like to thank everyone for reading this 12th letter. Time passes so quickly that this will be my last letter.

I hope that when you finished reading this letter, despite whatever that is going to happen to me, you will continue to support 'We Believe in Second Chances' campaign.

Mat Sabu: Polis dah macam gangster

Mat Sabu berkata motosikal yang dinaikinya
dirempuh Land Rover polis sehingga
menyebabkan beliau tergolek di jalanan.

SHAH ALAM: Timbalan Presiden PAS Mohamad Sabu menyifatkan tindakan polis sebagai ‘gangster’ ketika perhimpunan Bersih 2.0, Sabtu lalu.

Menceritakan detik cemas itu, beliau yang lebih dikenali sebagai Mat Sabu berkata motosikal yang dinaikinya dirempuh Land Rover polis sehingga menyebabkan beliau tergolek di jalanan.

Beliau yang cedera kemudian dibawa oleh pegawai polis ke Balai Polis Jinjang dan dirujuk ke hospital untuk membuat pemeriksaan lanjut.

Tens of thousands tell Najib to quit

Facebook users condemn Bersih crackdown
and are now seeking 1 million ‘Likes’
for the page demanding the PM’s resignation

PETALING JAYA: Barely two days after the Bersih rally, more than 125,000 Facebook users have asked Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to resign, blaming him for the harsh police action against Saturday’s demonstrators.