THE MOST CORRUPTED MALAYSIAN

Malaysia has squandered an estimated RM100 billion on financial scandals under the 22-year rule of Dr Mahathir Mohamad, according to a new book about the former prime minister.

According to Barry Wain, author of the soon-to-be launched Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times , direct financial losses amounted to about RM50 billion.

Peserta BERSIH: Polis ancam nak bunuh saya

Beberapa peserta perhimpunan BERSIH menggesa Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (Suhakam) menyiasat dakwaan keganasan polis yang dialami mereka semasa perhimpunan Sabtu lalu.

Diketuai ahli jawatankuasa pemandu BERSIH 2.0, Maria Chin Abdullah, kira-kira 30 peserta menyerahkan memorandum kepada Timbalan Pengerusi Suhakam, Datuk Dr Khaw Lake Tee di ibu pejabat suruhanjaya itu di Kuala Lumpur hari ini.

Cartoon by Zunar

Two photos, thirty years apart, move the Web

Thirty years ago, the first space shuttle launched into the stratosphere. Chris Bray and his father Kenneth watched -- and took a picture. Then last Friday, the shuttle Atlantis took its final trip. Again, the Bray men were there. And again, the two snapped a photo to capture the moment.

Quit if you disagree, ministers told

A former Sabah chief minister hit out at ministers who
do not practise collective responsibility.

KOTA KINABALU: Former Sabah chief minister Harris Salleh has slammed federal ministers who do not subscribe to the principle of collective responsibility.

He said ministers who criticise the government should resign from the posts.

The target of his anger was Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Bernard Dompok who has pinned the blame for election malpractices in the country on the National Registration Department (NRD).