Najib says general election 'very soon'
Politics & Government 2013
Written by Bernama
Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:12
PAPAR (Feb 14): Parliament will only be dissolved when all quarters, including the people, are ready for the polls, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Asked how close is the dissolution of Parliament, the prime minister said, "Very soon, very soon, do the job first, do not worry."
"Now I am on the ground explaining the policies and direction spearheaded by BN (Barisan Nasional).
"We want the people to understand that a vote for BN is a vote for the country's transformation agenda and a vote for peace and stability for a brighter future," he told reporters after attending the people's gathering at padang pekan here, today.
On his meeting with state BN leaders yesterday, Najib, who is also BN chairman, said there was no serious problem facing them except for matters pertaining to coordination and personality.
"On the whole, I am satisfied with the level of understanding among Sabah BN component parties," he said.
On the choice of BN candidates in the 13th general election, Najib said the BN had almost finished selecting the candidates.
"We have to do background and security verifications and also check on any reports from the MACC (Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission) and others before we finalise the list," he added.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Tabung Haji giving special golden jubilee bonus of RM2.46bil on Feb 10
The Star Online: Tabung Haji giving special golden jubilee bonus of RM2.46bil on Feb 10 archives.thestar.com
The Star Online > Nation Published: Thursday February 7, 2013 MYT 2:45:00 PM
Tabung Haji giving special golden jubilee bonus of RM2.46bil on Feb 10 By SIRA HABIBU
PETALING JAYA: Tabung Haji is giving special golden jubilee bonus amounting to RM2.46bil to its 8.2 million depositors.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk SeriJamil Khir Baharom said accumulated additional reserve over the last seven years had enabled Tabung Haji to give such a generous bonus in conjunction with its 50th anniversary celebration.
“I am pleased to announce that Tabung Haji Golden Jubilee Bonus comprise 6.5% annual bonus and 1.5% special bonus.
“This is the highest amount of bonus given in the last 50 years,'' he said.
The Star Online > Nation Published: Thursday February 7, 2013 MYT 2:45:00 PM
Tabung Haji giving special golden jubilee bonus of RM2.46bil on Feb 10 By SIRA HABIBU
PETALING JAYA: Tabung Haji is giving special golden jubilee bonus amounting to RM2.46bil to its 8.2 million depositors.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk SeriJamil Khir Baharom said accumulated additional reserve over the last seven years had enabled Tabung Haji to give such a generous bonus in conjunction with its 50th anniversary celebration.
“I am pleased to announce that Tabung Haji Golden Jubilee Bonus comprise 6.5% annual bonus and 1.5% special bonus.
“This is the highest amount of bonus given in the last 50 years,'' he said.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Hisham says no plans for military action, won’t shut Internet
Hisham says no plans for military action, won’t shut Internet
By Melissa Chi
July 08, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein pledged today that the government will not resort to deploying military personnel for the Bersih rally tomorrow, nor will Internet services be disrupted.
Electoral reform movement Bersih has vowed to press ahead with a rally calling for free and fair elections at Stadium Merdeka despite the authorities rejecting a police permit and withholding permission to use the historic venue. Two other groups, Perkasa and Umno Youth, have also been barred from carrying out counter-protests.
“We don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, or the day after. But under the law, there are provisions, so at the moment, we feel that there are police in place, so there is no necessity to talk about the military,” the Home Minister told reporters at the Bukit Aman federal police headquarters here.
Hishammuddin said the government will react according to how events unfold tomorrow. City authorities and the police have said some 32 roads will be closed to traffic while express bus services from the city centre have been rerouted to Hentian Duta.
The police have also brought in personnel from beyond the city limits to aid in the operations. They have also applied for court orders to bar 91 people from Bersih, Umno Youth and Perkasa from entering the city tomorrow.
Bersih, a loose coalition of 62 non-governmental organisations, has insisted that it will not move its rally away from Stadium Merdeka tomorrow, stating that it is too late for its supporters to change their plans.
It has also demanded that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who proposed on Monday that Bersih move its street march to a stadium, instruct Stadium Merdeka to allow the rally to take place in the historical venue.
Blogger: The above news is taken from The MALAYSIAN Insider
By Melissa Chi
July 08, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein pledged today that the government will not resort to deploying military personnel for the Bersih rally tomorrow, nor will Internet services be disrupted.
Electoral reform movement Bersih has vowed to press ahead with a rally calling for free and fair elections at Stadium Merdeka despite the authorities rejecting a police permit and withholding permission to use the historic venue. Two other groups, Perkasa and Umno Youth, have also been barred from carrying out counter-protests.
“We don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, or the day after. But under the law, there are provisions, so at the moment, we feel that there are police in place, so there is no necessity to talk about the military,” the Home Minister told reporters at the Bukit Aman federal police headquarters here.
Hishammuddin said the government will react according to how events unfold tomorrow. City authorities and the police have said some 32 roads will be closed to traffic while express bus services from the city centre have been rerouted to Hentian Duta.
The police have also brought in personnel from beyond the city limits to aid in the operations. They have also applied for court orders to bar 91 people from Bersih, Umno Youth and Perkasa from entering the city tomorrow.
Bersih, a loose coalition of 62 non-governmental organisations, has insisted that it will not move its rally away from Stadium Merdeka tomorrow, stating that it is too late for its supporters to change their plans.
It has also demanded that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who proposed on Monday that Bersih move its street march to a stadium, instruct Stadium Merdeka to allow the rally to take place in the historical venue.
Blogger: The above news is taken from The MALAYSIAN Insider
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Bersih clarifies no police permit for Stadium Merdeka rally
Bersih clarifies no police permit for Stadium Merdeka rally
UPDATED @ 02:12:36 PM 08-07-2011
By Boo Su-Lyn
July 08, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Bersih 2.0 clarified today that the police will not issue it a permit to hold a rally in Stadium Merdeka tomorrow.
Maria Chin Abdullah, a steering committee member of the electoral reform movement, also told The Malaysian Insider today that Bersih 2.0 did not apply for a police permit.
Chin said the police sent the polls watchdog a letter today saying that no permit would be issued for tomorrow’s gathering at the historic stadium.
Blogger: The Malaysian insider reported about an hour ago saying that Bersih 2.0 has got permit but later clarified that the police will not issue it a permit to hold a rally in Stadium Merdeka tomorrow.
UPDATED @ 02:12:36 PM 08-07-2011
By Boo Su-Lyn
July 08, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Bersih 2.0 clarified today that the police will not issue it a permit to hold a rally in Stadium Merdeka tomorrow.
Maria Chin Abdullah, a steering committee member of the electoral reform movement, also told The Malaysian Insider today that Bersih 2.0 did not apply for a police permit.
Chin said the police sent the polls watchdog a letter today saying that no permit would be issued for tomorrow’s gathering at the historic stadium.
Blogger: The Malaysian insider reported about an hour ago saying that Bersih 2.0 has got permit but later clarified that the police will not issue it a permit to hold a rally in Stadium Merdeka tomorrow.
Ambiga fights ‘illegal’ order outlawing Bersih
Ambiga fights ‘illegal’ order outlawing Bersih
By Debra Chong
July 08, 2011
Ambiga maintains that Bersih 2.0 is unrelated to the original Bersih movement. — file pic
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Bersih 2.0 chief Datuk biga Sreenevasan today mounted legal action to challenge the decision by the home minister, the Inspector-General of Police and the government to outlaw the electoral reform movement.
Bersih 2.0 said the government order issued was illegal and not rational, and is now seeking a judicial review for the order to be cancelled immediately.
Ambiga and 13 other people connected with the electoral reform movement named in the suit want the court to issue a restriction order against the authorities to stop government officers from entering and raiding their premises, and to return all Bersih 2.0 property and materials seized in the last two weeks — ranging from the yellow T-shirts, posters, placards, pictures, members’ list.
In its papers filed at the High Court earlier this morning, the group said Bersih 2.0 is wholly different from the entity known as Bersih launched in 2007 as the new movement launched in November 2010 is a coalition made up of only civil society organisations and does not include any political parties.
It further said that Bersih 2.0 had held several meetings with the three authorities named in the suit since its launch and “no complaints have ever been made that Bersih 2.0 had acted illegally or in a way that prejudiced national security or public peace”.
Bersih 2.0 said it had planned to hold a gathering tomorrow, July 9, to demand for free and fair elections and that many other regular citizens also want take part.
But in the last two weeks the authorities have mounted an “intensive crackdown on Bersih 2.0 supporters” and that the plaintiffs were given no chance to air their views before the order was issued.
MORE TO COME
The above article is taken from The Malaysian Insider
By Debra Chong
July 08, 2011
Ambiga maintains that Bersih 2.0 is unrelated to the original Bersih movement. — file pic
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Bersih 2.0 chief Datuk biga Sreenevasan today mounted legal action to challenge the decision by the home minister, the Inspector-General of Police and the government to outlaw the electoral reform movement.
Bersih 2.0 said the government order issued was illegal and not rational, and is now seeking a judicial review for the order to be cancelled immediately.
Ambiga and 13 other people connected with the electoral reform movement named in the suit want the court to issue a restriction order against the authorities to stop government officers from entering and raiding their premises, and to return all Bersih 2.0 property and materials seized in the last two weeks — ranging from the yellow T-shirts, posters, placards, pictures, members’ list.
In its papers filed at the High Court earlier this morning, the group said Bersih 2.0 is wholly different from the entity known as Bersih launched in 2007 as the new movement launched in November 2010 is a coalition made up of only civil society organisations and does not include any political parties.
It further said that Bersih 2.0 had held several meetings with the three authorities named in the suit since its launch and “no complaints have ever been made that Bersih 2.0 had acted illegally or in a way that prejudiced national security or public peace”.
Bersih 2.0 said it had planned to hold a gathering tomorrow, July 9, to demand for free and fair elections and that many other regular citizens also want take part.
But in the last two weeks the authorities have mounted an “intensive crackdown on Bersih 2.0 supporters” and that the plaintiffs were given no chance to air their views before the order was issued.
MORE TO COME
The above article is taken from The Malaysian Insider
Khairy says police reigniting tensions with restriction orders
Khairy says police reigniting tensions with restriction orders
By Shannon Teoh
July 07, 2011
Khairy: The court order has escalated the situation. Now my supporters, Perkasa supporters and Bersih supporters are all upset.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Khairy Jamaluddin accused the city police today of reigniting tensions over the Bersih rally by getting a court order barring him and 90 others from entering the city on Saturday.
The Umno Youth chief arrived home from a volunteer mission to Gaza this evening to find himself “outlawed from the city he lives in.”
“Instead of working on a solution they have taken the solution away,” the Rembau MP said of the court order that denies Bersih’s hopes of holding its rally in Stadium Merdeka.
Although Umno Youth and Perkasa had threatened to hold counter-rallies this weekend against the electoral reforms movement, the youth wing had stood down after Bersih accepted the government’s offer to move its street rally to a stadium.
“The court order has escalated the situation. Now my supporters, Perkasa supporters and Bersih supporters are all upset.
“The situation is in limbo. Nobody knows what is next,” he said, adding that the Umno Youth leadership would meet tomorrow morning to discuss its options.
Earlier today, Khairy had posted on micro-blogging site Twitter that he has “just landed back in KL after trying to break Israeli blockade of Gaza only to find that I’ve been blockaded from KL. Excuse me if I say WTF?”
The post drew numerous replies from others, most of whom were as “perplexed” as the first-term MP.
Bersih chief Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan had also questioned the Inspector General of Police’s sincerity in meeting Bersih this afternoon while Kuala Lumpur police obtained court orders to bar leaders of the electoral reforms movement from entering the city this Saturday.
The Bersih chief told The Malaysian Insider that Tan Sri Ismail Omar made no mention of the court order that prevents a whopping 91 persons from the movement, Umno Youth and Perkasa from entering the capital, despite the meeting taking place at the same time the order was sought.
The court order also allows city police to shut down roads, effectively paralysing any attempts to rally on the day.
Bersih had insisted after leaving Bukit Aman today that it will not move its rally away from Stadium Merdeka on Saturday, stating that it was too late for its supporters to change their plans.
It also demanded that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who proposed on Monday that Bersih move its street march to a stadium, instruct Stadium Merdeka to allow the coalition of 62 NGOs to hold its rally in the historical venue.
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong had stepped in on Sunday to defuse tension by advising the Najib administration and Bersih 2.0 to hold consultations over the issue of free and fair elections.
Despite Bersih meeting Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on Tuesday and accepting Najib’s offer, the prime minister said yesterday that the now outlawed Bersih would still have to make an official application to the police.
The police have continued to make arrests in connection with the rally, most of which revolving around yellow T-shirts with the word Bersih emblazoned on them in a clampdown that has seen over a hundred arrested in the past two weeks.
Blogger: The above article is from The Malaysian Insider
By Shannon Teoh
July 07, 2011
Khairy: The court order has escalated the situation. Now my supporters, Perkasa supporters and Bersih supporters are all upset.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Khairy Jamaluddin accused the city police today of reigniting tensions over the Bersih rally by getting a court order barring him and 90 others from entering the city on Saturday.
The Umno Youth chief arrived home from a volunteer mission to Gaza this evening to find himself “outlawed from the city he lives in.”
“Instead of working on a solution they have taken the solution away,” the Rembau MP said of the court order that denies Bersih’s hopes of holding its rally in Stadium Merdeka.
Although Umno Youth and Perkasa had threatened to hold counter-rallies this weekend against the electoral reforms movement, the youth wing had stood down after Bersih accepted the government’s offer to move its street rally to a stadium.
“The court order has escalated the situation. Now my supporters, Perkasa supporters and Bersih supporters are all upset.
“The situation is in limbo. Nobody knows what is next,” he said, adding that the Umno Youth leadership would meet tomorrow morning to discuss its options.
Earlier today, Khairy had posted on micro-blogging site Twitter that he has “just landed back in KL after trying to break Israeli blockade of Gaza only to find that I’ve been blockaded from KL. Excuse me if I say WTF?”
The post drew numerous replies from others, most of whom were as “perplexed” as the first-term MP.
Bersih chief Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan had also questioned the Inspector General of Police’s sincerity in meeting Bersih this afternoon while Kuala Lumpur police obtained court orders to bar leaders of the electoral reforms movement from entering the city this Saturday.
The Bersih chief told The Malaysian Insider that Tan Sri Ismail Omar made no mention of the court order that prevents a whopping 91 persons from the movement, Umno Youth and Perkasa from entering the capital, despite the meeting taking place at the same time the order was sought.
The court order also allows city police to shut down roads, effectively paralysing any attempts to rally on the day.
Bersih had insisted after leaving Bukit Aman today that it will not move its rally away from Stadium Merdeka on Saturday, stating that it was too late for its supporters to change their plans.
It also demanded that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who proposed on Monday that Bersih move its street march to a stadium, instruct Stadium Merdeka to allow the coalition of 62 NGOs to hold its rally in the historical venue.
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong had stepped in on Sunday to defuse tension by advising the Najib administration and Bersih 2.0 to hold consultations over the issue of free and fair elections.
Despite Bersih meeting Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on Tuesday and accepting Najib’s offer, the prime minister said yesterday that the now outlawed Bersih would still have to make an official application to the police.
The police have continued to make arrests in connection with the rally, most of which revolving around yellow T-shirts with the word Bersih emblazoned on them in a clampdown that has seen over a hundred arrested in the past two weeks.
Blogger: The above article is from The Malaysian Insider
91 barred from entering KL business district on July 9
Published: Thursday July 7, 2011 MYT 4:54:00 PM
Updated: Thursday July 7, 2011 MYT 4:59:06 PM
91 barred from entering KL business district on July 9
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have obtained a restriction order preventing 91 people, including Bersih organisers, Patriot/Umno Youth and Perkasa from entering the city central business district on July 9.
Acting CPO SAC Datuk Amar Sing said the police would enforce the order under Section 98 of the Criminal Procedure Code if any one of the names stated in the order defied the restriction.
Those on the list include Bersih chief Datuk S. Ambiga, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin and Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali
"They can be liable and charged under Section 188 of the Penal Code with Disobeying a Lawful Order of the Court which carries a maximum six months imprisonment or a fine or both upon conviction," he said here Thursday.
Updated: Thursday July 7, 2011 MYT 4:59:06 PM
91 barred from entering KL business district on July 9
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have obtained a restriction order preventing 91 people, including Bersih organisers, Patriot/Umno Youth and Perkasa from entering the city central business district on July 9.
Acting CPO SAC Datuk Amar Sing said the police would enforce the order under Section 98 of the Criminal Procedure Code if any one of the names stated in the order defied the restriction.
Those on the list include Bersih chief Datuk S. Ambiga, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin and Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali
"They can be liable and charged under Section 188 of the Penal Code with Disobeying a Lawful Order of the Court which carries a maximum six months imprisonment or a fine or both upon conviction," he said here Thursday.
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