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- Mukhriz: I will campaign for Najib and Muhyiddin if they are challenged at UMNO general assembly
- MAHB: KLIA2 delays due to insufficient resources, new completion date yet to be announced
- Lock-up deaths: Not just an Indian issue, but ratio of deaths is disproportionate
| Mukhriz: I will campaign for Najib and Muhyiddin if they are challenged at UMNO general assembly Posted: 05 Jun 2013 08:32 AM PDT ALOR SETAR: Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir said he would campaign for Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin if both leaders are challenged in party elections this year. He said he did not see anyone else qualified for the two top party posts and capable of competing with the two leaders. "If the top party posts, namely that of the president, deputy president and the three vice-presidents are being challenged, I preceive that Datuk Seri Najib and Tan Sri Muhyiddin will retain their posts. I personally will campaign for them," he told reporters after the swearing-in of the Political Secretary to the Kedah Menteri Besar at the Menteri Besar's Office at Wisma Darul Aman, here on Wednesday. At the ceremony, former Kedah Exco member, Datuk Azimi Daim, 49, was sworn-in as the Political Secretary to the Kedah Menteri Besar. Mukhriz said this when asked to comment on the call that the posts of Umno president and deputy president should not be contested at the party general assembly in October to avoid weakening the party. Mukhriz added that he felt that the party was one that practiced democracy. "It is up to the Umno members themselves to decide. For me, whether there is a contest or not, it is the rights of the Umno members themselves. Even if there is a contest, I am confident it will not affect the position of Datuk Seri Najib and Tan Sri Muhyiddin at all," he said. |
| MAHB: KLIA2 delays due to insufficient resources, new completion date yet to be announced Posted: 05 Jun 2013 07:12 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has granted an extension to the contractors of the KLIA2 low-cost airport project, which accounted for all the changes requested from all the stake holders. MAHB said that the cause for the delay, despite repeated commitments, was due to insufficient resources to complete the work according to its programme and deadline. "However MAHB is of the view that there is no justification for any further extension and therefore Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD) will apply," the company said in a statement on Wednesday. It was reported MAHB had announced that through Bursa Malaysia Securities that it had decided to impose LAD on KLIA2 contractors and any other recourse available to the company under the contract on May 29. In May, MAHB also confirmed that the delay in opening of the new low cost-carrier terminal, KLIA2, scheduled for June 28. A number of Pakatan Rakyat MPs had blamed MAHB for the delay in the KLIA2 and urged the company to take full responsibility of the increase in cost for the project. MAHB said that at this stage a new date cannot be determined until a detailed work programme and resource planning by the affected contractors could be scrutinised by the Project Management team and consultants, which have yet to be submitted to date. "This is to enable MAHB to be convinced that there will be no further slippages on the committed date of completion as had happened in the past. "We would also like to confirm that at this point all variation orders have been addressed and as of now with the overall project being 90% completed, the cost is still below RM 4 billion," said MAHB. |
| Lock-up deaths: Not just an Indian issue, but ratio of deaths is disproportionate Posted: 05 Jun 2013 05:47 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: Bagan Serai MP N. Surendran agreed with Tan Sri Paul Low's statement that deaths in police custody are not just an Indian issue but a Malaysian issue. "Abuse of any person, irrespective of race is a human rights issue. It's the fundamental rights of the people to question them." Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Paul Low stated that deaths in police custody is not an Indian issue but a national issue. Low, who oversees integrity and corruption issues in the Prime Minister's department said that police statistics between 2000 and 2010 showed 64 Malays, 30 Chinese and 28 Indians had died in police custody. "The percentage of Indians living in Malaysia is 7% but the number of Indians dying in custody is huge. Hence, there is a disproportionate number of Indians dying in lock-up." said Surendran. However, he reiterated that this is a national issue. R.Sri Sanjeevan, President of MyWATCH (Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force) feels that the Indians are the main victims in this issue. "For me, the main concern is the Indians. Immediate attention should be given by the authorities to curb this problem," "They are a small minority in Malaysia yet often get killed in custody." said Sanjeevan Pemandu's Director D. Ravindran also agreed with Paul Low's statement but stated that they have been a increase in number of Indian deaths in custody after 2010. "By saying it's an Indian issue, you can't reduce the importance of it. This has to be the national agenda that needs to be solved by authorities like PDRM and Suhakam," "Citizens will get the rightful protection if the authorities take great measures to curb this problem." he said Ravindran also feels that both sides of political divide need to work together to improve the situation. "For me, this is a national issue that needs to be addressed immediately." said Ravindran |
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