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- Two surrender over allegedly insulting King on Facebook
- Paul Low: I'm not interested in cosmetic changes
- Penang ramp collapse: Dad was on the way home with dinner, says tearful daughter
| Two surrender over allegedly insulting King on Facebook Posted: 07 Jun 2013 08:56 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Two individuals, among those wanted in a case for allegedly insulting Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, surrendered themselves at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters here Friday. According to a police spokesman, the two individuals, a man and a woman in their 30s, had their statements taken. It is understood they were accompanied by a lawyer when they surrendered at 3pm. Last Saturday, a Facebook user was alleged to have issued statements insulting the speech of Tuanku Abdul Halim. Other comments uploaded to the social page also allegedly insulted the King. A 32-year-old woman was detained on Tuesday in the Ampang area here in connection with the case. Four other individuals were also being hunted by police over the case. - Bernama Related Stories: |
| Paul Low: I'm not interested in cosmetic changes Posted: 07 Jun 2013 08:44 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan has attacked critics for expecting him to stop corruption almost immediately, adding that he was more concerned with long-term solutions. "Some critics have given me 100 days to show results. Yes, it is possible, but these will only be cosmetic changes in which I am not interested. So I am sorry to disappoint them," he said in a a speech at a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) event in Putrajaya Friday. Low, who is also Minister for Governance and Integrity, said he preferred to address "root causes" instead, adding that he would push for "whole paradigm shifts" to take place. He added that changes would be made through "integrity action" programmes affecting all levels of government. He said these measures were needed for Malaysia to become a high-income economy, and a safe place for domestic and foreign investments. Low added that he would be working with various government agencies as well as outside experts in the form of non-governmental organisations. He said that change would only come if everyone in the Government and civil service cooperated with future good governance initiatives. Low was formerly the president of anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (Malaysia), a post he resigned from after being appointed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. His entry as a Minister and his later sidestepping of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) earned him criticism from various quarters. Previously, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng alleged that Low, who was once supposedly a supporter of the IPCMC, "changed his tune" by propping the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) for overseeing the police instead. Low, however, did not seem fazed by the criticism directed towards him, adding that he had been called a "lame-duck minister" after spending just three days in office. "The critics expected me to play the role of a sheriff like in the Wild, Wild West, going around fighting corruption with both guns blasting," he said, adding that he was labelled as one expected to fail. He then called for MACC officials to dedicate themselves in the fight against corruption, adding: "Let us all work together to prove the critics wrong." Related Stories: |
| Penang ramp collapse: Dad was on the way home with dinner, says tearful daughter Posted: 07 Jun 2013 08:48 AM PDT GEORGE TOWN: The victim killed in the collapse of the Second Penang Bridge's flyover ramp was on his way home after buying dinner at a hawker centre in Bayan Lepas. Nur Aina Syazwani, 11, the daughter of the late Tajudin Zainal Abidin, said her father called home at 6.30pm to ask what they wanted to have for dinner. "But by 8pm, he did not return home," said Syazwani. Tajudin's wife, Sharifah Ramli then went out to search for him. Sharifah refused to talk to the press. Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin said that Sharifah told him that she continued calling him but there was no reply. "When it was revealed that the car crushed under the rubble was a silver Kelisa, she had a very bad feeling," Sim said. He added that she was almost sure something had happened to Tajudin after seeing pictures of a partial car number plate on the Internet. The body of Tajudin will be buried at the Kampung Perlis cemetery in Bukit Merah Saturday. |
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