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The High Court has set Dec 14 to fix the date for injunction hearing over the RM500mil defamation suit filed by Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat against Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing.<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt; Deputy registrar Hilmiah Yusof set the date in her chambers Wednesday after meeting <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/fDu7i7NJahE" height="1" width="1"/>

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The Borneo Post reported that Sarawak has sought the help of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to address the issue of children of mixed parentage in the state who have supposedly been denied bumiputra status. Supposedly? It is a fact otherwise this issue will not be highlighted in the local media.Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu said he wrote to the Prime Minister on the issue several days ago<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/SPsKItNqmLE" height="1" width="1"/>

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What’s in store for these children? James Masing says Marina’s case a test of state cabinet committee’s power on Bumiputera status. Masing should be asking that question to Sarawak YB who married non-Dayak. Such YB are the Chief Minister himself, Dr Jerip Susil or Dr Tiki Lafe.<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt; Has a state cabinet committee which decides<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/IYPSLTNtgAo" height="1" width="1"/>

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There are 3 different criteria to determine if a child should be granted a Bumi status. This is what I called 1Malaysia 3Constituion. Semenanjung, Sabah and Sarawak each have their own definition as follows:• Semenanjung – “Jika salah seorang ibu atau bapa calon adalah seorang Melayu yang beragama Islam/Orang Asli seperti mana yang ditakrifkan dalam Perkara 160(2) Perlembagaan Persekutuan; maka <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/3lH4XKqBDn0" height="1" width="1"/>

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Highlights of the new National Automotive Policy announced today. Local assembly of luxury passenger above 1,800cc and priced above RM150,000 on-the-road fully liberalized. <!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt; Foreigners can own 100% of assembly operations. APs to be stopped by Dec 2015.Audit on AP recipients ongoing and checks to be done. Those flouting <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/D-abX0PTO20" height="1" width="1"/>

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Sabah PKR Wanita chief Christina Liew has today joined vice-president Jeffrey Kitingan in quitting the party post, dealing yet another blow to the opposition.<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt; Her resignation on Wednesday came less then 12 hours after Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan quit as PKR vice-president.Liew remains a PKR member and Kota Kinabalu <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/j2hq9lGgj2w" height="1" width="1"/>

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Wan Ubaidah Omar, the chairman of Kelantan Women, Family and Health is making a fool of herself for suggesting that awards be given to assemblymen for marrying single mothers. She stated that there are 16,500-registered single mothers in the state and even if there are 500 assemblymen willing to marry the single mothers, there are still 16,000 single mothers remain unmarried and facing financial <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/G-kiUug5raQ" height="1" width="1"/>

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PKR vice-president Datuk Jeffrey Kitingan has quit his post, further clouding the leadership turmoil in the party here. He announced this late yesterday after meeting several hours with senior state party leaders.<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt; “I’m quitting the post as I’ve lost confidence in the party’s leadership decision-making process in terms of<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/n1YxzmbhqYw" height="1" width="1"/>

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Another update on the current crisis related to the PKFZ scandal. Chairman of Port Klang Authority (PKA) Datuk Lee Hwa Beng has filed a suit against Port Klang Free Trade Zone (PKFZ) turnkey developer Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd disputing the computation of interest that may go as high as RM720mil at the Shah Alam High Court registry.<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/8OFbZtV95IE" height="1" width="1"/>

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Police have or­­­dered a bank to freeze about RM140mil in the account of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd, the turnkey developer of the controversial Port Klang Free Zone pro­ject.<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt;It is learnt that Commercial Crimes Inves­ti­gations Department (CCID) officers have asked the bank to freeze the account as the money is be­lieved to <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/c6nsqDWYZCo" height="1" width="1"/>

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Malaysia take its first delivery of a submarine and named it KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, after the first prime minister. The submarine will be used to protect Malaysia's water against possible attack by US, China and Thailand navies. That is just a possibility but the fact remain that Malaysia cannot even stop illegal immigrants landing at it local beaches.<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/2q1N9NYzVOg" height="1" width="1"/>

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Malaysia Airlines (MAS) chief executive officer and managing director Datuk Seri Idris Jala has been appointed a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department. Idris Jala, the first Orang Ulu to be appointed a minister in the federal cabinet, was also appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) to implement the government’s Key Performance Index (<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/1c8o7owqPzo" height="1" width="1"/>

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It was reported that the following people are possibly behind the Port Klang Free Zone scandal:1. O.C Phang, former PKA GM2. Kuala Dimensi President3. Tiong King Sing, Kuala Dimensi CEO4. Bernard Tan PKFZ development works consultant5. BTA Architect <!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt; PKA chairman Datuk Lee Hwa Beng revealed Wednesday the possibility of a<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/mYTL-W0WKf0" height="1" width="1"/>

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More big names are being implicated and new allegations made concerning the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal in a newly-launched blog. The blog www.truthabout-pkfz.blogspot.com was set up by a group describing themselves as “non-partisan Malaysians disgusted with the wrongdoings of corrupt businessmen, politicians and civil servants.”<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/0U2wQ1LZ0eg" height="1" width="1"/>

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Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) posted a net loss of RM1.12bil for its fourth quarter ended June 30 against a net profit of RM703.2mil for the same period last year after setting aside provisions for bad debts and writing down value of its overseas investments.<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt; It wrote down RM1.97bil in impairment charges on its <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/6CmlOGauN3Y" height="1" width="1"/>

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By-Election Result 2009 for Permatang Pasir constituency.PAS’s Mohd Salleh Man has won the Permatang Pasir state vote here in Penang by a big majority of 4,551 votes.Official results show Mohd Salleh polled 9,618 votes while Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Rohaizat Othman received 5,067 votes.The win for PAS was widely expected as the seat is within Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Permatang Pauh parliamentary<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/gT9XoX-ovWk" height="1" width="1"/>

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Model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, who was scheduled to be caned this week for drinking beer, has been released temporarily as it is not advisable for the sentence to be meted out during the fasting month, said Pahang Exco member for Religious Affairs, Dakwah, Unity and NGOs Datuk Mohd Sahfri Abdul Aziz. "The sentence remains. She will be caned after the fasting month. She has been released but <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/0cJ-lbzCtC8" height="1" width="1"/>

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MCA President and Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat has filed a RM500mil suit against Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. This issue is like brothers slapping each other.\<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt; The suit, for making an 'unfounded and malicious defamatory allegations' that Ong had received RM10mil<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/hFUErpNnC-o" height="1" width="1"/>

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Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim was ordered by the High Court here to pay RM66.67mil to Bank Islam Malaysia for a loan he took to purchase Guthrie shares in 2001 when he was the company's chief executive officer.<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt; Justice Datuk Rohana Yusuf, who made the order in chambers on Friday, however, granted <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/cVc6OoW8xOw" height="1" width="1"/>

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Tuhan Allah (God) was missing for six days.Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found him resting on the seventh day. He inquired, "Where have you been?"<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt;God smiled deeply and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look, Michael. Look what I've made."Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and said, "What is it?""It's a <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/j95ylGe6FHs" height="1" width="1"/>

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Rosmah Mansor, PM's wife has launched her own website for Malaysians to get to know her better in her role and duties as the Prime Minister’s wife. I don't if it is only me but I think her site is slow and heavy, just like her makeup. Then again, it could be Streamyx line fault or her PMO server is of low-grade spec.The website, at www.pmo.gov.my/datinrosmah, includes news, pictures, speeches, <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/l93cCSoeom0" height="1" width="1"/>

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While common Sabahan suffer due to rising living cost and fewer job opportunities, Sabah assemblymen unanimously approved an approximately 66% increase in their monthly salaries, from RM3,300 to RM5,300. 66% increment is way too high. <!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt; They also approved an increase of more than RM1,000 for the Chief Minister and his <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/Lyf7IrO253c" height="1" width="1"/>

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Famine has hit about 3,000 Penans in Belaga following crop failure in four of the five major settlements, and they are crying out to the government to help stave off the threat of starvation.<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End BidVertiser code --&gt;Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun said this in a press conference in Miri following a <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/Z8QYmT3tuT0" height="1" width="1"/>

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The Federal Government has allocated RM10 million under the current stimulus package for rivers' clearing programme in Sarawak, revealed Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas. With the uncontrolled rate of development and deforestation in the remote areas, even with RM100 million may not be enough. The river clearing programme will take a few months to complete.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/Ea3Hct7ylII" height="1" width="1"/>

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This is just pathetic. Ninety-five per cent (95%) of families in the country are finding it hard to cope with the rise in food prices. National Population and Family Development Board director-general Datuk Aminah Abdul Rahman said this was revealed in an opinion research survey conducted in 2008 on the impact of inflation on families.<!-- Begin BidVertiser code --&gt;affiliate program<!-- End <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malaysiadigest/~4/TXr_dF89hPE" height="1" width="1"/>

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