The Nut Graph

28% of syariah court officers are women

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:27:00 +0800

KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Nov 2009: Women make up 67 of 239 syariah court officers in the country, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom said on top of that, out of 887 support staff, 452 were also women. "That means 45% of syariah officers and support staff are women," said...

Bloggers "should stop spreading lies"

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:20:00 +0800

KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Nov 2009: Bloggers have been urged to stop spreading lies in their writings, particularly on social and political issues, as they can create controversy and damage the government's reputation. Broadcasting director-general Datuk Ibrahim Yahya, himself a blogger, said bloggers should act as intermediaries when presenting issues to society. "Some bloggers write nonsensical things that are far from...

BN reps file summons against Selcat

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0800

SHAH ALAM, 9 Nov 2009: Three Selangor Barisan Nasional (BN) assemblypersons today filed originating summonses against the chairperson and six members of the Selangor State Committee on Competency, Accountability and Transparency (Selcat), and three others to determine the committee's legality. The summonses were filed at the civil High Court registrar's office at about 11.30am through their lawyers, Datuk V Sithambaram,...

Repeal Section 498, groups say

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0800

Corrected on 9 Nov 2009 at 6.45pm PETALING JAYA, 9 Nov 2009: (Corrected) Four women's groups want the government to abolish Section 498 of the Penal Code, which criminalises the "enticing" of married women for "illicit intercourse". Women's Aid Organisation president Meera Samanther said the law was flawed because "it assumes women are incapable of making decisions, or that they...

Chief chef Zaid

By Lainie Yeoh — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:05:00 +0800

Lainie Yeoh is not hopeful.

Yahudi, Islam dan kejujuran

Oleh Shanon Shah — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0800

Gary D Bouma"SAYA perlu jujur sepenuhnya apabila membincangkan siapa saya, kemusykilan dan kepercayaan saya, dan bukannya mempamerkan wajah Kristian atau sebagainya yang direka-reka," kata Profesor Emeritus Gary D Bouma. "Jika saya tidak jujur, orang akan bertanya: Apa yang sedang disembunyikan?" Bouma ketika itu sedang berucap dalam Dialog Antara Agama Kelima anjuran kerajaan Australia di Perth dari 28 ke 30 Okt...

The big deal about a full bench

By Deborah Loh — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0800

Getting the full 11-member bench to hear the case is atall order A FULL bench of judges to hear appeals at the federal court has never been granted in Malaysia's judicial history, lawyers recall. Some say this is not surprising. For administrative, procedural or logistical reasons, having all judges of the highest court available at the same time is considered...

Keeping PR together

By Deborah Loh — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0800

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim DESPITE flare-ups in PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is on track to becoming a formal coalition, says Datuk Zaid Ibrahim who was tasked with developing a common manifesto for the opposition coalition. PR's application to be registered with the Registrar of Societies was submitted last week, and the manifesto has been given to...

Saya Anak Bangsa M’sia on road show

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:08:00 +0800

PETALING JAYA, 6 Nov 2009: The public's response to programmes by Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM) has been more encouraging than from political parties, a SABM core group member said. Jayanath Appudurai said "grassroots response has been very encouraging" to previous public activities organised by SABM. However, in a recent attempt to engage political parties on the SABM charter, only...

Torture by any other fashion

By Jacqueline Ann Surin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0800

IF we were to believe everything we read, one would think that torture or degrading behaviour, if done differently, would no longer constitute torture or degrading behaviour. Indeed, this is what Pahang's Mufti Department would want Muslims and non-Muslims to believe. Scan of New Straits Times report on syariah caning On 26 Oct 2009, the New Straits Times ran a...