New Straits Times articles from September 2010

New Straits Times archives from September 2010

Saravanan ordered to pay steel supplier RM1.6m.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Jennifer Gomez KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court yesterday ordered Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk M. Saravanan to pay a steel supplier more than RM1.6 million for breach of contract over the supply of...

Call to moderates draws positive response.
September 30, 2010... THE call for moderates, especially in Islam, to come forward and drown the divisive and dangerous words and deeds of extremists seems to have attracted positive response from many. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, in his speech at the...

Police seek foreign woman to help find missing girl.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Alina Simon; T.N. Alagesh RAUB: Police are trying to locate a foreigner who took away 2-year-old Lee Xin Ru from her home in Kampung Sempalit here on Sept 21. Raub police chief Superintendent Wan Mohd Samsuddin Wan Osman said they...

Businessman wins RM47.8m.
September 30, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: The country's biggest ever jackpot - RM47.82 million - was won by a businessman from Selangor on Tuesday. The winning numbers - 8, 11, 19, 22, 54 and 55 - was a "Lucky Pick", a computerised random numbers selection. The...

'Endhiran' special premiere tonight.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Subhadra Devan KUALA LUMPUR: Tamil sci-fi film Endhiran, featuring Rajnikanth and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, will be screened in a special premiere at 60 cinemas nationwide tonight. Tickets for the special premiere,...

Taib: Bring out the 'tiger'.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Lian Cheng KUCHING: Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud has been in inspiring form, delivering more political speeches than usual and producing some great quotes. This has fuelled fresh speculation that the Sarawak elections are indeed...

Lingam case judicial review on May 16.
September 30, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has set May 16 next year to hear the judicial review application by lawyer Datuk V.K. Lingam and two former chief justices to challenge the findings of an inquiry into a video clip linking the lawyer to the...

Ministry's citizenship target.
September 30, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry has set a target to clear all applications for citizenship made over the last three years by year's end. Its secretary-general, Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam, said the results of 5,519 applications made from 2007 to...

Darling on wrong side of the law.
September 30, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: Popular drama actress Nasreen Ngasri, better known as Darling, was fined RM15,000 by the Sessions Court yesterday for using a company's circular resolution with a forged signature to open a bank account three years ago. Nasreen,...

Pua questioned over Bumi property rebates.
September 30, 2010... SHAH ALAM: Police questioned Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua for 90 minutes yesterday over his suggestion that Bumiputera discounts for luxury homes and expensive commercial properties be abolished. Pua is being investigated under the...

Rearrested after being freed in RM270m drug case.
September 30, 2010... Byline: T.N. Alagesh KUANTAN: Lorry driver Lee Yong Toe was freed by the High Court yesterday on a charge of trafficking in 753,359g of metamphetamine in May last year. Believed to be the biggest syabu bust in the country involving RM270...

Deejay wins suit against employer.
September 30, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: Lil Kev of Morning Crew fame over hitz.fm quit his RM24,000 a month job in 2003 when he was ordered to move the popular morning programme to the afternoon. The deejay, whose real name is Kevin Arokiasamy, 39, then sued Airtime...

Cabinet orders probe into alleged racist remarks.
September 30, 2010... PUTRAJAYA: The cabinet yesterday directed Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan to investigate alleged racist remarks made by a National Civics Bureau (BTN) deputy director earlier this week. Human Resources Minister...

Terminal to open soon.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Ili Liyana Mokhtar KUALA LUMPUR: The RM570 million integrated transport terminal (ITT) in Bandar Tasik Selatan may be opened to the public earlier than expected. Land Public Transport Commission chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar...

MACC arrests two over bribery attempt.
September 30, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: The Negri Sembilan branch of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) detained two men at the Bukit Puchong police station here yesterday over an alleged attempt to offer a RM100,000 bribe to a policeman. The 39-year-old...

Council will decide on seat allocation.
September 30, 2010... ALOR STAR: Kedah PKR will not entertain calls by some state Pas leaders to hand over certain seats to the Islamist party in the next general election. Its training bureau chairman Senator Zamri Yusuf said the distribution of the parliamentary...

PKR shouldn't blame others, says Pas leader.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Ridzwan Fernandez KUALA TERENGGANU: Parti Keadilan Rakyat's chaotic party elections would require the party to undergo some serious healing, a senior party leader of its political ally, Pas, said yesterday. Pas Dewan Ulama chief...

Rep alleges rampant cheating in election.
September 30, 2010... ALOR STAR: PKR's Kulim assemblyman Lim Soo Nee claims cheating was rampant during the Kulim-Bandar Baharu PKR division election on Sept 18. He said money politics was also involved in the election, which he lost in a four-way contest for the...

Ku Li to lead Barisan's Galas campaign.
September 30, 2010... Byline: B. Suresh Ram KUALA LUMPUR: Gua Musang member of parliament Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has been appointed the Barisan Nasional and Umno election machinery director for the upcoming Galas state by-election. Kelantan Umno state liaison...

Dates of polling, nomination by next Wednesday.
September 30, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: The Election Commission will meet by next Wednesday to decide on the nomination and polling dates for the Galas by-election, said its deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar yesterday. Wan Ahmad said the commission received a...

Parents may come for DNA profiling.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Fadhal A. Ghani; Kalbana Perimbanayagam; V. Shankar Ganesh BANTING: More family members of missing Allal Kanthan Muthuraja are expected here soon as investigations into the missing Indian millionaire intensified. Yesterday,...

Millionaire's case was initially of cheating, say cops.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Fadhal A. Ghani; Kalbana Perimbanayagam; V. Shankar Ganesh KUALA LUMPUR: The first report on missing Indian millionaire Allal Kathan Muthuraja was investigated as a cheating case, police said yesterday. The report was lodged by...

Brothers' 'sudden concern suspicious'.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Fadhal A. Ghani; Kalbana Perimbanayagam; V. Shankar Ganesh KUALA LUMPUR: S. Usharani claimed that the sudden concern shown by her brothers-in-law over the disappearance of her husband, Allal Kathan Muthuraja, was "very suspicious". ...

RM100,000 'missing' after murder probe.
September 30, 2010... ALOR STAR: A businessman is claiming that RM100,000 seized from him by the police in a murder case has gone missing. Chin Eng Guan, 40, said the money was with one of his workers when he was picked up by police investigating the case in June...

Illegal bus services put JB folk at risk.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Sim Bak Heng JOHOR BARU: At least two bus companies operating a fleet of some 30 buses in the city are believed to be doing so without a permit from the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB). Passengers in these buses risk not...

Doctor: Bruises on Aaliyah's body indicated abuse.
September 30, 2010... SHAH ALAM: A medical officer who attended to 3-year-old Aaliyah Ayman Hussin Abdullah suspected something amiss when she saw bruises and swelling on the child's body at the Kajang Hospital, the High Court heard yesterday. Dr M. Rajeswari, 34,...

Govt to give rail land for free.
September 30, 2010... Byline: S. Ista Kyra IPOH: After months of negotiations over the price for the release of a piece of railway reserve land in Kuala Sepetang, Taiping, to the Perak government, the Federal Government has finally decided to hand it over for...

Senior citizens return money.
September 30, 2010... KEPALA BATAS: Tears flowed as 40 senior citizens here decided to return the RM100 compassionate money they received from the state government despite Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's claim that the money was not from gambling sources. The group,...

Softer but bolder way.
September 30, 2010... HISTORICALLY, drugs have been seen as a threat to the country's national security, and the response has been to impose the death sentence on drug dealers and harsh mandatory penalties on drug users. Under the Drug Dependants (Treatment and...

The crumbling world of beauty pageants.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Chok Suat Ling WHY can't our beauty queens win international pageants, an article in the New Sunday Times asked last week. Are they lacking in the height or looks department? Are they disproportionate? Not thin enough or smart...

Nations mindful of need to hedge against China.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Frank Ching LAST week, when the China-Japan dispute over the detention of the captain of a Chinese fishing trawler was hanging fire, United States Vice-President Joe Biden said American efforts to improve relations with China must "go...

Consider the benefits.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Kris Naikker WITH regard to the letter by Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican, "Genetically modified Aedes mosquitoes: Study has been well researched" (NST, Sept 19), I would like to clarify certain misperceptions. From the report on the...

Give children a voice, too.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Ravinder Singh I REFER to the recent appeals court case where custody of an 11-year-old child was given to the mother who had left her home and the then 9-month-old child, only to come back years later to demand that the child be...

Lorries must have bright rear lights.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Mohd Faizal Abdullah THERE have been cases of vehicles crashing into lorries, especially small lorries, at night. Lorry drivers must realise that certain stretches of the highways and other roads are dark at night. The lamps at...

Conduct trial on isle.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Dr Charles Leh WE have read about the genetically modified Aedes mosquito that the government is considering releasing to control the surging dengue menace caused by this insect. I have spent many years working on mosquito taxonomy...

Bring in professionals.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Nik Salina THERE have been many articles and reports on the issue of introducing sex education in schools and how our conservative teachers are embarrassed to broach the subject in class. With the escalating number of rape cases,...

Locals can perform better.
September 30, 2010... Byline: P.S. I HAVE been associated with the provision of guards to different clients since 1985. Back then, we had mostly Malaysians guarding our properties. These days, because of the influx of foreigners, there are many foreign guards...

Promote knowledge of every faith.
September 30, 2010... Byline: K.T. Maran THE prime minister has called on all Malaysians "to know the beauty found in every religion". He said "without understanding and knowledge, there can never be goodwill and understanding". I agree with him. In his...

Go for healthy traditional drink instead.
September 30, 2010... Byline: S.M. Mohamed Idris THE amount of soft drinks consumed by Malaysians is increasing daily. According to a recent news report, about 1,000 canned drinks are consumed every minute in Malaysia. Soft drinks contain approximately three...

Chance to do Malaysia proud.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Rueben Dudley MALAYSIANS have high expectations of their sportsmen and women who will compete at the 19th Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, from Oct 3 to 14. It will be 80 years since the games were first held as the British...

Plans for Terengganu river cruise.
September 30, 2010... KUALA TERENGGANU: A river cruise along the scenic Terengganu river is being planned by the state government and is slated for launch next year. The proposed cruise package will take passengers from the newly-built Pulau Warisan, near the...

It's duty-free at Kenyir.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Ridzwan Fernandez KUALA TERENGGANU: Tasik Kenyir has been accorded duty-free status, joining the ranks of the islands of Labuan, Langkawi and Tioman. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said said the state government's application for...

51 foreign GROs held in double raid.
September 30, 2010... GEORGE TOWN: The saying "once bitten, twice shy" is obviously something in which the owner of an entertainment centre in Jalan Burma does not put much stock in. On Monday, Immigration officers raided the place and detained 24 foreign women...

No discounts by lawyers in Sabah.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Roy Goh KOTA KINABALU: Lawyers in Sabah who undercut their peers in fees risk action under a new rule which comes into effect next month. The rule allows lawyers to be pulled up for giving discounts in non-contentious matters,...

Coffee-table book on Kota Kinabalu.
September 30, 2010... KOTA KINABALU: A comprehensive coffee-table book capturing the beauty of Sabah's state capital has been published. The 189-page book, written by veteran writer Wendy Hutton, is laden with coloured pictures of the best the city has to offer...

Debate on country's next 10 years.
September 30, 2010... NIBONG TEBAL: Has Malaysia got what it takes to become a developed economy in the next 10 years? This question will be debated at the Grand Scholarly Debate organised by Universiti Sains Malaysia's Graduate School of Business next month. USM...

German film shoot at E&O Hotel.
September 30, 2010... GEORGE TOWN: Motorists will have to brace themselves for a bumper-to-bumper traffic jam in Lebuh Farquhar here due to the shooting of a German movie entitled A Love and Death on Java at the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. Filming at the hotel,...

Two in need of prosthetic limbs.
September 30, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: Poon Kei Kit, 16, who lost his left leg to bone cancer a year ago, is just a prosthetic limb away from a normal life. But his father, Kai Peng, who earns RM1,000 as a lorry driver, cannot afford the RM7,800 needed for the new...

12 years' jail for causing youth's death.
September 30, 2010... JOHOR BARU: The High Court yesterday sentenced three people, including two siblings, to 12 years' jail each for causing the death of a 17-year-old youth in 2008. Nurkhairul Azman Musa, 21, and his brother Nurkhairul Naj'im, 22, and their...

Event to boost cancer fund.
September 30, 2010... GEORGE TOWN: Come and join a morning of pampering, style, glamour and lots of fun, besides doing your part for charity. The event, "Luscious Ladies Day", to be held on Oct 6 at the Eastern & Oriental Hotel here, is jointly organised by...

Court upholds ex-cop's rape acquittal.
September 30, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: A retired police officer who allegedly raped a mentally disabled woman heaved a sigh of relief yesterday when the High Court upheld the Sessions Court's acquittal. Matsusah Sadikin, 68, who was charged with raping the woman,...

Office gives tram project the nod.
September 30, 2010... MALACCA: Visitors to the Historical City could soon enjoy a traffic light-free ride from the Ayer Keroh toll plaza to the city centre, thanks to the Melaka Tram project. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the Department of...

Lorry driver dies in hot pursuit.
September 30, 2010... JELI: A lorry driver was killed when his vehicle, laden with firecrackers, overturned in a chase with Customs officers in Jalan Kampung Rawa-Batu 10 here yesterday. The 26-year-old driver, who was from Kampung Repek, Pasir Mas, was travelling...

Tiara the adviser for book.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Dennis Chua KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina, the executive producer of Puteri Gunung Ledang and P Ramlee The Musical, has been appointed the adviser for the performing arts section of the new Guide To Malaysia. The book,...

Body found at a factory, 3 held.
September 30, 2010... NUSAJAYA: The body of a 36-year-old man, believed to have been murdered, was found in a factory in Taman Tan Sri Yaacob late Tuesday night. Passers-by alerted the police when they came across the body of S. Maniwaran about 11pm. The...

French Irish in form.
September 30, 2010... FRENCH IRISH served up a treat on the training track yesterday morning when he reeled off 600 metres in 43.8 seconds. He was not extended. The four-year-old who has been on board in his last four starts looks to have regained the form which...

Ban on horse movement lifted except at NSF.
September 30, 2010... THE ban on the movement of horses from all spelling stations, except the National Stud Farm (NSF) in Tanjong Rambutan, was lifted on Monday. The authorities await the results of the final swab taken from horses housed at the farm before they...

You Little Ripper looking good.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Go-Ram LIGHTLY-RACED You Little Ripper stepped up preparations for another success in the Class 4 event over 1600m on Saturday with a one-round workout in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the five-year-old Australian...

Pandelela's neck a sore point.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Arnaz M. Khairul PANDELELA Rinong's destiny crosses the path of the Commonwealth Games and the 17-year-old Sarawakian looks set to continue her rise in New Delhi. The past year has seen the shy diver grow steadily in stature,...

Melbourne will not be repeated.
September 30, 2010... MALAYSIA did well in the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games - winning five silver and two bronze medals - but it will be tall order for the national gymnasts to achieve even half of that in the 2010 edition. Durratun Nashihin Rosli and Ng Shu...

Davydenko crashes out.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Ajitpal Singh RUSSIA'S Nikolay Davydenko may officially be ranked sixth in the world, but he doesn't feel like his game deserves that stature. The defending champion, after getting a first round bye, lost his first match in the ATP...

Four teams to fight for Cup in Bermuda.
September 30, 2010... THE world's leading skippers will be fighting for precious points at The Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda, with next week's ISAF World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) race representing the last chance for them to move up the leaderboard ahead of the...

Istomin's a star, thanks to mum.
September 30, 2010... IT'S a rarity for any ATP World Tour player to have a female coach, let alone his mother. But this is the case with Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin, who is coached by his mother, Klaudiya Istomina since her son's junior days. "It looks funny. All...

Back-up shuttlers to get pay hike.
September 30, 2010... Byline: K.M. Boopathy THE national back-up shuttlers' monthly allowances will see a hike under the BA of Malaysia's (BAM) new incentive scheme. This, however, will not be at the expense of the senior shuttlers who can look forward to...

Men's team win Peak ABA Championship.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Devinder Singh THE success-starved national men's basketball team claimed a feather in their cap after winning the invitational 2010 Peak ABA Championship in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Strengthened with the inclusion of two foreigners,...

Lotus rev up F1 commitment.
September 30, 2010... Byline: Arnaz M. Khairul DESPITE their identity next season hanging in the balance, Lotus Racing have made a strong statement of their commitment to the future with chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne signing a five-year contract that will...

Right on target.
September 30, 2010... JOHN Terry admitted that Chelsea took their foot off the gas in their Champions League clash against Marseille on Tuesday as they had one eye on their crucial Premier League home clash with Arsenal on Sunday. Chelsea secured a 2-0 win - both...

RM1.3b B.yond suit (HL).
September 29, 2010... Byline: Jennifer Gomez KUALA LUMPUR: Measat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd has been sued for more than RM1.3 billion over the Astro B.yond High Definition (HD) product. AV Asia Sdn Bhd, a television support equipment provider, filed the...

Wildlife Dept officer under MACC probe back at work.
September 29, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: The senior Wildlife and National Parks Department officer at the centre of a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigation has returned to work. It is understood that she is carrying out her normal duties and has not been...

RM4m hard disk heist may be 'inside job'.
September 29, 2010... Byline: Adrian David; Mazlinda Mahmood SEPANG: Despite several recent high-profile heists at cargo warehouses, thieves still pulled off a RM4-million theft at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport here early on Saturday. What was shocking...

BN will pick local Umno man for Galas.
September 29, 2010... Byline: B. Suresh Ram; Sulaiman Jaafar KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional will field a local Umno leader in the upcoming Galas by-election, said Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said the selection of the candidate would be...

Chemist: Semen found on girl's singlet.
September 29, 2010... SHAH ALAM: A singlet belonging to 3-year-old Aaliyah Ayman Hussin Abdullah, who was murdered, had traces of semen belonging to the accused, the High Court heard yesterday. Aedrianee Reeza Alwi, 29, a chemist from the Chemistry Department in...

Gambler's ransom ploy backfires.
September 29, 2010... Byline: Rizalman Hammim BATU PAHAT: A businessman's gambling addiction landed him in hot water after he was arrested for impersonating loan sharks to get money from his wife for his gambling spree at a casino. The 37-year-old man sent text...

Jail, detention for 2 who dumped baby.
September 29, 2010... MALACCA: An 18-year-old factory worker was sentenced by the magistrate's court yesterday to two years' jail while his 17-year-old girlfriend was ordered to be detained at the Henry Gurney School until she reaches 21 years old. Mohd Zolhalmi...

Fights expose PKR's splits.
September 29, 2010... THE outbreak of hostilities in Parti Keadilan Rakyat's divisional elections has exposed deep flaws in a party regarded as the lynchpin of Pakatan Rakyat. SAJAHAN WAHEED, V. SHANKAR GANESH, SEAN AUGUSTIN, AIDI AMIN and LOOI SUE-CHERN report. ...

Chua: Buying Nanyang was right decision at that time.
September 29, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: MCA will not apologise to the Chinese community over its controversial decision to acquire several vernacular newspapers in 2001. President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said there was no need to apologise as the move in 2001 to...

The Ku Li factor in Galasby-election.
September 29, 2010... Byline: Zubaidah Abu Bakar THERE is renewed focus on Gua Musang member of parliament Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, a veteran Umno leader who is synonymous with Kelantan politics ever since he first contested in 1974. Some may say that he is now...

Police say there may be 8 victims.
September 29, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: The Banting murders count could now be eight. Police believe that the three businessmen who were reported missing earlier this year could have been murdered. Federal Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohd...

Usharani fears for her safety in India.
September 29, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: S. Usharani, the wife of Indian millionaire Allal Kathan Muthuraja who is believed to have been murdered, feels she could be in danger once she returns home. The 26-year-old said this could be because she was getting closer to...

A-G wants everybody to cool it.
September 29, 2010... PUTRAJAYA: Investigations into the Banting murders will be jeopardised if the trial by the public continues. In issuing this warning, Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail advised everyone, including politicians and the media, to stop...

Team Lotus name fight goes to court.
September 29, 2010... Byline: Zuraimi Abdullah; Presenna Nambiar KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes and two other owners of the Lotus Racing team are taking the fight against Proton Holdings Bhd to use the Team Lotus name in Formula One (F1) racing to the...

Lorry driver: I was tricked into signing loans for RM1.6m.
September 29, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: A lorry driver is facing bankruptcy after being duped by a friend into taking out 27 car, personal and credit card loans totalling RM1.6 million. Lim Seik Kuang, 51, who earns RM2,500 a month, claimed that a businessman known as...

Brokerage couple claim trial to organising tontine.
September 29, 2010... SHAH ALAM: A man and his wife were charged separately at the magistrate's court here yesterday with organising a kootu (tontine) investment fund for the public. Sabbri Yusof, 49, and Rahimah Rahim, 39, as owners of the company World Heritage...

Green light for green technology.
September 29, 2010... Byline: Lynn Omar THIS burgeoning renewable energy sector promises to keep industries in the black, not to mention the thousands of jobs it can create, writes LYNN OMAR. AT last year's climate change summit in Copenhagen, Prime Minister...