Rings of questions over Rosmah

Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers are asking where and
how, if true, did the prime minister's wife
get her alleged RM73 million ring.

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister’s wife Rosmah Mansor’s alleged RM73 million diamond ring has left many in Pakatan Rakyat curious.

PAS Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar asked how Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak got his hands on the funds needed to buy the ring.

“If the allegation is true, where did the money to buy this blue diamond come from?” he asked.

Maths puts Bersih crowd at 45,000 to 50,000

A research firm using tweets, photos has charted a
way to measure just how many people turned up at
the 'Walk for Democracy' rally.

PETALING JAYA: Crowd estimates for the July 9 Bersih 2.0 rally are almost as contentious as the rally itself. Various figures have been bandied about. Just about everybody has their own estimation – the organisers, police and the media.

Now, one man has come out and said that with his mathematical calculations, the figure is around 45,000 and 50,000. He is Politweet founder, Ahmed Kamal Nava.

Letter of Protest against Power Tariff Hike

Letter from SAPP Youth to Tan Sri Leo Moggie, Chairman of SESB

SESB New Tariff effective 15 July 2011

We write to record our objection to the SESB new tariff effective 15 July 2011 which, according to some calculations, is 15% to 24%. You claimed that the new tariff will not affect the majority of the people. In fact, the new tariff will impact on every person, some directly as consumers and some indirectly when the costs of living and costs of economic production shoot up.

Minister rapped over remarks on power tariff hike

SANDAKAN: Industrial Development Minister Datuk Raymond Tan Shu kiah has been taken to task for labelling those who objected to the power Tariff hike as having motive and hidden agenda.

Sandakan Chinese Chamber of Commerce (SCCC) Secretary Stephen Wong yesterday said on the contrary those supporting the increase in power traffic also harbour motive and hidden agenda.

THE MOST CORRUPTED MALAYSIAN

Malaysia has squandered an estimated RM100 billion on financial scandals under the 22-year rule of Dr Mahathir Mohamad, according to a new book about the former prime minister.

According to Barry Wain, author of the soon-to-be launched Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times , direct financial losses amounted to about RM50 billion.

Peserta BERSIH: Polis ancam nak bunuh saya

Beberapa peserta perhimpunan BERSIH menggesa Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (Suhakam) menyiasat dakwaan keganasan polis yang dialami mereka semasa perhimpunan Sabtu lalu.

Diketuai ahli jawatankuasa pemandu BERSIH 2.0, Maria Chin Abdullah, kira-kira 30 peserta menyerahkan memorandum kepada Timbalan Pengerusi Suhakam, Datuk Dr Khaw Lake Tee di ibu pejabat suruhanjaya itu di Kuala Lumpur hari ini.

Cartoon by Zunar

Two photos, thirty years apart, move the Web

Thirty years ago, the first space shuttle launched into the stratosphere. Chris Bray and his father Kenneth watched -- and took a picture. Then last Friday, the shuttle Atlantis took its final trip. Again, the Bray men were there. And again, the two snapped a photo to capture the moment.

Quit if you disagree, ministers told

A former Sabah chief minister hit out at ministers who
do not practise collective responsibility.

KOTA KINABALU: Former Sabah chief minister Harris Salleh has slammed federal ministers who do not subscribe to the principle of collective responsibility.

He said ministers who criticise the government should resign from the posts.

The target of his anger was Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Bernard Dompok who has pinned the blame for election malpractices in the country on the National Registration Department (NRD).

Bangladesh indigenous groups reject 15th Amendment of Constitution and terming of indigenous peoples as 'Bengali'

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Bangladesh indigenous groups reject 15^th Amendment of Constitution and terming of indigenous peoples as ‘Bengali’

Main concerns that affect Indigenous peoples are:
(1) Retaining of “BISMILLAH-AR-RAHMAN-AR-RAHIM” (In the name of Allah) In the preamble of the constitution.
(2) Retaining of ISLAM as state religion: Islam alone cannot be the state religion as there are people who practice and folow other religions such as Hindu, Christian, Bouddha and Indigenous Practices.
(3) Non recognition of Indigenous Peoples as Indigenous (Adibasi). Upajati(tribes)/Khudra Jatisatta(minor races)/Nrigosthi-sampradai(ethnic sects and communities) are the terms inserted. These terminologies are not acceptable to the indigenous peoples.
(4) The Nationality and Citizenship: The People of Bangladesh shall be know as Bengali as a nation and the citizens of Bangladesh shall be know as Bangladeshis. Indigenous peoples of Bangladesh do not want to be known as Bengali. In this way Indigenous peoples own national identity will get lost.
(5) Freedom of Association: There is every possibility for the political parties/organizations/associations of the Indigenous Peoples  to be stopped terming them communal.   

10 July 2011