• 1. Syed Alwi found dead with injuries [Read Full Story ]
  National laureate Datuk Syed Alwi Syed Hassan was found dead with head and body injuries behind his house in Kuang near here last night. He was 78.
  
  
• 2. Sleeping sisters buried alive [Read Full Story ]
  Two sisters were buried alive when a landslide hit their bungalow in Ulu Yam Perdana near here early yesterday.
  
  
• 3. Takeover of Federal Govt as soon as possible, says PKR adviser [Read Full Story ]
  Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has once again stressed that Pakatan Rakyat would form the Federal Government but would not say when.
  
  
• 4. Kayveas: We will leave Barisan if ISA is not amended [Read Full Story ]
  The PPP will pull out of the Barisan Nasional if the Internal Security Act is not amended before the next elections, party president Datuk M. Kayveas said.
  
  
• 5. Police to determine if Mumbai terrorists used Malaysian passports [Read Full Story ]
  The police are ascertaining if Malaysian travel documents were used to facilitate the movements of the terrorists in the Mumbai massacre.
  
  
• 6. Mukhriz: Scrap vernacular schools, one system for all [Read Full Story ]
  Umno Youth chief aspirant Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir has called on the Government to abolish the vernacular school system as a means to enhance unity among people of various races.
  
  
• 7. More flights at KLIA due to Bangkok airport closure [Read Full Story ]
  AN average of three to four flights were diverted from Bangkok to the KL International Airport (KLIA) on Nov 25 due to civil unrest in the Thai capital.
  
  

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PARLIAMENT OF MALAYSIA & CRIMINAL CASES

• Remand extended for 13 suspects in cop attack [Read Full Story ]
  The magistrates court yesterday extended the remand of 13 out of the 15 suspects who were arrested last week following their attack on an off-duty policeman.
  
  
• Judge: Let High Court decide on RPK's application [Read Full Story ]
  The High Court is the best venue to decide where Malaysia Today<i> </i>editor Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin's defamation case should be heard.
  
  
• Yim to appeal against sentence for maid abuse [Read Full Story ]
  Housewife Yim Pek Ha, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for causing grievous hurt to her former Indonesian maid Nirmala Bonat, has obtained a stay of execution pending an appeal.
  
  
• Acquitted of killing hubby [Read Full Story ]
  A 22-year-old woman who gave birth to one of her two children in prison broke down when she was discharged and acquitted of killing her husband three years ago.
  
  
• No foul play in detainee's death [Read Full Story ]
  The High Court has upheld a coroner's finding that there was no foul play in Francis Udayappan's death in 2004 when he was in police custody.
  
  
• Three jailed for armed robbery [Read Full Story ]
  Three men were jailed 20 months for armed robbery by a magistrates court here yesterday.
  
  
• Mum bound over for making false report [Read Full Story ]
  Former sales executive Jess Teh Hooi Wen has been bound over for lodging a false missing person's report about her daughter Shearwel Ooi Ying Ying.
  
  
• Judicial crisis, a foul mouth in the Dewan [Read Full Story ]
  THERE was tension in the Dewan Rakyat over the 1988 judicial crisis with one MP getting thrown out of the House and another continuing to use unparliamentary words.
  
  
• Nazri: Immunity call has to come from Conference of Rulers [Read Full Story ]
  THE call to reinstate royal immunity has to come from the Conference of Rulers and not just one Ruler, Datuk Seri Nazri Abd Aziz said.
  
  
• Chung Hwa to relocate to former SJKC Damansara [Read Full Story ]
  APPROVAL has been given for SJKC Chung Hwa in Parit, Perak to be relocated to the old site of SJKC Daman- sara in Petaling Jaya, said Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong.
  
  
• 18,532 PTPTN loan defaulters taken to court [Read Full Story ]
  A TOTAL of 18,532 cases involving National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan defaulters have been brought to court up till October, Datuk Seri Mohamad Kha­led Nordin said.
  
  
• Motion to suspend Tajuddin rejected [Read Full Story ]
  A MOTION calling for Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (BN – Pasir Salak) to be suspended for using unparliamentary words – <i>biul </i>(crazy) and a derogatory remark against a certain community – was shot down.
  
  
• Few more days to send in complaints [Read Full Story ]
  THE SCIENCE, Technology and Innovation Ministry has received several letters from the public about Angkasawan Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha charging for his talks.
  
  
• No sign of new schools [Read Full Story ]
  THE delay in the construction of Chinese and Tamil schools has been because of problems in land acquisition.
  
  
• Syed Hamid: Foreign workers make up 25% of the workforce [Read Full Story ]
  A TOTAL of RM3.8bil in levy from foreign workers was collected between last year and the first nine months of this year, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.
  
  
• Motion on closure of Gaza rejected [Read Full Story ]
  BARISAN Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat MPs supported an emergency motion to urge the Government to take action against the closure of the Gaza border in Palestine by Israel.
  
  
• RTM2 mulling over new Mandarin talkshow [Read Full Story ]
  The Information Ministry plans to air on RTM2 a similar Mandarin talkshow as the "What Say You" programme has been shelved due to a decreasing number of viewers, said its minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek.
  
  

OTHER MALAYSIA NEWS

• AirAsia mounting more rescue flights to Thailand [Read Full Story ]
  AirAsia will mount more rescue flights from Thailand’s U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield until Thursday to ferry stranded travellers back to Kuala Lumpur.
  
  
• Reformis to stalk Selangor MB and bare all ... literally [Read Full Story ]
  Eight members of Gerakan Reformasi Rakyat Malaysia (Reformis) will stalk Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim and strip naked when they come face to face with him.
  
  
• Penang probes council’s financial fiasco [Read Full Story ]
  Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) president Farizan Darus has been told to go on leave pending investigations into the council’s plunging reserves.
  
  
• Floods: University declares holiday, 11yr-old dies [Read Full Story ]
  Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) declared a one-day holiday after its lecture halls and offices were inundated by floods, while an 11-year-old girl became the fourth flood victim in Kelantan.
  
  
• Parliament: Laws against wayward ex-husbands [Read Full Story ]
  The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has given its input on the issue of ex-husbands who disregard court orders and default on providing maintenance to their ex-wives and children.
  
  
• Tapah police looking for murder victim’s kin [Read Full Story ]
  Police are seeking help to identify the body of a middle-aged man who was killed and dumped on the North-South Expressway near Tapah last Wednesday.
  
  
• Court clears Perak royal, ex-private secretary of cheating [Read Full Story ]
  Perak royalty Raja Izzuddin Iskandar Shah has been cleared by the KL High Court from the charge of abetting his former private secretary in cheating a businesswoman and her mother.
  
  

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