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Ex-London mayor upends race for UK prime minister by quitting

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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Vote Leave campaign leader, Boris Johnson, waves as he finishes delivering his speech in London, Britain June 30, 2016.</span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">REUTERS</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Former London mayor Boris Johnson, runaway bookmakers'
favourite to become Britain's prime minister, abruptly pulled out of the race
on Thursday in a shock announcement less than a week after leading the campaign
to pull the country out of the EU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Johnson's announcement, to audible gasps from a roomful of
journalists and supporters, was the biggest political surprise since Prime
Minister David Cameron quit on Friday, the morning after losing the referendum
on British membership in the bloc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Johnson's withdrawal makes Theresa May, the interior
minister who backed remaining in the EU, the new favourite to succeed Cameron.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She announced her own candidacy earlier on Thursday,
promising to deliver the EU withdrawal voters had demanded, despite having
campaigned for the other side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Brexit means Brexit," she told a news conference.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The campaign was fought, the vote was held, turnout
was high and the public gave their verdict. There must be no attempts to remain
inside the EU, no attempts to rejoin it through the back door and no second
referendum."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Johnson, whose support of the Leave cause was widely seen as
delivering its victory, saw his bid suddenly crumble after his Brexit campaign
ally, Justice Secretary Michael Gove, withdrew his backing and announced his
own leadership bid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I must tell you, my friends, you who have waited
faithfully for the punchline of this speech, that having consulted colleagues
and in view of the circumstances in parliament, I have concluded that person
cannot be me," Johnson said at the news conference in a London luxury
hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Supporters in parliament, who had gathered expecting to hear
him formally announce his candidacy, were left stunned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Gove, a close friend of Cameron's despite differences with
the prime minister over Europe, had previously said he would back Johnson. But
in an article in the Spectator magazine on Thursday, Gove wrote that he had
come "reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris cannot provide the
leadership or build the team for the task ahead".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Conservative lawmakers said Johnson may have been undone by
supporters of Cameron exacting revenge for his decision to defy the prime
minister and back the Leave campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword,"
said one lawmaker, describing internal party conflict on condition of
anonymity. The lawmaker told Reuters that Johnson had realised his bid would
fail after lawmakers defected from his campaign overnight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Johnson became the latest political casualty of a civil war
in the ruling party unleashed by Cameron's decision to hold the referendum on
membership in the EU, an issue that divided the Conservatives for decades and
now divides the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>JOKEY MANNER</b><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Johnson, known for a jokey public persona and a mop of
unkempt blonde hair, became a popular national figure during eight years as
London mayor, and used his charm to aid the Leave cause after deciding only
late in the day to push for Brexit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Several leading Conservatives questioned whether Johnson had
the gravitas to run tough talks to mend the broken relationship with the EU and
drive the country's future on the global stage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In an article in the Times newspaper, May took aim at
Johnson's persona by saying government was not "a game".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She also appealed to the working classes, many of whom voted
to leave the EU in protest at an elite who, they say, failed to cushion their
lives from increasing competition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One senior Conservative lawmaker, Crispin Blunt, said Gove
had probably withdrawn his support because Johnson refused to promise him a
job.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Britain's new prime minister faces a huge task to unite the
party and country, and persuade the EU to offer some kind of deal -- balancing
the desire expressed by voters to reduce immigration with London's hope to
maintain access to EU markets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the week since the referendum, Johnson had published a
newspaper column promising curbs on immigration and continued access to the
European common market, a position European officials say is untenable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Conservative Party lawmakers will narrow a field of five
leadership candidates down to two, and party members will then vote on which of
them will become party leader and presumptive prime minister.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In addition to May and Gove, the candidates are Stephen
Crabb, the cabinet minister responsible for pensions, Liam Fox, a right-wing
former defence secretary, and Andrea Leadsom, a minister in the energy
department.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Aware of the uncertainty in Britain, the party has said it
is moving as quickly as it can to replace its leader and would do so by Sept.
9.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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leadership battle, with lawmakers having voted no confidence in left-wing party
leader Jeremy Corbyn, who refuses to step down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The vacuum at the top of both major political parties has
added to the political uncertainty at a time when Britain faces its biggest
constitutional change since the dissolution of its empire in the decades after
World War Two.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ex-London mayor upends race for UK prime minister by quitting

Vote Leave campaign leader, Boris Johnson, waves as he finishes delivering his speech in London, Britain June 30, 2016.REUTERS Former London mayor Boris Johnson, runaway bookmakers' favourite to become Britain's prime minister, abruptly pulled out o… Read more »

30Jun2016

World’s biggest uncut diamond fails to sell at auction

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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">A model shows off the 1109-carat ‘Lesedi La Rona’, rough
diamond during a media event at Sotheby’s in London Britain June 14, 2016. —
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The world’s largest uncut diamond failed to sell at auction
in London yesterday after the bids fell short of the reserve price.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Lesedi La Rona, a 1,109-carat, tennis ball-sized gem
found in Botswana, had been predicted to sell for over US$70 million (RM281
million).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But the Sotheby’s auctioneer failed to persuade bidders to
go above US$61 million for the jewel, which was discovered in 2015 by the
Lucara Diamond Corp.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Though widely admired in the months preceding this
evening’s auction, and despite having seen bidding in the salesroom, the Lesedi
la Rona failed to reach its reserve price and consequently did not find a buyer
tonight,” Sotheby’s said in a later statement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sotheby’s chairman of jewellery David Bennett had called the
diamond “the find of a lifetime.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“No rough even remotely of this scale has ever been offered
before at public auction,” Bennett said ahead of the auction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Precious stones have been fetching ever-higher prices at
auction lately, as the world’s ultra-rich invest in hard assets as a safeguard
against stock market volatility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Reacting to the failed sale, Tobias Kormind of 77 Diamonds
online retailer said the bullish gem market “may have reached a tipping point
and demand for large rare stones might just be saturated”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alternatively, he said, “the market instability with Brexit
may have just caused this to be a case of bad luck or bad timing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lesedi La Rona means “our light” in Botswana’s Tswana
language. It could be cut into smaller gems for jewellery or left whole in a
private collection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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830-carat diamond was found in Botswana, the third-largest in the world,
William Lamb, Lucara’s president and chief executive, told AFP.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The record for the biggest diamond in the world is still
held by the “Cullinan Diamond”, a legendary gem found in South Africa in 1905
boasting 3,016.75 carats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Cullinan Diamond was cut into nine diamonds for the
British crown jewels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">They include the Cullinan I in the Queen’s Sceptre and the
Cullinan II, which is lodged in the crown that the British monarch wears to the
opening of parliament.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A blue diamond from the same South African mine sold for
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World’s biggest uncut diamond fails to sell at auction

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A model shows off the 1109-carat ‘Lesedi La Rona’, rough diamond during a media event at Sotheby’s in London Britain June 14, 2016. — Reuters The world’s largest uncut diamond failed to sell at auction in London yesterday after the bids fell short … Read more »

30Jun2016

Stay put as Chief Minister, Penang DAP tells Guan Eng

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Chief Minister as the corruption charge is merely a form of political
persecution, Exco member Chow Kon Yeow said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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charges levelled at its secretary-general, the Penang DAP committee found Lim
to be innocent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is no necessity for Lim to resign as Penang CM or to take leave from his
responsibilities as the state’s chief executive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“We would like to assure Penangites that business in the
state government would be as usual and would not be affected by the corruption
charge,” Chow said at a press conference.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He also said an emergency meeting for the Central Executive
Committee would be convened tomorrow at DAP’s headquarters Kuala Lumpur at
11am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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place, but said it would be on Lim’s charges.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Earlier this morning, Lim and his former landlord, Phang Li
Khoon, were in the dock for their alleged involvement in rezoning an
agricultural land and purchase of a below-market-price bungalow at Pinhorn
Road. Both pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vice-Chairman Zairil Khir Johari said a special fundraiser to collect funds to
pay Lim’s bail was launched.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and DAP supporters felt the same way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“We have been asked by many who wanted to contribute towards
Lim’s bail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“By right, a bail amount should be set so that the person
does not abscond from a court hearing, but this is too much. And we all know
Lim does not run away,” the Bukit Bendera lawmaker added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in to their Maybank account: <span lang="ZH-CN">“</span>DAP Penang <span lang="ZH-CN">–</span> 5070
1301 4596<span lang="ZH-CN">″</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Penang DAP’s own funds, topped up by the DAP headquarters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“We only have RM890,000 balance in our account. So the
national treasurer topped up with another RM110,000.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“From the donations, we can pay the DAP HQ the balance and restore
our accounts,” Chow said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Stay put as Chief Minister, Penang DAP tells Guan Eng

There is no need for Lim Guan Eng to step down as Penang Chief Minister as the corruption charge is merely a form of political persecution, Exco member Chow Kon Yeow said. The state DAP chairman explained that despite the two charges levelled at its… Read more »

30Jun2016

The woman who always silently remain behind the man

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now in their 90s, continue to remain inseparable, a bond which has withstood
numerous political trials and tribulations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many consider the soft-spoken Dr Siti Hasmah Ali as the wind
beneath former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad's wings. But the latter was no dove.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And even now, he is attempting to sink his talons into Prime
Minister Najib Abdul Razak, without much success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In an interview with the media, Siti Hasmah revealed her
emotions over the latest battle in which her husband is embroiled in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The mother of seven confessed to feeling hurt when
witnessing what Najib is doing to her husband.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">However, she said nothing can be done about this except
leaving the matter in the hands of Allah because the prime minister is too
powerful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"We can't do anything, they are too powerful. Leave it
to Allah, perhaps there is a blessing in disguise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I know my husband is also disappointed and sad...
Never mind, that person is too powerful, we cannot do anything," she was
quoted as saying by Sinar Harian.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Siti Hasmah also revealed that she conceals her hurt from
Mahathir.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"As Mahathir's wife, I admit the attacks and their
actions against him have an impact (on her). But I do not show it, I don't want
to compound his worries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"So I choose to be with him all the time and respect
his struggle which has yet to end. Sometimes, I feel sorry for him due to the
way he is being treated," she added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Describing Najib's action as "improper", Siti
Hasmah said this was especially so since their respective families were close.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"We were close. Najib's father, Tun (Abdul) Razak,
studied in the same school as my brother... So we have known each other for a
long time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"I was close friends with Tun Suhailah and Tun Rahah as
well," she added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tun Suhailah Mohammad Noah is the mother of Defence Minister
Hishammuddin Hussein and the sister of Tun Rahah, who is Najib's mother.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Meanwhile, Siti Hasmah said she was most saddened when
Mahathir relinquished his post as Proton Holdings adviser due to the
sentimental attachments with the firm, which is the brainchild of her husband.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The woman who always silently remain behind the man

Six decades after their marriage, the two doctors, who are now in their 90s, continue to remain inseparable, a bond which has withstood numerous political trials and tribulations. Many consider the soft-spoken Dr Siti Hasmah Ali as the wind beneath … Read more »

30Jun2016

Die standing than live on bended knees, Guan Eng exclaimed

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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A defiant Lim Guan Eng promised today to put up a good fight
to protect Penang’s image after he was charged with corruption over his house
purchase last year, adding that no amount of humiliation would succeed in
bringing him to his knees.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Penang chief minister in a statement shortly after he
was granted bail by the Penang High Court also maintained that he was innocent
of the charges and that the government he heads in the northern state is free
from power abuse and corruption.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He blamed Barisan Nasional (BN) for the charges, also
questioning the federal administration’s alleged failure to take its own to
court over other cases of corruption involving billions of ringgit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“BN can prosecute me but I will not kill my passion to free
Malaysia from corruption. BN can victimise me but will not crush my spirit to
free Malaysia from those who steal our children’s future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“BN can humiliate me by unnecessarily detaining me overnight
but will not succeed in changing white to black and black to white, right cannot
become wrong and wrong cannot become right,” Lim said in the statement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lim was kept overnight at the Penang Malaysian
Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) headquarters in George Town after he was
picked up by enforcers yesterday from his Komtar office.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“BN will not break my party's unity — we stand together as
leaders and members to battle for reforms towards a better Malaysia with
freedom, justice and democracy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“If BN feels that they can bend or break me by arresting me,
they are wrong! I will die standing than live on bended knees,” the DAP
secretary-general added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The leader who is now in his second term as chief minister
also disagreed with comparisons drawn between his case and that of former
Selangor mentri besar Khir Toyo’s, pointing out that the businesswoman who sold
him his house, Phang Li Koon, had not made any losses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Instead, he said, Phang had recorded a small profit of
RM300,000 from the sale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lim and Phang are both facing charges over the allegedly
corrupt house purchase deal they struck last year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lim is facing two charges — one under Section 23 of the MACC
Act and another under Section 165 of the Penal Code.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He is accused of using his public office or position to
obtain gratification for himself and his wife, Betty Chew, by approving an
application by Magnificent Emblem to convert agricultural land to residential
purpose during a state planning committee meeting on July 18, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Section 23 carries a jail term of not more than 20 years and
a fine of five times the value of gratification or RM10,000 whichever is
higher.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the Penal Code charge, Lim is alleged to have used his
position to obtain gratification by purchasing his house from Phang at RM2.8
million, which was below the property’s market value of RM4.27 million on July
28, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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imprisonment, a fine, and forfeiture of property upon conviction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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109 of the Penal Code over the sale of the house on Jalan Pinhorn to Lim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bail was set today at RM1 million for Lim and RM200,000 for
Phang.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Die standing than live on bended knees, Guan Eng exclaimed

A defiant Lim Guan Eng promised today to put up a good fight to protect Penang’s image after he was charged with corruption over his house purchase last year, adding that no amount of humiliation would succeed in bringing him to his knees. The Penan… Read more »

30Jun2016

Bersih 2.0 alleged Guan Eng swift arrest as ‘selective prosecution’

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today in calling the corruption charges against Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan
Eng “selective persecution”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a statement, the group said that the way in which the DAP
lawmaker was investigated and immediately arrested was far more drastic than
others who have also been investigated for corruption.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“The manner in which YAB Lim was arrested reflects selective
prosecution as there are many other cases on corruption which have not been
dealt with nor with such speed,” the statement read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bersih 2.0 was referring to, among others, the RM2.6 billion
donation that was deposited into the prime minister’s personal account and
Switzerland’s chief prosecutor’s allegations that some RM16.6 billion had been
misappropriated from “Malaysian state companies.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Investigations into all these cases are still pending for
more than two years,” it said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Instead of arresting the Penang lawmaker, the authorities
could have just summoned Lim to appear in court as the latter had been
cooperative throughout the investigative process, the electoral reform group
suggested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“There is, therefore, no need to arrest nor for the
intimidating, heavy presence of MACC and police officers at Komtar,” it said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The group reiterated that the case should be brought to
court and also urged the judiciary to display the utmost independence when
dealing with the Penang chief minister.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“We strongly urge the judge to show his or her independence
and fairness when delivering justice in the case,” it said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) unexpectedly
arrested Lim at his office at the Komtar yesterday, arriving as the chief
minister was in the middle of chairing a meeting of his state executive
council.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This morning, Lim and businesswoman Phang Li Koon were
charged over an allegedly corrupt house purchase deal they struck last year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lim claimed trial to the charges ― one under Section 23 of
the MACC Act and another under Section 165 of the Penal Code.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He was accused of using his public office or position to
obtain gratification for himself and his wife, Betty Chew, by approving an
application by Magnificent Emblem to convert agricultural land to residential
purpose during a state planning committee meeting on July 18, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Section 23 carries a jail term of not more than 20 years and
a fine of five times the value of gratification or RM10,000 whichever is
higher.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the Penal Code charge, Lim is alleged to have used his
position to obtain gratification by purchasing his house from Phang at RM2.8
million, which was below the property’s market value of RM4.27 million on July
28, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The second offence is punishable by up to two years’
imprisonment, a fine, and forfeiture of property upon conviction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Phang meanwhile was charged with abetment under Section 109
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Source –Malay Mail Online-</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Bersih 2.0 alleged Guan Eng swift arrest as ‘selective prosecution’

Electoral reform group Bersih 2.0 joined the opposition today in calling the corruption charges against Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng “selective persecution”. In a statement, the group said that the way in which the DAP lawmaker was investigate… Read more »

30Jun2016

Guan Eng charged with two counts of corruption

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abetting Lim in abusing his position. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Roslan transfered the case to a High Court for mention
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Guan Eng charged with two counts of corruption

Pix by Danial Saad Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was charged with two counts of corruption and with using his position for gratification, at the High Court here today. Lim nodded and said "faham" (understand) when both charges under Section 23… Read more »

30Jun2016

Perak mufti wants cinema closed, claim Muslims cinemagoers only go to 'beromen'

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reconsider awarding licences for cinemas today, claiming that Muslims frequent
them not to watch films but to indulge in “hanky panky”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a report by news portal Astro Awani, Harussani was quoted
saying cinemas are a form of “vice” that is detrimental to the faith of Muslims
in this country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“The cinemas themselves are a vice, what more sitting at
couple seats that encourage others to commit vice in the cinemas,” Harussani
told Awani.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“No licence should have been awarded, they are there not to
watch movies, but to ‘beromen’,” he added, using the Malay slang that roughly
means “hanky panky”, but which is also used to mean “having sex”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Harussani also urged religious enforcers to nab unmarried
couples whenever they see any, and not just in cinemas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“We spend so much money for preaching, but our own side is
encouraging vice,” said Harussani.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“The cinemas are already showing ‘romen’ stories, people who
watch them want to ‘romen’ at their own seats; I don’t get why all this is
happening.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Awani reported earlier today that a cinema outlet has banned
unmarried Muslims from selecting couple’s seats — adjoining seats without an
armrest separating the two — when frequenting its outlets in Perak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Seri Iskandar, a township with several tertiary education institutions, had
issued the ban following “advice” from the Perak Tengah Municipal Council.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LFS’s management to implement the ban.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Malay Mail Online cannot yet reach LFS or the council for
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popularly known for showing Hindi and Tamil films.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Perak mufti wants cinema closed, claim Muslims cinemagoers only go to 'beromen'

Perak mufti Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria urged authorities to reconsider awarding licences for cinemas today, claiming that Muslims frequent them not to watch films but to indulge in “hanky panky”. In a report by news portal Astro Awani, Harussani was … Read more »

30Jun2016

'Bebas Guan Eng' chant at MACC office in show of support for the Chief Minister

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show of support for Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lim was arrested at his office in Komtar earlier today and
brought to the MACC headquarters along Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tomorrow on two charges, one under Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption
Commission Act and another under Section 165 of the Penal Code.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Emblem’s application to convert agricultural land to residential purpose while
the second charge was over Lim’s house purchase allegedly at below market
value.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Magnificent Emblem, was also arrested today and expected to be charged
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'Bebas Guan Eng' chant at MACC office in show of support for the Chief Minister

A large number of DAP members and supporters gathered outside the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters here in a show of support for Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. The crowd of supporters that started arriving in small group… Read more »

29Jun2016

Rahman Dahlan relieved that the MACC has decided to take action against the chief minister

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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This comment was made by BN Strategic Communications
Director Abdul Rahman Dahlan on the arrest of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan
Eng today by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lim will be charged in the Sessions Court tomorrow over the
purchase of a bungalow in Penang.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a press statement released this evening, Rahman said it
was his hope that the MACC would carry out its duties without fear and favour
like they always do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“And eventually this will bring us the truth and justice.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He said he raised the matter of the purchase of the bungalow
in Jalan Pinhorn in March this year because he “believed there are wrongdoings
within the transaction and the people of Penang deserve nothing but the truth”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“Clearly, DAP’s slogan of being the most clean political
party in Malaysia does not hold water, post Lim Guan Eng’s arrest by MACC
today.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“After months of internal investigation and intense public
discourse, I am relieved that the MACC has decided to take action against the
chief minister.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rahman Dahlan relieved that the MACC has decided to take action against the chief minister

“Transparency and accountability must be practised, not preached.” This comment was made by BN Strategic Communications Director Abdul Rahman Dahlan on the arrest of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commissio… Read more »

29Jun2016

Dr M investigated by police in eight cases

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minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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him," said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dr Mahathir during the recent Kuala Kangsar by-election, likening Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"He (Dr Mahathir) had likened the prime minister to Idi
Amin, who is also known as the “Butcher of Uganda.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"We have recorded his (Dr Mahathir’s) statement at the
Perdana Foundation this morning," he told a press conference after
presenting helmets to traffic police officers at Celcom Axiata in Jalan Semarak
here today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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killing of tens of thousands of people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the recently concluded by-elections in both Kuala Kangsar and Sungai Besar,
claiming that the contests would be the people's referendum on Najib’s
leadership.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dr M investigated by police in eight cases

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29Jun2016

Guan Eng arrested for corruption, says Kit Siang

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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The exco member is believed to be in the chief minister’s
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Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers, were spotted entering the chief
minister’s office at level 28 in Komtar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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However, they declined to shed any light on the developments. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the state administrative building. Lim is currently chairing the state
executive council meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the purchase of his RM2.8 million house. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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land in Taman Manggis to Kuala Lumpur International Dental Centre (KLIDC).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Guan Eng arrested for corruption, says Kit Siang

0 Breaking News, 热点新闻 Hot News, 热门话题 Hot Topics 6:44:00 PM

A warrant of arrest against Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has been issued. This was the claim made by Penang exco member Dr Afif Bahardin via Twitter. The exco member is believed to be in the chief minister’s office in Komtar. Also inside is… Read more »

29Jun2016

Phang Li Khoon arrested

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Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, is believed to have been arrested by police and
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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probe into the bungalow purchase and submitted the investigation papers to
Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The MACC had also said appropriate legal action would be
taken if the A-G was satisfied with the explanation given by the anti-graft
body in its investigation papers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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MACC for alleged corrupt practices involving the purchase of the bungalow on
July 28 last year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Phang Li Khoon arrested

Phang Li Khoon (pic), who sold the Pinhorn Road bungalow to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, is believed to have been arrested by police and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officers. It is not known where and when Phang was arrested but a senior st… Read more »

29Jun2016

Brazilian police greet tourists with 'Welcome to Hell' sign at Rio airport

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generating concern over whether or not Brazil is ready to host the Olympic
Games - exacerbated by ongoing trouble stemming from the Zika virus plaguing
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unpaid wages and unsatisfactory working conditions. Some even claimed to have
not received proper equipment for their jobs - down to basics such as gasoline
for cars - and they lack even some of the most necessary of hygienic
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“At the stations we don't have paper or ink for the
printers, there's no one to come in to clean and some stations don't have a
water supply anymore so the toilets are not functioning,” said an officer
identified only as Andre, a member of an elite police unit, told the AFP.
“Members of the public bring toilet paper to us.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One officer told the AFP that he had not been paid in at
least five months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Police say that the unavailability of equipment could prove
dangerous during the 5 August Olympics, which are expected to draw more than
half a million foreign tourists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">An attack on Rio’s largest hospital, close to the Olympic
stadium, sparked security concerns. More than 20 armed men stormed the hospital
on 20 June to reportedly free a drug kingpin being held inside, leaving one
person dead and two injured.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The police could not call for backup because they do not
have a helicopter at their disposal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Rio officials declared a “state of public calamity” early
June in hopes to trigger emergency federal funding amid the country’s financial
shortfall. But Interim Gov Francisco Dornelles says that they have yet to
receive the R$2.9bn (£657m) Rio officials had requested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">“I’m optimistic about the games, but I have to show
reality,” he told O Globo. “[I]f some steps aren’t taken, [the Olympics] could
be a big failure.”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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