Bad, Ugly & Stupid
• Anwar was charged of sodomising Saiful, and Saiful was not charged for the offence.
Good
• Judge allows the bond of RM RM20,000.
Good
• The ACA will soon record the statements of the PM and his deputy over a report lodged against them by an Umno veteran.
• The ACA will reopen its files on previous allegation of corruption in the construction of the MRR2.
• Gwyneth Paltrow is delivering a straightforward message to American living outside the US: Cast your vote and make it for Obama.
• Several NGOs will monitor the government’s crackdown on illegal immigrants to ensure there is no human rights violation during the deportation process.
Bad
• (MRR2) Samy Vellu: No comment
• The five PR state governments had been left out of meetings held by Youth and Sports Ministry of the Sukma.
Ugly
• Blogger ‘Penarik Baca’, who real name is Abdul Bakar was detained by police in connection with an article on his blog about the police force and IGP.
• The RM1 million worth of drugs, seized from an international syndicate, were stolen from the Johor police headquarters.
Stupid
• Najib: It is not suitable to discuss to conversion to Islam issue openly in a forum by Bar Council.
Good
• This is the first time that Abdullah’s popularity has plunged to below 50 percent from a high of 91 percent in late 2004 with only 28% happy with nation’s direction.
• Penang state assembly passed a motion urging the Federal Government to reinstate the RM4.7bil “people-centric” mega projects.
• To ease the burden on contractors affected by the rising cost of building materials, the government will include 11 new items related to the industry into the Variation of Price list.
• Robbie Keane joined Liverpool.
• Nicol David clinched her sixth straight title of the year when she retained the Singapore Masters.
Bad
• Parts of North Korea are experiencing their worst levels of hunger in nearly a decade.
• Malaysia has recorded its highest number of chikungunya viral cases.
Stupid & Ugly
• Some International Olympic Committee officials cut a deal to let china block sensitive websites despite promises of unrestricted access.
• John McCain likens Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton to portray him as a vapid celebrity who was unfit to lead.
Ugly
• The RM100mil police logistics scandal saw the delivery of sub-standard equipment, and put the lives of police personnel at risk and wasted taxpayers’ money.
• Education Department has barred SMJK Ayer Tawar from receiving PR lead Perak state government allocation.
• Thieves took away severely-disabled children rice bowl.
Good
• Rice noodles and growing-up milk will be made controlled items.
• Mukhriz Mahathir has called on all 22,000 Umno branch chiefs to nominate candidates for the top five posts.
• Aussie PM has revived plans to have Australia’s indigenous people recognized in the nation constitution.
• Malaysia beat Finland in the final of World Youth Bowling Championships.
• Aaron King nail Malaysia’s first Masters gold in 10 years in the World Youth Bowling Championships.
Bad
• Umno will hold more talks with PAS.
• More than 14 million people across Africa are facing a humanitarian disaster because of a “lethal mix” of soaring food prices, drought and conflict.
• Barcelona refuses to let Messi go to Beijing.
Stupid
• R.Sivarasa was questioned by the police for about four hours over P.Balasubramaniam’s first statutory declaration.
• A layer cake measuring 45 feet in length to mark Sarawak’s 45th anniversary of independence has entered the Malaysia Book of Records.
Ugly
• RM235,123.08 was paid to maintain the Perdana V6 Executive used by Terengganu assembly member Toh Chin Yaw.
• America swimmer Jessica Hardy who qualified to swim in 50m freestyle and 100m breaststroke at the Olympics, tested positive for a banned substance.
Good
• War crime suspect Karadzic was captured after 13 years.
• Sudan has agreed to set up special courts to try alleged human rights abuses in Daftur which will be monitored by international bodies including the UN.
• China has designated areas in three parks for demonstration.
• The Welfare Department have approved financial assistance to the families of 11 ISA detainees.
• ACA has started a probe into the alleged high costs of maintaining the 16 Perdana V6 Executive cars used by Terengganu executive councilors.
• Selangor will only allow new advertising billboards to be erected on land rented out by local councils to ensure that they are located at suitable locations.
• The Selangor Government has identified 30 small illegal sand-mining sites.
Bad
• Inflation hit a 27-year high of 7.7% in June.
• The High Court dismissed an application to call private investigator Bala and Najib to give evidence in the Altantuya murder trial.
• Face-to-face PAS-Umno talks.
Ugly
• Terengganu executive councilors will go ahead and use the newly-purchased Mercedes E200 Kompressors although a Treasury condition says a members of the administration can only use Proton Perdana executive cars.
• A 3m-long cornice came crashing down the lobby of the Penang state assembly building as about 40 assembly members and journalists were having their morning tea-break.
Good
• One SJKC in Perak school will be housed at the original site of the SJKC Damansara in Section 17.
• PAS Youth declared that it “strongly rejects and opposes” any dialogue with Umno that is based on political pacts or cooperation.
• IGP and AG will play no part in the investigation of an allegation of sodomy against Anwar.
• Families in the Penang whose collective monthly income is below RM1,500 will receive RM100 each in compassionate aid.
• PAS has no qualms holding muzakarah (dialogues) with Umno but will leave the PR coalition.
• Former MCA central committee member and former Klang MP Tan Yee Kew join PKR.
• Ong Tee Keat contest the president’s post during the MCA polls in Oct.
• NS MB has rejected an application from a local council for a trip to Sarawak.
• Pope apologized fully to victims of child abuse by Catholic clergy for the first time.
Bad
• IPG filed a defamation suit against Anwar.
• A lawyer of Bala was called in for his statement to be recorded in connection with the two statutory declarations his client.
• Suu Kyi was kept under house arrest as others gathered to pay tribute to her late father on Martyrs Day.
• An Israel soldier is seen shooting an arrested and bound Palestinian in the leg with a plastic bullet.
Bad, Ugly & Stupid
• Anwar was arrested.
• Raja Petra Kamarudin was charged with defamation of the Rosmah.
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• Najib: My outstanding track record of giving priority to the people cannot be denied.
Good
• The first-of-its-kind live public debate on the fuel price between Shabery and Anwar.
• Homosexuals can apply and receive welfare aid if they meet the necessary welfare requirements.
• The Penang Government has launched the ePerolehan system to ensure transparency in the tender awarding process.
• RTM is ready to air debates between politicians.
• Nazri defended the 55:45 ratio for bumiputras and non-bumiputras use dby the PSD to issue scholarship to university students.
• Former Wanita MCA deputy chief Tan Yee Kew announced her resignation from the party.
• An organisation claiming to represent groups involved in southern Thailand’s Muslim insurgency announced it will end al violence in the region.
Bad
• The Canada Government said that it would not seek the repatriation of a young detainee in US custody of Guantanamo Bay.
Good
• Immigration Department director-general and deputy director-general and twenty five others, have been arrested by the ACA for alleged graft.
• Adrian Ang made history when he became the first Malaysian to win at the Hong Kong Bowling City.
• The Federal Government has allocated RM180,000 to put up informative signs about popular tourists attractions in English, Tamil and Chinese in Penang.
• The Government is reviewing the Consumer Price Index to reflect the true situation on the ground.
• International Criminal Court filed genocide charges against Sudanese President, accusing him of masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in Darfur.
• The Rainforest World Music Festival may go live on Internet.
Bad
• The police have recorded a statement from lawyer pertaining to the two statutory declarations made by Bala.
• IGP sent a letter of demand to Anwar demanding a apology and a retraction of his statement.
• Lim Kit Siang failed in his bid to refer the IGP to the Rights and Privileges Committee for setting up roadblocks on all roads leading to Parliament, which caused a lot of inconvenience – jam!jiam!jam!
• Malaysia’s food deficit which was RM9.7 billion last year, is not expected to improve due to the higher price of fuel and commodities.
• A South Korean tourist was shot dead in North Korea.
Stupid
• G: Anwar must apologise for alleging fabrication of evidence.
?
• Syed Hamid: PKR planned mass demonstration in front of Parliament.
Good
• ACA questions IGP and AG, who have been accused by Anwar of fabricating evidence in the 1998 “black eye” incident.
• Syed Hamid has been served with a letter of demand asking him to retract his remarks that Anwar was a snitch for the US.
• The Government will study the Public Service Department decision to increase non-bumiputra scholarship quota from 10% to 50%.
• A report has been lodged with the ACA against former Perak MB for claiming that the BN will take over the Perak Government on Aug 31.
• The Government is mulling over the setting up of private sector-owned DNA laboratories.
Bad
• Leaders of the world’s eight richest top industrial powers failed to bridge deep differences with poor nation on how to fight climate change.
• A court in Yangon has charged a blogger with causing “public offence” by posting caricatures of the country’s ruling generals on the internet.
Ugly
• Policemen at the Gemas police station lodges a police report against his colleagues and superior over the uneven distribution of bribes among themselves from illegal activities in that area.
• Query of Opposition Mp has been altered.
Bad! Bad! Bad!
• Pak Lah chosen Najib as his successor in June 2010.
?
• Former Perak MB: Perak BN won’t buy over Pakatan assemblymen to gain power.
Good
• Some 15, 000 households in Perak, with earnings of less than RM750 a month, will enjoy 20 cubic metres free water beginning next month.
• George Town and Malacca join World Heritage List.
• The Education Ministry is studying the most suitable method to convert partially-aided schools to fully-aided schools on a case-by-case basis.
• The Finance Ministry is discussing with banks to reduce the monthly repayments for housing loans to lessen the financial burden of the lower-income group.
Bad
• A photograph of a nude 6 year-old girl on the cover of a high-brow Australian art magazine.
• An emergency motion for a royal commission to be set up to probe allegations made against Najib, IGP and AG was dismissed at the Dewan.
Ugly
• Bung Mokhtar showed a hand gesture in the Dewan.
• The British PM was served 24 different dishes during his first day at the G8 summit, where the global good crisis tops the agenda.
Stupid
• A proposal by Fomca and others to carry out a “Buy Nothing Day” campaign on July 16.
?
• IGP: The joint exercise by police and the armed forces should not be misconstrued as a threat to stifle peaceful assembly.
• Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung: ISA detainees were not victimized and were treated well.
Good
• A total of 85 prison inmates have been considered for the first batch of parolees under the new parole system.
• A commotion broke out in a temple compound in JB when a group of people claiming to be Maika Holdings investors could not meet Samy Vellu.
• Historic regular flights between China and Taiwan began, in a show of conciliation between the long-time rivals that could bring large members of mainland Chinese visitors to the island.
Bad
• Bursa Malaysia system breakdown and the exchange had to suspend two trading sessions.
• The Government is not ready to implement automatic registration for voters who have reached 21 years old.
• The KL City Hall will continue approving new development projects until the KL City Plan 2020 has been approved and gazetted.
Ugly
• The wife of ISA detainee and Hindraf coordinator says most of her husband’s Hindraf associates have abandoned her and her two daughters.
Stupid
• Mahathir: The Federal Court set aside the conviction against Anwar for sodomy in 2004 but this did not mean he did not commit the offence.
• A group representing Muslim NGOs protested the move to lift restrictions on the size of places of worship for non-Muslims.
• Malaysian Muslim Solidarity Movement: The Malay rights are under threat if Anwar becomes PM
BAD, UGLY & STUPID
ANWAR’S LIFE WAS IN DANGER!
Good
• The A-G is objecting to the application filed at the High Court to seek a judicial review over the findings of the Royal Commission of inquiry into the Lingam video.
• Government drops bi-monthly salary plan.
• About 20, 000 people braved lashing rain to attend a rally to mark the first 100 days of PR rule in Perak.
• Bush has removed Mandela and his African national Congress from the US terror watch list.
• Obama held a long-waited telephone chat with Clinton, and Clinton is obviously committed to doing what he can to ensure Obama is the next president.
• Obama’s name sells like hot cakes.
• World leaders snub Mugabe’s win.
Bad
• The Government has completed first draft of the Witness Protection Bill.
• All 11 Umno assemblymen in Penang have turned down an offer by the state government to sit in the newly formed state consumer watch committee.
Stupid
• Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed: There was no need to consult the Penang Government when the decision was made to defer the RM2 billion monorial and RM1.5 billion Penang Outer Ring Road projects.
Ugly
• The pool in Terengganu Aquatics Complex is said to be 40cm short of the standard 50m in length.
?, Bad, Ugly & Stupid
• The 23-year-old aide claims that he was sodomised by Anwar, the second time that such a report had been lodged in over 10 years.
Good
• About 2,000 people gathered to protest against the ISA
• The Q&A session of Bar Council’s Social Contract Forum was a mature and lively one.
• Kelantan is offering the exclusive rights to any petroleum company willing to invest in infrastructure to supply NGV.
Bad
• Penang Monorial and Outer Ring Road will be put on hold.
• The development of the Damansara 21 project can continue work.
• Malaysia ranked 35 out of 40 countries in the Anholt national Brands Index.
• Selangor and Kedah played a total of seven matches in 20 days this month in Malaysia Super League and Malaysia Cup.
• Mugabe was sworn in for a sixth term of office as Zimbabwe president.
Stupid
• More than 20,000 members of several NGOs will gather in Putrajaya on July 12 in a show of support for PM.
• Ahmad Fairuz filed a judicial review of the findings by the Royal Commission of inquiry into the Lingam video clip.
• The Kelantan People’s Action Council has questioned the move by the Bar Council to host a forum on the social contract.
• Kimanis MP: BN is still the best for Sabah folk.
兴权会领袖乌达雅古玛被监狱局辱骂为“狗”。
凯利和首相署部长阿米“串通”国会附加问题。
2004年以来登嘉楼共有30亿令吉石油税收下落不明。
警察总长形容某些人士要求重新调查五一三事件是胡闹的做法。
对飙车党的无法无天束手无策。
莲花苑前州议员叶树山在44天内花光49万4前350令吉的常年拨款。
涉及瓜雪和乌雪县非法砍伐森林保留地的不法集团，已暗中操作至少3至4年。
雪总警长拒绝向为民请命的国会议员林立迎道歉。
4名警员设路障时，其中一人被撞，另三人惊慌失措， 忘了记下肇祸车字的车牌号码。
笨老人马哈迪：在我过去担任首相22年中，政府一直在找他的错误…我不认为我有错。
Good
• Police have recorded the statement of Rosmah, wife of Najib.
• Clinton gave terse backing to Obama.
• George Cloony and Brad Pitt joined forces with Asian political figures in an advertising campaign calling on the region to push Myanmar’s junta to allow in more cyclone aid.
Bad
• All 28 Perak BN assemblymen walkout.
• There was no Reesidents Association representative in MBPJ council list.
• RM1 million incentive to Malaysia athletes who brings home a gold medal at the Oympics.
• Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah Yeoh is allegedly “banned” from attending her alma mater SMK Subang Utama’s prefects’ reunion, because she is from PR.
• Malaysian taxis among the worst in the world, claims a survey by a local magazine.
Good & Bad
• A majority of people in 14 countries favour a total ban on torture, but in four others they find the practice acceptable.
Stupid
• Eusoff Chin has filed an application to seek judicial review to strike out all or part of the findings in the Royal commission of inquiry.
• Nazri ha shit out at BN Backbenchers Club for removing the red tape used as barricade to bar reporters from having access to the lobby.
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• Najib: He(Raja Petra) is a liar.
Good
• An Election Court dismissed two election petitions filed by two voters to challenge the results of the Titiwangsa and Wangsa Maju parliamentary seats.
• Those who are eligible for Socso benefits can claim them within a day if they provide the required documents.
• The UN Security Council demanded an end to persistent sexual violence during armed conflict, calling it a war crime and a component of genocide.
Bad, Ugly & Stupid
• At least two BN MPs from Sarawak on the verge of throwing their support behind the opposition.
• The press conference area at the corner of the lobby at the Parliament was the only spot where the media was allowed unrestricted access.
• Speaker defended the decision to strict the number of media personnel covering parliament proceedings to five.
Bad & Ugly
• A policeman was detained for allegedly forcing a 17-year-old to perform oral sex and raping her in a police station in Putra Heights.
Bad
• Death toll reaches 83 in Indian floods.
• The Mat Rempits have ‘revved’ up their nuisance level from street racing to robbery.
Stupid
• Mahathir claims that former judges removed during the 1988 judicial crisis were “bribed” into making allegations against him.
• Lingam ha sfiled for a judicial review to quash the findings of a royal commission.
