SHAH ALAM: The Syariah High Court here this morning allowed actor-host AC Mizal to withdraw his application for custody of his two children.

While today was supposed to be the start of the custody trial, the actor's Syarie counsel Siti Aishah Din informed judge Abu Zaky Mohammad that  due to his hectic schedule, her client has filed an application to withdraw his claim for full custody of his two children, Muhammad Shafiq Imam, 12, and Muhammad Shabil Iman,9, from ex-wife Shafnie Zainuddin.

SHAH ALAM: Two men convicted for stealing rubber gloves more than three years ago had their appeal against their conviction turned down at the Shah Alam High Court this morning.

G. Krishnamorthy, 38, of Sungai Pelek, Sepang, and M. Anthony Kumar, 31, of Negeri Sembilan, were sentenced at the Klang Sessions Court by judge Noradibah Ahmad on July 26, 2006, to four years' jail for stealing 148 cartons of rubber gloves worth RM10,500.

BANGKOK: Encouraged by the rapid growth of its hotel chain in Malaysia, Tune Hotels.com has launched a strategic partnership with a Thai real estate investment advisory firm as the first step in its ambitious campaign to expand across Asia.

Tune Hotels.com yesterday signed a franchising agreement with Evolution Capital Public Company Ltd (PTL), which is listed on the Thailand Stock Exchange, to a

 

SHAH ALAM: After failing to show up numerous times at the Syariah High Court here, actress Lydiawati was finally present today to enable her lawyer to file an application against her ex-husband.

The application is to seek a return of wedding items and alimony payments from Azhar Mohd Zar amounting to RM103,000.

KUALA LUMPUR: Renowned lawyer Karpal Singh has found both supporters and detractors following his call to have the English language adopted as the nation's second official language after Bahasa Malaysia (BM).

Karpal also urged the government to amend the Federal Constitution to accommodate an extra national language.

Those that The Malay Mail spoke with were divided over the proposal made by the Bukit Gelugor Member of Parliament last week.

SHAH ALAM: Today Selangor got an early start in celebrating the 64th birthday of the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, with its Charity Run called 'Larian Rakyat' at the new developed modern township i-City in Section 7, Shah Alam.

SHAH ALAM: The defence counsel for former Perlis Mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin this morning submitted a preliminary objection to the Shah Alam Syariah High Court regarding the powers and decision of the Selangor Syariah Court to hear and try the prosecution's application for a revision of the Gombak Lower Syariah Court's ruling.

SHAH ALAM: The Shah Alam Sessions Court this morning set trial between April 19 and 22 next year for former secretary-general of the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) Datuk Abdul Hanan Alang Endut's (pic) corruption case.

Abdul Hanan was charged on Oct 28 with 10 counts of corruption involving RM59,390.60.

SHAH ALAM: The High Court here had to postpone mention for former Ampang Jaya Municipal Council enforcement director Kapt (R) Abdul Kudus Ahmad's appeal case to Feb 19 after his lawyer failed to show up in court today.

During this morning's proceedings, Kudus told judge Mohd Yazid Mustafa that he had already informed his lawyer, Datuk Salehuddin Saidin, to attend court today.

 

KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry is viewing seriously Tuesday's incident where two boys were injured after a security guard dropped his shotgun at a Tenaga National Bhd (TNB) service centre in Jalan Klang Lama.

Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam said the ministry was investigating the incident.

SHAH ALAM: A contractor was sentenced to death for drug trafficking by the High Court here today.

Danial Ooi Abdullah, 47, was also given two years’ jail and two strokes of the rotan for drug possession.

He had been charged for committing the two offences on at 11.30pm on April 4 at Restaurant Hong Wu Food on Jalan Pekan Batu, Klang.

KUALA LUMPUR: Veteran politician Datuk Kadar Shah Sulaiman Ninam Shah and his wife, Datin Fauziah Haron, have agreed to an out-of-court settlement in their divorce case.

The Kuala Lumpur Syariah High Court was told this morning that both parties had negotiated since the last court hearing on Nov 5 and agreed to settle the matter out of court.

IT was all ado over nothing. Despite an Australian online news report that he had already been granted early release and was to have been freed on Nov 11, Malay Mail has learnt that convicted murderer Malaysian Phillip Choon Tee Lim has not been released and neither has his appeal for parole been decided.

THEY gathered in the thousands from all corners of Southeast Asia with one singular purpose — to champion the power of youth in bringing about global change.

Convening over two days, from Nov 16-17 at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre, over 2,000 youngsters from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapor

 

THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Operations Review Panel is not seeking to review Datuk V. K Lingam’s case, but rather will be requesting for a briefing on it instead.

 

MACC deputy chief commissioner Datuk Abu Kassim Mohamed clarified that the review panel was not seeking permission to review the case, as reported by an English daily online yesterday.

 

WHILE it’s good news to learn that public response for Women, Family and Community Development Ministry’s Talian Nur has been steadily picking up since its launch almost two years ago, it is also shameful to learn there are many who seem to abuse the hotline.

 

THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has earned brownie points from various quarters for its move to set up a special team to “study and keep in check” the misappropriation of funds by elected representatives.

This follows reports that MACC is setting up a team to focus on the expenditure and management of funds, corruption and abuse of power by MPs and State assemblymen.

WONG is disappointed with the poor job done by Bina Roofing and Plumbing Services, which he hired from the contractor’s call card dropped into his mailbox.

He called the firm on Oct 18 to repair a leak on his apartment ceiling. “The contractor assessed the leakage and estimated the repairs at RM1,000. He asked for RM300 as initial payment to buy treatment chemicals.

“After the repair was done, I paid Bina Roofing and Plumbing the balance of RM700. The contractor assured me that there will be no more leakage.

KENNY just wants what he was promised by a telemarketing staff when he signed up for a deal with Legend
Hotel.

The hotel’s telemarketing staff telephoned him early this year and offered a very good deal from the hotel.

“The telemarketing person listed out a host of offers and I informed him that only two of the offers sounded good to me. One of these was for unlimited number of stays at Legend’s Premium Water Chalet in Port Dickson for around RM250 during non-peak and around RM350 during the peak period, within the one-year validity period of my membership.”