May 16th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — The MCA disciplinary board has suspended Indera Mahkota Youth chief David Choi for three years over his open criticism of the Lynas rare earth refinery, Sin Chew Daily reported today. The disciplinary board hauled Choi up for his deviation from the official party stand on the Lynas rare earth plant issue
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May 6th
PETALING JAYA, May 6 — PKR Youth today denied claims that Bersih 3.0 was hijacked by Pakatan Rakyat (PR), insisting the pact did not gain any political mileage from last weekend’s rally. PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin said such allegations were a part of Umno’s “propaganda strategy” to tarnish Bersih’s image and undermine its platform, ..
Read the original here: Pakatan gained nothing from Bersih 3.0, says PKR Youth
Apr 14th
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 – PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli has accepted Sinar Harian’s offer to host a debate between him and Umno Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin over the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) this May 3, Sinar Harian reported today. Yesterday, Rafizi challenged the youth leader to debate Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) proposal to offer …
See more here: Sinar Harian to host PKR-Umno PTPTN debate
Apr 13th
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin today accepted PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli’s challenge to debate on education and agreed to debate with Bersih 2.0 co-chair Datuk Ambiga Sreenavasan on electoral reforms. “I have agreed to debate @ambiga_s on 25 April re electoral reforms & @rafiziramli on 3 May re PTPTN. Details ..
Read more from the original source: Khairy says will debate Rafizi, Ambiga
Apr 5th
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Datuk Wee Ka Siong insisted today the teacher shortage in Chinese primary schools has declined since he became deputy education minister in 2009 after an opposition MP repeated calls of Chinese educationists for him to resign. The MCA Youth chief told Parliament that when he joined the Education Ministry in 2009, there was …
Originally posted here: Under pressure from quit calls, Wee defends track record in MOE
Apr 4th
Leaked from today’s 404 episode: Arizona may soon ban trolling, filesharing isn’t technically “theft,” and how iPads are stealing the tears of our youth. [Read more]
Read more from the original source: The 404 1,025: Where hey, you gonna finish that dime? (podcast)
Mar 28th
KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) will soon appoint special state-level committees led by enforcers in the D7 police unit (gambling, vice, secret societies) to stop the recent rise of corruption activities in the sport, the Youth and Sports Ministry said today. Deputy minister Datuk Razali Ibrahim told the Dewan …
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Mar 21st
KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — MCA Youth Chief Datuk Wee Ka Siong slammed Pakatan Rakyat (PR) for their “staged” walkout from Parliament yesterday, adding that such “dramatics” went against democratic ideals.
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Feb 29th
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 — Twenty-two-year-old Briton John Kafunda told UK police last year he was “a million per cent” certain that he was not the man in a YouTube video seen robbing Malaysian student Ashraf Rossli, a London court heard yesterday. Instead, the youth had said he would have stopped the attacks on Ashraf, whose jaw was broken in two …
Read the original: London youth denies robbing Malaysian in assault video