KAPAR: He was allegedly offered RM300,000 to keep his mouth shut about a money laundering scandal, in which former works minister Mohd Zin Mohamed has been implicated. But when the promise was not kept, businessman Mohamad Tahir Fazal Mohd decided to spill the beans. According to him, Mohd Zin, who was appointed to the cabinet [...]
KAPAR – Ahli Parlimen Kapar, S Manikavasagam mendesak Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim menukar segera Yang Dipertua (YDP) Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK), Mislan Tugiu dan Pegawai Daerah/Tanah Klang, Bakhtiar Hussin kerana didakwa menjadi dalang kepada kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) terutamanya di daerah Klang. Beliau berkata demikian [...]
PRESS RELEASE SAVE VUI KONG FROM THE HANGMAN! 22 year old Malaysian Yong Vui Kong is facing a brutal death at the gallows of Singapore’s notorious Changi prison. He may die by this 26th August 2010, as his clemency time period expires. Yong, a Sabahan, was only 18 years old when arrested under Singapore’s harsh anti-drug laws. On [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — A.Kugan’s mother today handed over a petition to the palace urging the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to intervene and ensure all involved in his custodial death are charged. N. Indra, accompanied by her son, A. Iswara, lawyer N. Surendran and Kapar MP S. Manickavasagam, submitted the petition to palace officer Guli [...]
KLANG: The Klang district office and the Klang municipal council (MPK) were taken to task for not adhering to a state government’s directive not to demolish temples or shrines with its prior approval. Twenty-five officers from the disrict office and MPK demolished a shrine in Jalan Pendamar, Pandamaran, at 10am, citing that the shrine was [...]
KAPAR – Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) semakin diterima penduduk Kapar buktinya apabila seramai 516 ahli berdaftar baru menyertai parti itu melibatkan bekas ahli parti lain termasuk UMNO, MIC dan Parti Progresif Penduduk (PPP), semalam. Ahli Parlimen Kapar, S Manikavasagam berkata, walaupun PKR sedang diancam pelbagai konflik namun tidak sekali-kali menggugat sokongan rakyat kepada parti ini [...]
Dad: Son beaten like a cow, framed for engine theft The father of Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) sergeant N Tharmendran today alleged that his son was tortured into confessing to the theft of two jet engines while under remand. “They beat him like a cow,” said N Nagarajah, 71, after lodging a police report [...]
Kapar parliamentarian S Manickavasagam has called on the Selangor and federal governments to urgently amend the relevant laws and standing orders to allow the rakyat adequate legal representation when appearing before state or federal panels.In a statement released today,Manickavasagam (right) also demanded the immediate amendment or repeal of the rule 6(5) of the schedule to [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: Kapar MP S Manikavasagam is satisfied with the conclusions drawn by the Select Committee on Competency, Accountability and Transparency (Selcat) from its recent three-day public inquiry on allegations of graft in the Selangor sand mining industry. At the end of the third day and final last Friday, Selcat declared that Selangor-owned sand mining [...]