From Harakah Daily

Oleh Dzulfikar Mashoor

Peguam mewakili Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Sankara Nair tengah hari tadi mendakwa Mahkamah Rayuan bersikap berat sebelah apabila menolak kes anak guamannya disebabkan kertas prosiding menggunakan bahasa Inggeris.

Penjelasan Sankara itu sebagai respon pada keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam yang tetap menerima prosiding Big Scope pagi tadi, walaupun kertas prosiding kes tersebut menggunakan bahasa Inggeris.

“Ini menunjukkan seolah-olah (keputusan) berat sebelah di Mahkamah (Rayuan)…kes Anwar ditolak disebabkan (kertas prosiding) menggunakan bahasa Melayu,” jelas Sankara. (more…)

From NST

Not one but two jet-fighter engines, each worth RM50 million, were stolen from the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base in Sungai Besi.

Both engines served as powerplants to the F-5E Tiger II fighter and RF-5E Tigereye reconnaissance jets.

Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail said the two engines were discovered stolen in May last year. RMAF had lodged a report with the police on Aug 4 last year.

Gani, speaking to the New Straits Times, said police investigation papers would be returned to the Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department today with additional directives. (more…)

From Malaysia Kini

‘What else will go missing? The country?’

Missing jet engine: PM promises no cover-up

Raja Rajan: Back in 1995, then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was quoted as saying ‘lama-lama kapalterbang pun hilang juga’ when he was asked on a gold heist at the Subang airport. Well 14 years on, nothing much has improved in terms of national security. It has worsened.

Alright, it’s only an aircraft engine, not a plane yet. But the government has always said it was thwarting an imminent threat to national security whenever it arrested its political opponents under the ISA, how come it missed these guys at the Sungai Besi RMAF airbase? (more…)

Dari Mstar Online

Oleh WANI MUTHIAH

Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mengakui pendaftaran Pakatan Rakyat (PR) sebagai parti komponen rasmi akan mengambil masa lebih lama dari yang dijangkakan.

Bagaimanapun, beliau mendakwa, pakatan itu kini memiliki formula tersendiri yang kolektif dan pendirian yang sama.

“Akan ambil masa lama sikit untuk mendaftarkan pakatan ini,” katanya di sini hari ini ketika diminta mengulas laporan muka depan akhbar bahasa Cina yang memetik Presiden, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang menegaskan beliau tidak berminat untuk menjadikan pakatan pembangkang secara rasmi.

Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas menerima Anugerah Demokrasi 2008 daripada Persatuan Perunding Politik Antarabangsa (IAPC). (more…)