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Padang Serai UMNO chief relinquishes post

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 10:34 PM PDT

PADANG SERAI: Padang Serai Umno division chief Abdul Rahman Mahamud has relinquished his post following an advice from the party's leadership, Kedah Umno chief Datuk Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah said.

Abdul Rahman will remain as the coordinator for the Merbau Pulas state constituency.

Ahmad Bashah did not elaborate the reasons why Abdul Rahman was asked to relinquish the post.

"He is not being sidelined and the party appreciated his dedication and deeds to the party and the people all this while," he told Bernama after breaking fast at the Sungai Karangan mosque, here last night.

He said there were encouraging and positive signs among members of the divisional committees of the Padang Serai and Sungai Petani divisions and that the leaders were increasingly showing good cooperation.

He called on party members in the state to work hard to ensure victory for Barisan Nasional in the state in the next general election. -- BERNAMA

Tajudin Ramli sues Malaysian Insider for RM200 mln

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 10:32 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: Former executive chairman of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli has filed a RM200 million suit against The Malaysian Insider news portal over the publication of a article on the airline company suffering losses of RM8 billion.

He named The Malaysian Insider Sdn Bhd, its chief executive officer Jahabar Sadiq and journalist Shazwan Mustafa Kamal as defendants.

Tajudin, who was the MAS executive chairman between 1994 and 2001, filed the suit last Aug 18 at the Civil High Court registry through the legal firm of Lim Kian Leong & Co.

The case has been set for case management before judge Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal on Sept 19.

In the statement of claims, Tajudin stated that the portal had published defamatory words in an article, with the title "MACC clear A-G of graft allegations", on May 31, 2011.

He claimed that the article was published after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) revealed the outcome of their graft probe against Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail.

Tajudin claimed that the article was published with the intention of reflecting that he was implicated in the investigation against the Attorney-General.

Tajudin claimed that the portal also repeated the defamatory words in other articles, despite a letter sent to it to not do so.

He said the Malaysian Insider, when responding to his letter, stated that the words in the article were not defamatory and that they had obtained the information from multiple sources.

Besides general damages of RM200 million, Tajudin is also seeking aggravated damages and interests. -- BERNAMA

Kredit: www.nst.com.my

Khamis, 25 Ogos 2011

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