Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air diwujudkan

PUTRAJAYA: Satu kementerian baru diwujudkan iaitu Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air demikian diumumkan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak hari ini.-Berita Harian

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Mukhriz timbalan menteri, Khairy tak tersenarai

PUTRAJAYA: Ahli Parlimen Jerlun, Datuk Mukhriz Dr Mahathir antara muka baru barisan Kabinet apabila dilantik Timbalan Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri (Miti).

Ketua Pemuda Umno, Khairy Jamaluddin bagaimanapun tidak tersenarai.-Berita Harian

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Lapan Menteri digugurkan

PUTRAJAYA: Lapan menteri digugurkan dalam barisan Kabinet baru yang diumumkan Datuk Seri Najib Razak, petang ini.

Mereka ialah Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib, Tan Sri Amirsham A Aziz, Datuk Azalina Othman, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Datuk Ong Ka Chuan, Datuk Seri Mohd Zin Mohamed, Datuk Shahrir Samad dan Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique.-Berita Harian

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Mahkamah batal waran tangkap ADUN Changkat Jering

IPOH: Mahkamah Sesyen di sini hari ini membatalkan perintah waran tangkap terhadap bekas Exco Kerajaan Perak yang gagal menghadiri perbicaraan minggu lepas berhubung tuduhan rasuah berkaitan projek pembangunan bernilai RM180 juta di Seri Iskandar.

Hakim Azhanis Teh Azman Teh membuat keputusan itu apabila Kapt (B) Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu melalui peguamnya Abdul Roni Rahman menyerahkan sijil cuti sakit bagi tempoh 9 hingga 12 Februari yang dikeluarkan pegawai perubatan, Unit Rawatan Rapi Koronari, Hospital Selayang.

Mohd Osman yang bersut lengkap hadir ke mahkamah pada pukul 8.45 pagi ditemani seorang lagi bekas Exco Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi yang merupakan seorang daripada lima tertuduh kes rasuah berkenaan.

Pada 10 Feb lepas, Majistret Sharmila Abdul Samad mengeluarkan perintah waran tangkap terhadap Mohd Osman kerana gagal mengemukakan sijil cuti sakit dari hospital dan menetapkan 13 April bagi sebutan semula kes waran tangkap itu.

Perintah waran tangkap itu dikeluarkan apabila adik Mohd Osman, Noriza Jailu sebagai penjamin beliau, memaklumkan mahkamah bahawa tertuduh tidak dapat hadir kerana telah dimasukkan ke hospital di Kuala Lumpur kerana masalah jantung. Bagaimanapun, Noriza berkata Mohd Osman tidak dapat menyediakan sijil cuti sakit kerana doktor masih membuat pemerhatian ke atas abangnya.

Perbicaraan kes rasuah terbabit kemudiannya ditangguhkan ke 15 dan 16 Jun depan.Mohd Osman, Jamaluddin, Usaili Alias dan dua orang lagi iaitu, juruteknik Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Perak (PKNP) Ruslan Sahat dan bekas anggota Majlis Daerah Perak Tengah, Zul Hassan menghadapi 16 pertuduhan menerima dan meminta rasuah berkaitan projek pembangunan bernilai RM180 juta di Seri Iskandar dekat sini.

Mereka didakwa melakukan kesalahan itu di Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Perak dan di Restoran Kluang Station Cafe di Medan Istana, Bandar Ipoh Raya di sini, dan di Aquarias Restaurant & Bar, Tingkat 4, Summit Hotel, Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang antara 14 hingga 19 Ogos tahun lepas.

Zul juga didakwa menerima rasuah seorang perempuan bagi tujuan mengadakan hubungan seks pada pukul 8.10 malam 14 Ogos lepas di Sri Sayang Apartment di Pulau Pinang. BERNAMA

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Zahid enggan ulas Jins calon Bukit Gantang

PETALING JAYA: Menjelang pilihan raya kecil kawasan Parlimen Bukit Gantang pada 7 April depan, Senator Tan Sri Jins Shamsudin adalah antara nama yang disebut-sebut sebagai calon yang akan mewakili Umno.

Ketika diajukan mengenai kesahihan perkara itu, Timbalan Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Perak, Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi enggan mengulas namun katanya, ramai yang menawarkan diri untuk menjadi calon.

“Semua nama itu akan dikemukakan kepada pimpinan tertinggi parti untuk dipertimbangkan,"katanya kepadamStar Online hari ini.

Zahid bagaimanapun enggan mendedahkan nama-nama yang telah menawarkan diri itu.

"Maaf saya tidak boleh dedahkan nama itu sekarang. Tunggu sehingga pucuk pimpinan umumkan kerana ia hak mutlak Presiden Umno untuk tentukan calon,” jelas Zahid.

Pelakon veteran tersohor Jins Shamsudin merupakan anak jati Taiping dan pernah terbabit dengan Biro Ekonomi Umno bahagian Bukit Gantang.

Semalam Zahid yang juga Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri berkata, tidak kurang daripada 10 nama disenaraikan sebagai calon Umno bagi pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Bukit Gantang, April ini.

Mengenai latar belakang calon, menurut beliau calon yang dipilih nanti mestilah individu yang boleh diterima oleh kebanyakan pengundi selain mampu memberikan kemenangan kepada Barisan Nasional pada pilihan raya itu.

Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menetapkan pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Bukit Gantang diadakan pada 7 April serentak dengan pilihan raya kecil Dewan Undangan Negeri(DUN) Bukit Selambau, Kedah. Hari penamaan calon bagi kedua-dua pilihan raya itu ditetapkan pada 29 Mac.

Kerusi Parlimen Bukit Gantang kosong berikutan kematian Roslan Shaharum daripada PAS pada 9 Februari lepas akibat sakit jantung manakala DUN Bukit Selambau pula kosong ekoran peletakan jawatan V. Arumugam daripada PKR pada 8 Februari. - Mstar

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Anwar dakwa Mahadzir cuba beli Adun Kulim

KUALA LUMPUR: Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, mendakwa bekas Menteri Besar Kedah, Datuk Seri Mahadzir Khalid, cuba merasuah Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Kulim, Lim Soo Nee, sebanyak RM5 juta supaya melompat parti kepada Barisan Nasional (BN) pada April 2008. 

Anwar mendakwa Badan Pencegah Rasuah (kini Suruhanjaya Pencegah Rasuah Malaysia)(SPRM) mengatur satu pertemuan bagi memerangkap Mahadzir di sebuah hotel di Seberang Jaya pada Disember 2008. 

"Pertemuan ini dirakam melalui CCTV yang diatur dengan pengetahuan BPR. Tiada tindakan susulan diambil, sebaliknya saya difahamkan pegawai BPR yang bertanggungjawab dalam operasi ini kemudian ditukarkan," katanya dalam pembahasan titah Yang di-Pertuan Agong di Dewan Rakyat hari ini.

Terdahulu, beliau berkata, pada 11 April 2008, Lim dihubungi ejen Mahadzir untuk memujuk Adun berkenaan melompat parti daripada PKR ke BN dengan tawaran RM4 juta. 

Katanya, tawaran itu kemudian dinaikkan kepada RM5 juta dan satu pertemuan cuba diaturkan untuk menemukan Lim dengan Mahadzir dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri. - Berita Harian

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Brazil ace fuels Arsenal talk

BRAZILIAN striker Nene has fuelled speculation he could join Arsenal in the summer.

Reports claim Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is plotting a swoop for the talented hitman, who has fired 14 goals in 17 games for Portuguese side Nacional this season.

Although the 25-year-old has not yet received an official approach from the Londoners, he admits a move to the Emirates would be a dream.

Nene said: “I only know about the rumours in the press.

"I have spoken with my agent and we still have not received a concrete offer.

“I am focussed on helping Nacional to seucre success this season.

"My dream is to progress in football and it is normal that I desire a bright future.” -The Sun UK

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Zambry Says He Will Take follow Up Action

IPOH, Feb 18 (Bernama) -- Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said he and the six executive council members will take "follow-up" actions following their suspensions by the state legislative assembly's Rights and Privileges Committee.

He declined to say what the actions would be but said that the suspensions were made "in total disregard to the power of the Sultan of Perak to appoint the Menteri Besar and the executive council."

The committee also barred Zambry and his executive council from attending the state legislative assembly for 18 months and 12 months respectively, effective Wednesday.

All of them were summoned to appear before the Rights and Privileges Committee following complaints by DAP assemblyman for Canning, Wong Kah Woh, who claimed that their appointment to their respective posts contravened the state constitution, and in contempt of the assembly because the 10th Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin had not officially resigned.

Speaker V. Sivakumar who announced the suspension, said Zambry and his executive council failed to offer any explanation pertaining to their actions.

When contacted by Bernama, Zambry said, Sivakumar's statement was "a serious lie."

"His claim that we have failed to offer any explanation is a lie of the most serious nature ever committed by a speaker," he said, adding that the speaker should have raised the matter during a state legislative assembly sitting and not acted "according to his whims and fancies."

Zambry added that he and the executive councillors had stated their positions and raised preliminary objections to the charges brought against them.

He also said that their suspensions would also be sub judice as there was still a suit pending in the High Court challenging his appointment as the menteri besar.

-- BERNAMA

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Perak Speaker Suspends MB And Entire Executive Council

IPOH, Feb 18 (Bernama) -- In an unprecendented move, Perak state legislative assembly speaker V. Sivakumar today suspended Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and his executive council members from attending the state legislative assembly for a lengthy period.

The latest twist to the Perak political saga came after Sivakumar ruled that Zambry and the six executive councillors were in contempt of the assembly.

Zambry and his executive council were barred for 18 months and 12 months respectively, effective today.

Sivakumar of DAP announced the decision after Zambry and the six executive councillors were summoned before the state legislative assembly's Rights and Privileges Committee today.

"The decision is taken after they failed to offer any explanation pertaining to their actions which are in contempt of the assembly," Sivakumar said in a statement.

The BN took over the state government on Feb 6 when three Parti Keadilan Rakyat and a DAP assemblyman left their respective parties -- one to rejoin the BN while the other three quit to become "BN friendly" Independent assemblymen.

Zambry took his oath of office on Feb 6 while the six executive councillors were sworn in four days later.

All of them were summoned to appear before the Rights and Privileges Committee following complaints by DAP assemblyman for Canning, Wong Kah Woh, that their appointment contravened the state constitution, and in contempt of the assembly as the 10th Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin had not officially resigned.

Sivakumar said that after deliberating the complaint, the committee found that Zambry and his executive council were in contempt of the assembly.

Apart from Zambry, the other executive councillors are Manong assemblyman Datuk Ramly Zahari, Datuk Saarani Mohamad (Kota Tampan), Hamidah Osman (Sungai Rapat), Zainol Fadzi Paharuddin (Sungai Manik), Mohd Zahir Abdul Khalid (Kamunting) and Dr Mah Hang Soon (Chenderiang).

Zambry and the executive councillors testified before the committee at the financial division's meeting room of the State Secretary Building at 3pm.

They emerged some 30 minutes later but declined to meet the press who were waiting outside.

The Rights and Privileges Committee is chaired by Sivakumar.

The committee's other members are Husin Din (PAS-Selingsing), Chan Ming Kai (PKR-Simpang Pulai), Ong Boon Piow (DAP-Tebing Tinggi), Loke Chee Yan (DAP-Kepayang) dan Sum Chok Leng (DAP-Bercham) while BN's sole representative is Datuk Hasbullah Osman (Temenggor).

-- BERNAMA

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MB Selangor Yakin Wong Tetap Dapat Jalankan Tugas Dengan Cekap

SHAH ALAM, 16 Feb (Bernama) -- Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim yakin anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri kawasan Bukit Lanjan Elizabeth Wong yang menjadi mangsa dalam skandal pengedaran gambar bogel dapat menjalankan tugas dan tanggungjawab sebagai Exco dengan cekap dan berkesan.

"Sebagai manusia, YB Elizabeth mempunyai hak untuk menjalani kehidupan persendiriannya dan semua pihak harus menghormatinya.

"Sehubungan itu, ahli mesyuarat kerajaan negeri dan saya akan memberikan sokongan kepada beliau bagi menghadapi saat yang mencabar ini," katanya dalam kenyataan di sini hari ini mengenai penyiaran gambar bogel Wong di Internet yang didakwa dilakukan dalang yang ingin membunuh kerjaya politiknya.

Abdul Khalid berkata Wong yang merupakan pengerusi Jawatankuasa Tetap Pelancongan, Hal Ehwal Pengguna dan Alam Sekitar Negeri, telah memberi penjelasan kepada beliau mengenai perkara itu.

Oleh itu, beliau berharap orang awam tidak membuat kesimpulan atau keputusan sendiri berhubung isu itu sebelum pihak polis mengeluarkan hasil siasatan terhadap laporan yang dibuat oleh Wong. - BERNAMA

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