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Written by admin on 11 November 2011
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 11 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has ruled out the possibility of holding a general election this year, despite speculation that he would dissolve parliament on Friday.
Asked about the speculation, Najib said the 13th general election will not be held this year, Xinhua reported, citing the Star newspaper.
Sources said previously that Najib might dissolve parliament for general election on Friday. Some Malaysian media even said number eleven is Najib’s lucky number.
Najib also denied the date of general election was discussed during the Barisan Nasional supreme council meeting Friday, saying the meeting only discussed ways to strengthen the ruling coalition in the face of the general election.
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Written by admin on 04 November 2011
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 4 (IANS/AKI) Malaysia has banned a book by a controversial group that advocates group sex and says wives should act like hookers to spice up the marriage.
A group known as the Obedient Wives’ Club will no longer be able to publish the book which was a kind of manual intended to be read only by members.
Abdul Aziz, a high-ranking official in the home ministry’s censor division, was cited by the Malaysia Star newspaper as saying the book would be banned because its content infringed censorship laws.
The ban slaps the equivalent of a $1,600 fine and up to three years in jail for anybody who publishes the book.
The Obedient Wives’ Club is associated with the prohibited al-Arqam religious sect.
The club had previously encouraged members’ wives to behave like ‘high-class prostitutes’ to keep other women from sharing a bed with their spouse.
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Written by admin on 04 November 2011
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 4 (IANS/AKI) The Malaysian government has banned a book by a controversial group that advocates group sex and says wives should act like ‘high-class prostitutes’ to spice up their marriage.
A group known as the ‘Obedient Wives’ Club’ will no longer be able to publish the book ‘Islamic Sex’, which was a kind of manual intended to be read only by the club members.
Abdul Aziz, a home ministry official, told The Star newspaper that the book would be banned because its contents infringed censorship laws.
Anybody who publishes the book will be fined $1,600 and jailed for up to three years.
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Written by admin on 29 October 2011
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 29 (IANS) Malaysian Navy and maritime police rescued an oil tanker from armed pirates near the straits of Singapore, authorities said Saturday.
The tanker, carrying 12 million ringgit ($3.91 million) worth of oil and gas cargo, was rescued Friday after the Malaysian authorities were alerted by the shipping company which failed to contact the tanker, reported Xinhua.
According to local daily the Star, the tanker was hijacked by the pirates early Thursday.
The Malaysian tanker MT Nautica Johor Bahru had 19 crew on board.
It was en route to Malaysia’s east peninsular Sarawak state from Melaka, north of Singapore.
The Malaysian Navy said it thwarted the hijack attempt after it was given clearance by Indonesia’s Sea Security Coordinating Board to pursue the vessel in Indonesian waters.
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Written by admin on 23 October 2011
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 23 (IANS) A second lap accident forced the organisers to cancel the Malaysian MotoGP in Sepang here Sunday.
Dorna, the company which runs MotoGP, ‘decided to cancel the remaining of the race’, Xinhua quoted a race official as saying.
The race was stopped when Honda rider Marco Simoncelli fell and was hit by Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi.
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Written by admin on 02 October 2011
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 2 (IANS) Serbian third seed Janko Tipsarevic took home the ATP World Tour Malaysian Open title Sunday after beating Cyprus’ Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 7-5 at the indoor Putra Stadium here.
The match was closely fought as the two were pulled to a draw several times before Tipsarevic closed the second set at two hours and six minutes mark, Xinhua reported.
The World No. 17 had helped Serbia clinch the Davis Cup title last year.
In the doubles, Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer boosted their chance of qualifying for the World Tour Finals after beating third seeds Frantisek Cermak and Filip Polasek 6-1, 6-3.
That was the third title of the year for American Butorac and Rojer from the Netherlands. They are currently one spot shy of making it to the top eight in the ATP Doubles Team Rankings which will make then eligible to play at the season finale in London in November.
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