MIRI, Nov 21 – The government has allocated RM600 million to rehabilitate nine military camps that are in a state of disrepair, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
He said the rehabilitation work would start in March next year and involved building new housing quarters and upgrading office buildings besides providing other facilities.
Speaking to reporters after making a brief visit here today, he said most of these camps had plank buildings and were more than 30 years old.
PETALING JAYA, Nov 21 – MCA vice president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai says that a date for fresh party elections is being discussed with his rivals but that plans for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) next Saturday will proceed if no agreement is reached.
This comes after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak met the leaders of the warring factions in MCA, including the president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, his deputy Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and Liow.
Najib is understood to be supportive of fresh elections in MCA to end the protracted power struggle.
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — The exhumation of Teoh Beng Hock’s body for a second autopsy, ordered by the inquest into his recent death, has been completed. The exhumation comes following the testimony of Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand that the death of the political aide was very likely a homicide.
A team of over ten police forensic experts had earlier cordoned off the grave area with the aid of several cemetery workers, who are helping with the exhumation.
By Lee Wei Lian
PETALING JAYA, Nov 21 — MCA’s mysterious “snoop squad”, which reportedly preyed on political rivals within the party but was dismissed as a hoax, has been blamed for the current leadership tussle by party elder Datuk Theng Book.
The former pro-tem chairman of the “Save MCA” campaign today urged party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat to reopen the case involving the shadowy unit, saying he has firm evidence to back his claims as it affected his client.
By Debra Chong
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — Teoh Beng Hock, the 30-year-old political aide to a Selangor executive councillor who died and was buried in July, will be exhumed this morning for another autopsy in Hospital Sungai Buloh tomorrow.
The new team’s role is to confirm if he really did die because he jumped off a high building unaided or was pushed out a window after being beaten up to the point of passing out.
