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- Cops deny torture of detainees in remand centres
- Contrary to allegations and public perception, the police are claiming that they do not torture ISA detainees during the initial 60-day detention.
- Kit Siang to see AG over Batang Kali massacre
- He is not satisfied with the government's reply in Parliament and wants to pursue the matter with the Attorney-General.
- Anwars sodomy appeal: Decision on July 22
- The ousted deputy premier will know his fate next Thursday when the Federal Court hands down its judgment on his final appeal against his sodomy conviction.
- Batang Kali - the search for justice continues
- The killing of 24 men in Batang Kali during the Emergency has not been forgotten - those left behind want a full accounting from the British, whom they blame.
- Suhakam to visit police remand centres on Thursday
- For the first time, human rights commissioners will get into secret locations where police interrogations take place.
- Suhakam steps into breach over custodial deaths
- Families of those who die in police custody may find it a simpler process to obtain documents, if Suhakam has its way.
- Govt given 24hrs to comply with Anwar's urgent medical needs
- Failing which, says a Free Anwar Movement (FAM) spokesperson, the movement will be forced to employ 'certain measures'.
- Anwar in danger of paralysis, say family
- The former deputy premier's slipped disc condition has deteriorated with his nervous system now being affected with the risk of permanent paralysis, says Wan Azizah.
- Court allows ISA detainees to sue EC over right to vote
- The 22 ISA detainees can now sue the Election Commission for denying them their constitutional right to vote in the last general election.
- Move to protect IT industry from cyber attacks
- Security standards are being upgraded to protect the information infrastructure from new threats.
- Nazri to get memo on new criminal class
- A human rights group wants the government to tackle poverty to snuff out crime and violence.
- TV station sues Chinese embassy and Sin Chew
- US-based NTDTV files a suit in Kuala Lumpur against the embassy and popular Chinese newspaper for associating the station with Falun Gong.
- Wan Azizah: PKR elections start next month
- The newly merged entity will hold its inaugural national congress by year end where party members can change leaders if they wish.
- ISA detainees bribed to keep quiet, claims AIM
- They were bribed with sports shoes, badminton rackets and even cash to keep their mouths shut, the human rights group claims.
- Falun Gong sets the record straight
- The popular Chinese qigong group, after being on the receiving end of brickbats over the past several months in the country, has now come out to defend itself.
- Lawyers application to nullify Bar Council elections quashed
- The Kuala Lumpur High Court dismisses the application after agreeing with the Bar Council on the contentious issue of postal votes.
- Burmese activists charged for immigration offences
- The 19 pro-democracy activists, who were arrested minutes after they were discharged of an unlawful assembly charge yesterday, were today charged in the same court with flouting immigration laws.
- Court frees Burmese protestors, police re-arrest them
- The magistrate's court discharges the pro-democracy activists of unlawful assembly but the cops nab them again over an immigration offence.
- Kit Siang: Cops shouldnt waste time on NS shirkers
- The opposition leader says it is more important for the police to protect lives and properties than to go out arresting National Service dodgers.
- Stop smearing Falun Gong's image, China urged
- An organisation representing the movement's Malaysian members says China should end its 'brutal' persecution against Falun Gong's followers.
- Uthayakumar to apply for court protection
- Human rights lawyer P Uthayakumar is considering asking for police protection through the High Court to avoid being 'harassed' again.
- Appellate court reserves judgment on 'unfair' legal clause
- Issues of impartiality, independence and public morality formed the core of legal arguments, as the appellate court heard submissions on the validity of Section 46A of the Legal Profession Act 1976.
- Family laud police commissions probe into Francis case
- Their lawyer says the family of the police detainee, who is feared dead, feel vindicated as the authorities are finally looking into their plight.
- Tahir a 'privileged' ISA detainee: Syed Husin
- Alleged nuclear black marketeer BSA Tahir had escaped the first 60-day period where detainees usually have to face torture and abuse in the hands of interrogators.
- Police reject familys request for copy of DNA test
- The DNA test conducted on deceased detainee G Francis Udayapan with a blood sample from his father will not be released to the family as the case is still under investigation.
- Foreigners crowding local prisons, says deputy minister
- Deputy Internal Security Minister Noh Omar warns that at the rate things are going, foreigners may outnumber local prisoners. He says the time has come for more effective action.
- Uthayakumar returns, fires first salvo
- Human rights lawyer P Uthayakumar, now back in Malaysia, has wasted no time in taking on the police over their allegation of criminal defamation against him.
- Burmese case postponed again, still no bail
- After nearly three weeks in detention, a group of Burmese pro-democracy activists will be remanded for two more, pending a decision on whether or not to charge them.
- Apcet II lawsuit hearing put off
- The Kuala Lumpur High Court adjourns to a later date a multimillion lawsuit filed by a group of human rights activists against the government for wrongful detention following a conference stormed by an Umno Youth-led mob in 1996.