Archive - 7 October 2002

Keadilan leader N Gobalakrishnan's wife has applied to the Kuala Lumpur High Court to revoke his week-long remand order after his arrest Saturday night under the Sedition Act for remarks made against the police and Barisan Nasional leaders during a recent ceramah .

Puteri Umno pro tem chief Azalina Othman Said's name must be cleared before members go to the polls next month. In order to do this, the police must expedite its probe on the graft allegations against her.

Opposition MPs continue to pile on the pressure over the government's detention of five reformasi activists in Parliament today with Deputy Home Minister Zainal Abidin Zin at the receiving end.

Since the country is not developed, Information Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Zainuddin Maidin says the opposition cannot be given any air time on the state-owned RTM.

The police says that the American terrorist suspect Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal, a foreign student at the International Islamic University, has gone into hiding. He was last spotted on campus two days ago.

The threat of a US-Iraq war and sharp differences over farming subsidies are hampering the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks targeted for completion by the end of 2004, Malaysia warned today.

The government will not charge International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz and former Melaka chief minister Rahim Thamby Chik for corruption as the evidence, says de facto law minister Dr Rais Yatim, is unsubstantiated.

A French supertanker set ablaze in a mystery explosion which the operators said was caused by an attack trashed about in distress off the Yemeni coast late yesterday.

The fiasco resulting from Malaysian immigration policy against illegal workers appears to be over as pressure on foreign governments to respond to Malaysian action lessened. However, this is hardly the case for thousands more waiting for work permits in Indonesia.

A French supertanker set ablaze off Yemen in a mystery explosion was chartered to national oil firm Petronas, the company said today.

With five more days to polling, the three candidates contesting in the lack-luster Gaya by-election are desperately seeking to push their messages across to increasingly fatigue voters including the closure of a popular street and the hike in parking fees.

Perebutan untuk menguruskan Masjid Mujahiddeen Damansara Utama telah berlarutan sejak awal tahun ini berikutan tindakan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) melantik iman dan bilal baru yang didakwa bermotif politik.

A massive crowd of 350,000 people of diverse races and nationalities took part in a 'Don't attack Iraq' demonstration in London recently. Sadly, Malaysians in the British capital, who are mostly Muslims, were conspicuous by their absence.

Journalists in Southeast Asian nations with a history of oppressive rule are keeping an eye on attempts to clamp down on new-found media freedom.