Archive - 11 October 2002

DAP candidate Hiew King Cheu appears to be confident about his chances of winning the Gaya parliamentary by-election tomorrow. He says the people are disgruntled with the ruling government and have shown interest in the opposition.

The leader of DAP's Api-Api branch in Sabah has lashed out against party candidate Hiew King Cheu in tomorrow's Gaya parliamentary seat by-election. He wants DAP supporters to "spoill" their votes instead of backing Hiew.

Elly Zalilah Yusof yang didapati bersalah oleh Lembaga Disiplin Umno kerana melanggar tataetika ahli Umno, mahu bidangkuasa lembaga itu diperluaskan agar ia juga dapat menyiasat aduannya mengenai salahlaku Azalina Othman Said.

Darshan Singh Khaira, lawyer of US terror suspect Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal, may haul KL High Court judge S Augustine Paul and Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail to court if the duo were found to have slandered him in today's papers.

Keadilan Youth is taking on its counterpart in MIC for getting their leader N Gobalakrishnan detained for alleged sedition.

Former US President Jimmy Carter wins the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Among the other names that had been said to be in the running included Afghan president Hamid Karzai and our very own jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim.

Oriental Daily News , now in its twelfth day of suspension is still in the dark over its future. It is appealing to revoke the suspension but has run into stony silence from the Home Ministry.

Ahli jawatankuasa (AJK) baru Masjid al-Mujahiddeen, Damansara Utama (MMDU) akan memfailkan saman pemula terhadap Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) minggu depan bagi membatalkan perlantikan AJK baru masjid berkenaan yang didakwanya bermotifkan politik.

The explosion on the supertanker chartered by national oil company Petronas could be a terrorist attack, says US defence official. This is based on the findings of US investigators who visited the supertanker off Yemen. The investigators found fragments of a small boat on deck and residue that tested positive for TNT.

updated version The anti-war protest outside the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur today proceeded smoothly with police cooperation. The organisers urge Malaysians to protest every day by boycotting American and British products.

The solution to Malaysia's myriad education problems lies not with some esteemed committee of wise persons, but rather with trying out different models and finding out what works best. M BAKRI MUSA says this requires a major shift in thinking of the education establishment.

Tomorrow is polling day for the Gaya by-election in Sabah. While incumbent Barisan Nasional remains confident of winning, one thing which all the three candidates can agree on is that the voter turnout will be low as this is just another by-election.

DAP has urged the Keadilan candidate for the Gaya by-election not to distort history by blaming the former for the downfall of the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) state government in 1994.

Sudah banyak diktator dilahirkan atas nama Islam, demokrasi dan juga komunisme. Ini termsuk PAS dengan Islamnya atau Keadilan dengan slogan keadilan sosialnya. Daripada mempercayai ideologi dan slogan politik, bagaimana idea politik rakyat tanpa parti (Masparti)?

There is another twist to the nationality of the 13-year-old girl who was allegedly raped while being deported from Sabah. The Philippines now say the teen, whose mother is Filipina, could be holding dual citizenship.

Bangladeshi journalists are facing increasing attacks on their lives for exposing corruption, political scandals and organised crime. They took to the streets recently to demand that the authorities safeguard press freedom in the country.