Archive - 8 November 2002

Anti-merger faction questions legality of Keadilan vote

Anti-merger faction questions legality of Keadilan vote

Unable to block Keadilan's merger with PRM, the party's Abim faction is now questioning the constitutionality of the vote which cleared all remaining obstacles to the union between the two opposition parties.
Court frees KMM suspect from ISA

Court frees KMM suspect from ISA

A KMM suspect is released from ISA detention after a High Court finds that police failed to show proof to justify the arrest. This follows the Federal Court's decision to reverse the detention of five reformasi activists two months ago.
Usaha Puteri Umno pancing bakal graduan tidak bimbangkan pembangkang

Usaha Puteri Umno pancing bakal graduan tidak bimbangkan pembangkang

Usaha Puteri Umno untuk menambah keahlian dari kalangan pelajar universiti tidak menggerunkan parti pembangkang, malahan ianya dilihat sebagai pembuka ruang untuk membolehkan mereka turut serta mendapat sokongan di kampus.
Dapsy sends protest memo to Suhakam on Pak Lahs threat

Dapsy sends protest memo to Suhakam on Pak Lahs threat

Describing Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's threat to use the Sedition Act against those who oppose the controversial language policy as "unwarranted and outrageous", Dapsy lodges a protest memo to Suhakam.
Cracks appearing in Keadilan

Cracks appearing in Keadilan

Keadilan has been likened to a ship tossed in a stormy sea. Since it was set up three years ago, the seams which hold Keadilan's disparate groups together are beginning to fray. Events following its recent party meeting in Sungai Petani hint of a party about to enter unchartered waters.
New Sarawak party approved

New Sarawak party approved

updated version A new political party is born in Sarawak today and in double quick time too. The registration of the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) headed by state minister William Mawan was approved, three days after it submitted its application.
Strangers across the causeway

Strangers across the causeway

Worth paying price of living in Spore

Worth paying price of living in Spore

Clear about water issue

Clear about water issue

Debate building up interest

Debate building up interest

National service to stem reformist tide

National service to stem reformist tide

White supremacy Down Under

White supremacy Down Under

Car prices an act of highway robbery?

Car prices an act of highway robbery?

Cars still on 'crutches' post-Afta?

Cars still on 'crutches' post-Afta?

BN racialised language-switch issue, says Tian Chua

BN racialised language-switch issue, says Tian Chua

The call by MCA and other Chinese-based parties for Chinese primary schools be given leeway in implementing the language-switch plan was an utterly unprincipled move, says Keadilan vice-president Tian Chua, now serving time under the Internal Security Act.

Fare thee well, Snap

Fare thee well, Snap

The battle may well be over for Snap, but the defunct party's two rival factions are still seeking to outdo each other. The Mawan group, which has gained the upper hand, is now banking on a speedy registration of a new party.
Lip-service thwarts poverty eradication among single mothers: researcher

Lip-service thwarts poverty eradication among single mothers: researcher

Malaysia's urban poverty rate is rising fast and women are smack in the middle of it. But to obtain data for poverty eradication efforts is a brick-wall-hitting exercise for the head, no thanks to bureaucracy.
Fundamentalisme bukan militan

Fundamentalisme bukan militan

Perang terhadap keganasan menimbulkan banyak kosa kata dan konsep baru: fundamentalisme, militan dan aktivis Islam. Bagaimana ia muncul dan berkembang? FATHI ARIS OMAR menyarankan kita membaca buku profesor sosiologi Mesir, Saad Eddin Ibrahim Egypt, Islam and Democracy (2002).