Archive - 18 November 2002

Amid tight security, several FBI investigators arrive at the Kamunting Detention Centre in Perak today to interrogate terror suspect Yazid Sufaat. His lawyer, who was there, relates a little of what happened.

Businessman Soh Chee Wen wants to see the documents implicating him in a fraud case kept by the Securities Commission. His counsel claims that their preparations for his trial may be jeopardised otherwise.

PAS mendakwa pemimpin Umno memberi maklumat salah dan cuba membabitkan Menteri Besar Terengganu Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang dengan peristiwa pergaduhan pelajar Malaysia di Jordan.

The potential health threats of incinerators have not been made known to residents affected by the proposed plant in Kampung Bohol, Puchong. Now, environmental expert Gurmit Singh says that dioxin effluents are one of the biggest hazards of incineration.

US investigators operating under a veil of secrecy spent two hours in the isolated Kamunting detention centre in Perak today, questioning terror suspect Yazid Sufaat over his links to the Sept 11 terror attacks.

Keadilan Indian Malaysian members' resolution for supreme council member N Gobalakrishnan to be appointed as one of the party's vice presidents have yet to see any development as none of the party leadership has been officially informed of the matter.

Pemuda Umno tidak akan melayan desakan DAP supaya menarik balik kenyataan pengerusi biro pendirikannya, Dr Adham Baba berhubung isu bahasa Inggeris dalam laman web pergerakan itu.

The affairs of 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Sarawak's largest single investment, seems to be a hush-hush matter. According to DAP state assembly representative Chiew Chin Sing, he finds the evasiveness disturbing.

TV3 telah mengambil langkah yang disifatkan berani apabila menjemput pemimpin PAS untuk menjadi panel bagi siri program agama Al-Kulliyah yang disiarkan sepanjang bulan Ramadan ini.

An Indonesian man identified as the mastermind behind the Bali bombing lived in Malaysia five years ago as a teacher at a religious school, said a media report today.

Moderate Islam is facing an uphill battle in secular Turkey, in spite of the country's overwhelming Muslim population. MAZENI ALWI says other Muslim countries should learn from these Islamists' attempt to establish themselves — in secular terms.

Official data shows that Malaysia's manufacturing sales value rose 7.8 percent in September from a year earlier.

Five lower caste men were killed by an angry mob for skinning a dead cow. This is an example of how cross-border terrorism and home grown terrorism have a lot in common, including their common end result, in India.

The failure of the police to act against VIP traffic offenders, especially after the forceful manner in which the public was 'encouraged' to settle their outstanding summonses, reeks of double standards.