Archive - 22 November 2002

A three-member team from Suhakam visits the lock-up where a detainee was allegedly assaulted to death by his cell-mates. Commissioner Prof Hamdan Adnan hears the police's version but says the events which led to the tragedy is yet to be ascertained.

Chinese education movement Dong Jiao Zong suggests that those who support Tamil education should join hands and establish an organised group like itself.

Police chief Norian Mai says the government has asked US to provide more details to back up claims that Malaysia can be the target of a Bali-style terrorist attack. At the same time US ambassador Marie T Huhtala says there are still hostile threats here.

After being suspended for more than a year for taking a public stand on various issues including the Internal Security Act and Vision school project, the USM Chinese Language Society is up and running again, but at a price.

The Tamil language is interwoven with the social and psychological make of the Tamils. To neglect the language is akin to erasing the identity of the Tamils, says the Group of Concerned Citizens. With this, they back the Chinese education movement Dong Jiao Zong in opposing the controversial language switch.

Dua ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Barisan Nasional (BN) Pulau Pinang berkemungkian besar dipecat kerana tidak mengundi menyokong BN dalam persidangan dewan negeri semalam.

Their health at stake, Puchong residents succeeded in ridding their backyard of a mega-incinerator project. While they can now rest with ease, DAP however wants the government's assurance that the incinerator will pose no danger to locals at its relocated site.

Three widows whose husbands were shot dead by the police earlier this year are appealing to National Unity and Social Development Minister Dr Siti Zaharah Sulaiman to provide them with emergency funds.

Kerajaan BN ingin sekali melihat media bebas menjadi seakan-akan jurubicara BA. Inilah antara alasan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) dalam surat-surat amarannya kepada penerbit dan orang ramai apabila sesuatu penerbitan itu ditutup. FATHI ARIS OMAR mengulas lanjut mengenainya.

Seorang pensyarah kanan Universiti Malaya meramalkan suasana politik negara sekarang akan mendorong pemimpin PAS dan Umno untuk mewujudkan kerjasama demi kebaikan orang Melayu-Islam di negara ini.

General Pervez Musharraf is finding the political battlefield more taxing than the military one. Sept 11 and the new allegiance with the Unites States has further complicated matters.

The non-governmental Centre for Electoral Reform (CETRO) in Jakarta is conducting several voters' education programmes all over Indonesia ahead of its presidential polls in 2004 when President Megawati Sukarnoputri is expected to seek re-election.