Archive - 12 December 2002

Dr Mahathir Mohamad warned Japan that a US attack on Iraq would anger Muslims, possibly raising the risk of terrorism, a Japanese official said.

Welfare Department officials are taking the necessary steps to ensure that media organisations do not continue to flout the law by providing details regarding the identity of a 13-year-old girl who was allegedly raped in a Sabah immigrant detention centre.

A union leader slams the nine commercial banks involved in a union dispute for not trying to resolve the matter urgently by keeping mum on details of yesterday's meeting with the human resource ministry.

The stage is set for a MCA disciplinary hearing tomorrow that will decide if two elected representatives have breached party discipline by abstaining from a key vote in the Penang state assembly recently.

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad warns Japan not to pursue rapid reforms if it wanted to avoid excessive disruption, instead urging it to lead the world with its economic might.

Dewan Pemuda PAS memuji dua Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) MCA di Pulau Pinang kerana tidak mengundi menentang usul pembangkang di sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri bulan lalu, sebagai menggambarkan hasrat sebenar pengundi di kawasan masing-masing.

Ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim is willing to endure the pain rather than undergo a spinal disc replacement surgery offered by local experts. The local procedure, under general anesthesia, poses too many risks.

Malaysia hopes to seal its first bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan as early as next year.

The King and his wife began a five-day visit to Vietnam today aimed at boosting bilateral relations between the two Asean members.

While the Jemaah Islamiah remains the top suspect of several deadly bombings in the region, the group's leader Abu Bakar Bashir had consistently denied any involvement. A new report by a conflict research organisation explains they both make sense.

PAS akan menggunakan "peluang terakhirnya" di sidang Dewangan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Kedah untuk membantah cadangan persempadan semula kawasan pilihanraya yang merugikan parti pembangkang, khususnya di negeri berkenaan.

North Korea's recent admission of enriching uranium for the purpose of creating a nuclear weapon may be an attempt to foil the US strategy of keeping the former a public threat in order to facilitate the creation of the Theater Missile Defence (TMD) system.

A pending disciplinary inquiry relating to recent actions of two MCA Penang state assembly representatives may well boil over and scald BN component parties, as their leaders stoke the fire.