Archive - 17 January 2003

As Kelantan Umno gets a shakeout to face the ruling PAS state government in the coming polls, the latter looks on with nary a sweat.

After refusing to accept a bankruptcy notice filed by his ex-boss-turned-nemesis last year, jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim gets an unexpected reprieve.

The longest-running criminal trial in the country today continued with the testimony of a former immigration camp detainee. The witness related the hardship he endured to enter Malaysia.

updated version After being arrested twice within 24 hours, vocal human rights lawyer and campaigner against police brutality P Uthayakumar has been released after his statements were recorded.

Indonesian police say detained terror suspects in Malaysia and Singapore will testify in the trial of Abu Bakar Bashir through a televised link.

The arrest of vocal human rights lawyer P Uthayakumar prompts an international organisation to express concern for his safety and call for his immediate release in the absence of valid charges.

Semenyih/Broga residents are willing to compromise on the mega-incinerator, provided the state scales down on it and holds a dialogue with them. Otherwise, be prepared for the consequences, they warn.

PAS menyifatkan kekerapan rombakan barisan kepimpinan Umno Kelantan mencerminkan masalah dalaman yang serius yang dihadapi parti itu untuk memenangi semula sokongan rakyat negeri itu.

Social activist Alijah Gordon calls him Malaysia's enfant terrible . Religious zealots want him punished for 'criticising' Islam. But academic and human rights activist Dr Farish A Noor remains unfazed. Tomorrow, he will launch a book containing a selection of his controversial writings.

updated version Over the past three years, a couple of police reports have been made against malaysiakini . The latest is from Umno Youth, which claims that the online daily has published a letter containing seditious remarks that could create chaos in the country.

Sepertimana kata pepatah Melayu - Gajah sama gajah bergaduh, pelanduk mati di tengah-tengah. Begitulah nasib yang menimpa 400 pelajar Melayu di dua Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM) di Terengganu yang ditutup akibat perbalahan di antara Umno dan PAS.

PAS sudah menghantar surat kepada Kementerian Penerangan sepertimana yang diminta oleh menterinya, Datuk Seri Khalil Yaacob memohon supaya RTM menyiarkan secara langsung debat PAS-Umno berhubung isu sekolah agama pada 16 Feb depan.

Pyongyang cleverly took advantage of the looming war in Iraq to complicate US strategic goals and to thrust North Korea's political and economic concerns on to the global stage.

The embattled MCA president's days as a politician may appear numbered, but he's not going down without a fight. Will his boss offer a helping hand, though?