Archive - 6 February 2003

Satellite used to track 'errant' individuals: ISA interrogators

Satellite used to track 'errant' individuals: ISA interrogators


Police operations have always been a 'secret' affair, with almost nothing found in the public domain. O­ne ISA detainee, however, has recorded the tantalising details from behind the walls.
Mixed opposition reaction to Mahathir's plan to stay out of polls

Mixed opposition reaction to Mahathir's plan to stay out of polls

The premier's announcement that he will not call for a general election while holding office is viewed with suspicion by some, but accepted as the logical thing by others.
PM to go on two-month leave in March

PM to go on two-month leave in March

Verify the existence of shadowy police unit, DPM told

Verify the existence of shadowy police unit, DPM told

An opposition party is intrigued by the revelations in a report submitted to Suhakam recently, about an allegedly secret police team with the power to make or break top politicians.

Malaysia joins global anti-war protest

Malaysia joins global anti-war protest

Citizens around the globe unite o­n Feb 15 in the biggest anti-war demonstration ever
to be witnessed in this world.
Tun Zahir pula tolak tawaran pengerusi debat SAR

Tun Zahir pula tolak tawaran pengerusi debat SAR

Speaker Dewan Rakyat Tun Zahir Ismail menolak tawaran untuk mempengerusikan debat PAS-Umno mengenai isu sekolah agama rakyat (SAR). Sebelum ini, Prof Diraja Ungku Aziz menolak tawaran sama.
Foreign correspondents protest police raid on Malaysiakini

Foreign correspondents protest police raid on Malaysiakini

Joining the protest over the police raid o­n malaysiakini is the Overseas Press Club of America, which tells Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad that free speech is hard to suppress.
Dream destroyed, no reason given

Dream destroyed, no reason given

Dr M's advice to nation timely

Dr M's advice to nation timely

Real victim of police raid

Real victim of police raid

Cabinet goes only if PM booted out

Cabinet goes only if PM booted out

What DAP chairperson Lim Kit Siang said in relation to Article 43 of the Federal Constitution is surprising to me.
Malaysia, Singapore agree to refer territory dispute to World Court

Malaysia, Singapore agree to refer territory dispute to World Court

Malaysia and Singapore are leaving it to the World Court to settle their territorial dispute over an islet.
War in Iraq: a contrarian view

War in Iraq: a contrarian view

France, Russia, China and Germany - the countries which opposed a war against Iraq - have their own vested interests to protect in the Middle East.
Setengah juta risalah SAR diedar

Setengah juta risalah SAR diedar

Gerakan Bertindak Umat Selamatkan Sekolah Agama Rakyat (Gegar) melancarkan kempen kesedaran mengenai sistem sekolah tersebut sambil menyeru pihak berkuasa supaya mengelakkan daripada pengaruh politik dalam mencari penyelesaian kepada isu ini.

The 'arrest' of Petrof

The 'arrest' of Petrof

Inspired by the swift police action upon receiving a sedition complaint from the leading political youth movement in the country, HARUN RASHID puts o­n his humorist cap to explore a scene at a fictitious balai...
M'sia prepared for legal battle with S'pore over islet: Syed Hamid

M'sia prepared for legal battle with S'pore over islet: Syed Hamid

Anwar out of jail on April 14?

Anwar out of jail on April 14?

Will jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim walk out a free man o­n April 14? His supporters think so. Anwar would have served two-thirds of his sentence for corruption and be eligible for release o­n 'good behaviour'. As for his sodomy charges, he is applying for bail pending appeal in the higher courts.
Surat terbuka kepada Hishammuddin Hussein

Surat terbuka kepada Hishammuddin Hussein

Parti-parti politik di Malaysia, termasuk parti pemerintah, perlu bersikap terbuka, rasional dan bersedia untuk menyertai perbahasan dengan mereka yang tidak bersetuju dengan ideologi politik masing-masing.