Archive - 19 February 2003

Although supporting a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi crisis, the Bar Council says if the UN agrees to back the war then this must be respected.

LEE BAN CHEN takes a break from writing in Bahasa Malaysia to take issue with the points raised by Strategic Analysis Malaysia's chief analyst o­n the anti-war movement.

Selepas merobohkan surau Jubli Perak di Bandar Baru Bangi, pihak berkuasa agama negeri Selangor kini sedang memantau enam buah lagi surau di situ yang dipercayai peralatkan oleh PAS untuk menjayakan agenda politik parti itu.

Faced with problems in justifying a controversial road project, the Penang state government may hire independent experts to lend more credibility to the project.

Isu sekolah agama rakyat semakin mendapat perhatian pihak istana. Kini Sultan Terengganu yang juga Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong berkenan menerima menghadap perwakilan yang memperjuangkan sistem pendidikan Islam itu, Isnin depan.

Responding to a protest letter sent by a group of Thai journalists to Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the Malaysian Embassy in Bangkok says the police followed 'due process' in raiding malaysiakini last month.

DAP chief Lim Kit Siang says the biggest flaw in the NAM summits is the lack of a parallel conference for NGOs to encourage input by civil society organisations.

The powers that be seem to be panicking over students' commitment to change the government.

Anti-war movements have debunked the myth of a clash of civilisations, but they still have to convince the world that Baghdad can be held accountable for its many crimes against humanity and will never pose a threat to its people and neighbours again.

Most of the countries grouped in NAM carry little clout of their own, but they hope their official voices will be heard alongside those of millions of ordinary people protesting the war around the world.

Caught in the crackdown against illegal immigrants are genuine Malaysians who were unwittingly deported to Indonesia and the Philippines.

Jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim is to get his last chance to reverse his corruption conviction o­n March 18. In a rare move, the Federal Court will form a panel of judges to review its own decision.

A DAP leader backs Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad who was subjected to derogatory remarks by Singaporean leaders recently.

Pemuda Keadilan dakwa ada usaha pihak-pihak yang pro-Umno untuk menghalangkan aktivis reformasi daripada menghadiri perhimpunan Aman Malaysia di Stadium Bukit Jalil Ahad ini.

In its zeal to dominate all public sectors to ostensibly 'protect the Malays', Umno has pistol-whipped the Malay Malaysian community into a bureaucratic straitjacket.

When the fourth estate forgets its role as a watchdog and conspires with the executive instead, civil society loses - big time, a forum is told recently.