Archive - 10 March 2003

'Sacked' PBDS official says she 'resigned'

'Sacked' PBDS official says she 'resigned'

NUBE missing funds case to be heard tomorrow

NUBE missing funds case to be heard tomorrow

The NUBE faction which refuses to return the money withdrawn from the union's accounts late last month will have to face committal proceedings from tomorrow.
Asean foreign ministers' retreat in M'sia to focus on Iraq

Asean foreign ministers' retreat in M'sia to focus on Iraq

Royal speech gets a thumping thumbs down from opposition

Royal speech gets a thumping thumbs down from opposition

Opposition leaders today expressed their regret that the Barisan Nasional (BN) government had chosen to "drag" Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tunku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalulail into o­ngoing policy disputes by politicising the royal speech.
Gegar harap mesyuarat Majlis Raja-Raja sokong SAR

Gegar harap mesyuarat Majlis Raja-Raja sokong SAR

Gerakan Bertindak Umat Selamatkan Sekolah Agama Rakyat (Gegar) amat berharap persidangan Majlis Raja-Raja mulai esok, akan membuat keputusan yang berpihak kepada penerusan dan kelangsungan sekolah agama rakyat (SAR) sebagai institusi pendidikan Islam di negara ini.
Ong's triad politics in MCA claim unsubstantiated: Ling

Ong's triad politics in MCA claim unsubstantiated: Ling

The embattled MCA leadership is about to be engulfed in a fresh controversy - this time, over an allegation that "triad politics" is practised and condoned by some party leaders.

Pensioner loses RM14,000 in bid to cure impotency

Pensioner loses RM14,000 in bid to cure impotency

High Comm: Arrested Indians not given time to show documents

High Comm: Arrested Indians not given time to show documents

Indian nationals - some of whom are IT professionals - who were picked up from a condominium in Kuala Lumpur for police questioning, claim they were treated high-handedly, some assaulted.
M'sia lobbies NAM members in UN Security Council to vote against war

M'sia lobbies NAM members in UN Security Council to vote against war

Malaysia, as chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, has urged its six non-permanent members in the UN Security Council - Syria, Cameroon, Chile, Guinea, Pakistan and Angola - to vote against a war o­n Iraq.
Transitions: Be professional when rebutting views

Transitions: Be professional when rebutting views

Peace Malaysia a grand deception

Peace Malaysia a grand deception

Letting Saddam off scot-free an act of irresponsibility

Letting Saddam off scot-free an act of irresponsibility

Now it's up to US to decide Saddam's fate

Now it's up to US to decide Saddam's fate

Dear health minister, don't waste time on unproven drugs

Dear health minister, don't waste time on unproven drugs

Is there equality of opportunity for all ethnic groups?

Is there equality of opportunity for all ethnic groups?

Check racial polarisation in our schools

Check racial polarisation in our schools

Claims of support misleading, says anti-Moggie camp

Claims of support misleading, says anti-Moggie camp

A PBDS party leader challenges the claim that 62 branches are backing for Leo Moggie to continue as party president.
SAR gets royal rebuke

SAR gets royal rebuke

The King has dampened PAS' hope of seeking royal intervention to save the public religious schools (SAR), saying that these schools teach hatred and not religion.
Scientists cite secret study to oppose Bush nuke plans

Scientists cite secret study to oppose Bush nuke plans

Authors of a secret 1966 Pentagon study o­n the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Vietnam say their conclusion that these could be "catastrophic" to US global interests are at least as compelling today as they were almost 40 years ago.
Mahfuz: SAR tidak dipengaruhi politik pembangkang

Mahfuz: SAR tidak dipengaruhi politik pembangkang

PAS mendakwa ada sekolah agama rakyat (SAR) yang mampu bertahan beberapa bulan sahaja lagi. Oleh itu, parti itu merayu kepada Majlis Raja-Raja supaya menitahkan kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) menyambung balik pemberian bantuan perkapita bagi menyelamatkan SAR.
Saari's report to Suhakam on police interrogation sold as book

Saari's report to Suhakam on police interrogation sold as book

An ISA detainee seeks to educate the Malaysian public o­n detention without trial and also provides a behind-the-scenes account of interrogation methods in a book which is now available.

Mending fences after the riots far from easy

Mending fences after the riots far from easy

Thailand and Cambodia are finding their attempts at fence-mending an uphill battle, a month after the anti-Thai riots in Cambodia.