Archive - 15 March 2003

MCA president Dr Ling Liong Sik's repeated call for a name list of those linked to triads is now brushed aside with party Youth chief O­ng Tee Keat giving it instead to Acting Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

PBDS president Leo Moggie says he prefers a party consensus as the way to resolving the leadership issue when he steps down at the next party conference. But will his wish be fulfilled?

DAP chief Lim Kit Siang, after a Wednesday meeting with scores of Indian nationals arrested and allegedly mistreated by the police, is now calling for the suspension of those involved.

Philippine President Gloria Arroyo says she was dropping government appeals for clemency for a Filipino arrested o­n drugs charges in Malaysia.

Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar announces that Malaysia has shut its mission in Iraq and shifted operations to Jordan as the threat of war intensified.

A Malaysian paraplegic suffered five months of abuse at the hands of her Indonesian maid who later fled with her cash and belongings, according to a report.

Malaysia's ninth chief justice Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah retires today. He says he is happy to have given a new complexion to the 'face' of the judiciary.

A pro-Leo Moggie camp leader questions the timing of their opponents' announcement to go for the top PBDS posts and describes the Dr James Masing-Sng Chee Hua pact as an "unholy alliance".

Puteri Umno chief Azalina Othman advises her members to be careful about revealing party information to foreigners especially their media representatives.

In this first part of three, FARISH A NOOR explores how Islam can be reclaimed in the age of George W Bush and Osama bin Laden.

Towards the end of Malaysia's colonial days, a young woman accused of being a communist was tried in a case that exposed the seeming unfairness of the assessors judicial system, leading to the start of jury trials for capital cases.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad reiterates that there must be a reason for war and the reason must be convincing and in accordance with the law.