Archive - 16 March 2003

The Malaysian Bar will meet this Saturday and table a motion for voting to decide whether it will call o­n the government to drop two charges against a lawyer and a tough campaigner against police brutality.

DAP condemns the death threat sent to o­ne of its elected representatives and calls for thorough investigations o­n it as well as "triad politics" which is now haunting the MCA.

Gegar says that as the SAR issue could not be resolved within the education channel or through the Malay rulers, it is now drafting a case against the government and hopes to file it in court before the week ends.

Leo Moggie reiterates that although PBDS has opened its doors to non-Dayaks, it is still a Dayak-based party and should remain so.

MCA Youth chief O­ng Tee Keat has been requested to submit the names of party members alleged to have practised "triad politics" again - this time the call came from party vice-president Dr Fong Chan o­nn

A monogamy campaign fighting for better procedures and protection of rights for married Muslim women starts today. Pak Lah's wife Endon Mahmood gives her support.

MIC chief and Works Minister S Samy Vellu says the stong and cordial relations between Kuala Lumpur and New Delhi will allow both countries to settle any hiccups in their long-standing ties.

The idea of instant democratic transformation in the Middle East is a mirage and if a tidal wave of political change actually came to pass, the US would not be even remotely prepared to cope with the resulting instability.

A report says Malaysia's second national carmaker Perodua is eyeing an assembling pact with Japan's Toyota Motor Co. in a bid to strengthen its foothold ahead of market opening in 2005.

The Royal Malaysian Air Force has put five of its aircraft o­n standby to evacuate Malaysians from Iraq should war break out, according to Defence Minister Najib Razak.