Archive - 19 March 2003

The AG Chambers will withdraw the contempt charge against human rights lawyer P Uthayakumar, but the accused says he is "not happy" since he has to face another charge.

Dewan Pemuda PAS pusat mempertikaikan tindakan RTM menyiarkan wawancara khas mengenai isu sekolah agama rakyat (SAR) malam ini sedangkan Majlis Raja-Raja belum membuat keputusan mengenainya.

DAP national chairperson Lim Kit Siang, who is hardly known to be subtle, steps up his verbal barrage against Health Minister Chua Jui Meng over the accuracy of dengue-related statistics.

The Bar Council today welcomes the judiciary's new chief and his mission to erase corruption in the institution. It also has an item for the top judge's to-do list.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers, divided over a looming US-led attack o­n Iraq, cut short their informal talks in Sabah with most heading home before war breaks, officials said.

The authorities are unable to wipe out foreign sex worker rings because of corrupt practices among a small number of police personnel, concedes Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung.

The organiser of the 'Monogamy: o­ne husband, o­ne wife' campaign does not seek a ban o­n polygyny but merely asks that women be given an option to part from a polygynous marriage.

Peace talks to end a 25-year battle between the Philippines and Moro separatist force MILF will resume in Malaysia later this month. The talks, originally planned for later this year, stalled following continued fighting.

Trapped between two presidents who refuse to change their stance, the Iraqi people are preparing for the worst. Those with financial means leave the country while the rest are resigning to fate.

PAS, its leader reveals, has several goodies for Malaysians if it forms the government. These include press freedom, a truly pro-poor NEP, and mother tongue universities.

Tidak ada tanda-tanda bahawa krisis dalam MCA di antara Kumpulan A dan Kumpulan B akan reda. Malah, tindakan merujuk ketua pemuda MCA O­ng Tee Keat kepada jawatankuasa disiplin parti kerana mendakwa wujudkan politik samseng dalam MCA, mungkin memburukkan lagi keadaan.

The war is a catastrophe and the sufferers of all this is the civilian population, resulting in an influx of refugees, says foreign minister Syed Hamid Albar.

Under intense public pressure, the police have completed internal investigations into alleged mistreatment of Indian IT professionals during a raid.

Sarawak's timber industry is not at all happy with the actions of NGOs which, it says, are obstructing efforts to create a national timber certification scheme.

Man's inhumanity to man is taking o­n a whole new meaning as the Bush Administration leads its coalition of the willing o­n to war against Iraq. A Nobel Peace laureate adds his voice to the global outcry.