Archive - 23 March 2003

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) assures that the views of Malaysian leaders o­n the war in Iraq will continue to be reported fairly and responsibly.

The MCA disciplinary committee has sent a letter to Youth chief O­ng Tee Keat requesting him to attend a hearing o­n March 31.

DAP calls o­n members of parliament to set aside their political differences when debating a motion against war o­n Iraq in the Dewan Rakyat tomorrow.

Finland's Kimi Raikkonen in a McLaren won the 2003 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix, the second leg of the World F1 Championship, at the Sepang F1 Circuit in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.

A soldier wounded in a grenade attack at a 101st Airborne Division base in Kuwait has died, according to a CNN report this afternoon. He is the first American soldier killed in a camp incident.

A total of 12,268 Malaysian companies and individuals went bankrupt in 2002 - the highest yearly figure since 1985 and up five percent from 11,685 cases in 2001, a report said.

The manner the police handle suspects and criminals has become a major concern of the Bar Council. It adopted a resolution asking the police to be transparent in such cases. Yesterday's AGM also saw a new Bar line-up.

Religious parties and groups in Pakistan are cashing in o­n a widespread pan-Islamic sentiment, a characteristic of South Asian Muslims with the US-led war o­n Iraq.

One faction in the PBDS leadership crisis asks another not to campaign unfairly by giving it the anti-government tag.