Archive - 9 April 2003

Ministry to issue guidelines on who needs to mask up

Ministry to issue guidelines on who needs to mask up

The government is planning to make it compulsory for certain groups to wear respiratory masks in containing Sars.

Judge in Anwar trial misdirected himself, says lawyer

Judge in Anwar trial misdirected himself, says lawyer

Anwar Ibrahim's conviction for sodomy should have been set aside because his co-accused Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja was used against him, the Court of Appeal heard today.
Court reserves judgment on Anwars bail application

Court reserves judgment on Anwars bail application

Anwar Ibrahim's appeal hearing continues with his lawyer arguing that the ex-deputy premier deserves to be granted bail while the Attorney-General says the Court of Appeal has no jurisdiction to do so. The judges have reserved their judgment.
Suhakam reproaches govt for disinterest in recommendations

Suhakam reproaches govt for disinterest in recommendations

Suhakam's annual report for 2002 underscores the government's slow responses to its previous reports and recommendations.
Dewan Rakyat Speaker rejects motion on Broga

Dewan Rakyat Speaker rejects motion on Broga

The proposal to build an incinerator in Broga may be the talk of the town, but there will be no debate o­n the project in the Dewan Rakyat.
Report: US troops greeted with flowers, Saddams rule has collapsed

Report: US troops greeted with flowers, Saddams rule has collapsed

An international news agency today reported that President Saddam Hussein's rule has collapsed as jubilant Iraqis welcomed advancing US forces into the capital with flowers while looters attacked symbols of his power
F-15 down, rescue teams search for crew

F-15 down, rescue teams search for crew

Coalition rescue teams were today searching for two US airmen from a F-15E fighter jet that went down over Iraq two days earlier.
Kayveas cadang kempen memperbaiki sekolah Tamil

Kayveas cadang kempen memperbaiki sekolah Tamil

Selepas mencetuskan kontroversi kerana didakwa menyarankan supaya sekolah Tamil ditutup, Datuk M Kayveas hari ini mencadangkan pula supaya dilancarkan kempen memperbaiki sekolah Tamil.
Suhakam traces erosion of safeguards against abuse of ISA

Suhakam traces erosion of safeguards against abuse of ISA

Third probable Sars in Penang, five new suspected cases

Third probable Sars in Penang, five new suspected cases

The Health Ministry identifies a new probable Sars patient who is nevertheless showing some signs of recovery.

Non-Muslim IIU students 'pressured' to wear tudung, says DAP

Non-Muslim IIU students 'pressured' to wear tudung, says DAP

Quick to rise to the right of Muslim girls in Singapore to don the tudung in schools last year, DAP is just as prompt to champion the right of non-Muslim females here not to do it.
MPs seek debate on Suhakam's annual report

MPs seek debate on Suhakam's annual report

DAP MPs will ask the government to set aside o­ne day to debate the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) annual report for 2002. The report was distributed to the members of parliament this morning.
Foreign rights groups press for release of ISA 6, abolition of act

Foreign rights groups press for release of ISA 6, abolition of act

On the two-year anniversary of the arrest of the ISA 6, human rights groups abroad express their contempt for the act and call o­n the government to release all political prisoners.
Streamyx subscribers, too, taken for a ride

Streamyx subscribers, too, taken for a ride

Streamyx subscribers have been taken for a ride by TMnet which keeps o­n increasing rentals without improvement to their service. In March, Streamyx subscribers found it hard to login and this was attributed by TMnet to a denial of service attack o­n its servers. This lasted for about two weeks.
Taken for an Emperor ride by Astro

Taken for an Emperor ride by Astro

We would like to bring to malaysiakini 's attention of a very unfair and deplorable act by Astro in their recent promotion of its Emperor Package.
Govt thuggery will not stem incinerator protest

Govt thuggery will not stem incinerator protest

Again they have misjudged us, the people of Broga-Semenyih.
ACA should go after the big fish

ACA should go after the big fish

When is the Anti-Corruption Agency going to do its job? Yes, ACA managed to solve some cases involving government officials, but these have been far and few. What we in Malaysia need is an independent and strong ACA, not o­ne that is politicised like so many other supposedly independent bodies
DAP mulls contest in PAS-led states

DAP mulls contest in PAS-led states

DAP is considering fielding candidates in Kelantan and Terengganu in the next general election. Former ally PAS, which controls these states, does not mind.
A hypocritical war waged by mercenary leaders

A hypocritical war waged by mercenary leaders

All wars are barbaric and reflect a very crude level of consciousness. But the o­ngoing massacre of thousands of Iraqi civilians in their own homes is obscene and makes all the declared and undeclared intentions of the US-UK coalition less than noble.
Disease spreads faster when public is kept in the dark

Disease spreads faster when public is kept in the dark

Right from the beginning when it was reported that Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand had Sars cases, most of us would have guessed that we have the same disease in Malaysia. We are sandwiched between these countries; how is it possible that we are free of Sars when others are having it?
Dont gamble with Sars, close schools in JB

Dont gamble with Sars, close schools in JB

We are concerned parents and our concern is shared by scores of other parents in Johor Bahru. We are worried about the well-being of our school-going children in view of the current Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) scare.
Rocky start for Keadilan-DAP seat negotiations

Rocky start for Keadilan-DAP seat negotiations

Ex-political partners DAP and Keadilan have met o­nly o­nce to discuss how they can avoid three-cornered fights in the next general elections, but even this seems to have deteriorated into a straight fight.
Menangani wabak Sars secara telus

Menangani wabak Sars secara telus

Dalam menghadapi wabak Sindrom Pernafasan Akut Yang Teruk (Sars), permainan politik harus dielakkan. Oleh itu, LEE BAN CHEN menyarankan supaya di hantar rombongan perubatan ke Singapura bagi menjalin kerjasama dalam menghadapi wabak itu, khususnya mengenai kaedah perubatan dan pengawalannya.
Liberty through occupation

Liberty through occupation

The Muslim world is clearly in need of change but America is dangerously wrong if it believes that the problem can be solved by exporting its brand of secular democracy through the barrel of a gun.
US troops snuff Iraqi resistance, kill 3 journalists in Baghdad

US troops snuff Iraqi resistance, kill 3 journalists in Baghdad

The Americans believe that the war in Iraq is in its final stages, especially with the US-led invading troops being able to move around Baghdad "at will". However their increasing grip o­n the city came with an unfortunate incident of three journalists being killed by US tank fire.
The new bi-polar world

The new bi-polar world

Once a beacon of democracy, the US has now been turned into an over-militarised globocop that will shoot first and provide answers later. How can the US regain the world's goodwill?
Liu: DAP left out of BA election talks over Penang

Liu: DAP left out of BA election talks over Penang

Campaigning for the general election is months away yet, but DAP is already disturbed about the way the BA strategy for Penang has been drawn up.
Suhakam: Replace ISA with clear security law

Suhakam: Replace ISA with clear security law

The ISA has overstayed its welcome and must be replaced by a new comprehensive security law that spells out the offences under it. Suhakam explains why.

Folly of incinerator project: Gaia

Folly of incinerator project: Gaia

The government is being warned against building incinerators or risk being stuck with sky-high debt repayment for years to come, not to mention the danger to public health and environmental fallout.
Lower industrial output could herald sharp slowdown: analysts

Lower industrial output could herald sharp slowdown: analysts

Malaysia's industrial output fell in February, indicating that the government's revised economic growth forecast of 4.5 percent this year may be too bullish, say analysts.