
Mahathir vows to speak his mind despite US warning
Despite a warning from Washington that his sharp criticisms of US policy could harm relations, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad vowed today to continue to speak his mind.

Despite a warning from Washington that his sharp criticisms of US policy could harm relations, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad vowed today to continue to speak his mind.

The Keadilan president notes that Malaysian leaders have the tendency to criticise others when their own backyard is unkept. So to prove its objectivity, the government should free the ISA 6.

Although happy with the Attorney-General's decision to withdraw his contempt of court charge today, lawyer P Uthayakumar wishes that the AG can show more magnanimity by accepting the High Court decision to throw out his other charge of criminal intimidation too.



In a bid to end the bloody conflict in Aceh, a KL-based non-governmental organisation will help form a council made up of intellectuals and religious scholars representing the Acehnese and the Indonesian government as well as countries in the region.

The strongly-worded remarks by Malaysian leaders against the US-led war in Iraq may have won over some domestic audiences but they have also led to a new chill in bilateral relations between the two countries.






Protege-turned-nemesis Soh Chee Wen vows to continue haunting former MCA president and Transport Minister Dr Ling Liong Sik despite his resignations.







The scramble for vacancies in MCA and the government seems to continue to enfeeble the party with a weak centre and widespread local and regional warlordism.

Months after a row erupted over the government's role in the sinking of a boat carrying asylum seekers from Indonesia, a minister and the head of the police are refusing to discuss crucial details.
