Archive - 6 June 2003

German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom says it will sell its six percent stake in Malaysian operator Celcom to Telekom Malaysia.

Making his debut as a malaysiakini columnist, veteran politician SIM KWANG YANG shares his thoughts on vote-peddling during elections and calls on all who cherish freedom of expression to add value to it.

Sng Chee Hua seems the odd man out being a Chinese gunning for a top post in a Dayak party. But he remains unperturbed with all the negative words that were thrown at him. He speaks his mind to malaysiakini today.

Rather than commenting on the issue, the Defence Ministry says that the police should be left alone to investigate allegations of impropriety against the head of an aircraft maintenance company.

A 40-year-old temple is to make way for a housing project and local residents are crying foul.

The government has proposed another mega-project in Broga. This time, a huge landfill to not only handle thousands of tonnes of household trash, but also as the final venue for toxic ash from its partner, the thermal incinerator.

Since the country was never included on WHO's list, the minister points out that there is no necessity to obtain a Sars-free clearance from the health body.

Despite this, the company claims it is not aware of any corporate development which resulted in the value of its shares going up by more than 50 percent in three days. But there were reports that part of the Umno-owned newspaper has been sold to a business tycoon.

There seems to be an increase in the number of "high-handed actions" of local authorities in various parts of the country and DAP chief Lim Kit Siang wants the government to put a stop to them.

Defence Minister Najib Razak says the recent security assessment by a key United States military official on Sabah should be a basis for the US State Department to lift its travel advisory.

When Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi spoke of "First World infrastructure, Third World mentality", I could not really grasp the full meaning of this phrase. But since then...

The short and peaceful gathering of a group of individuals outside the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur last night was carried out with little incident.

The freed political detainees and all those who have been struggling for justice must be thankful and grateful, but only to the right persons, or categories of people.

With two more ISA detainees set to be released next Thursday, lawyers for Keadilan Youth chief Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor are now fighting for his freedom as well by next week - even if it may be temporary.

The premier wants Arroyo to contest the next presidential elections so that she could help resolve the secessionist conflict in Mindanao.

US lawmakers are saying 'its time for regime change' in the Southeast Asian country and a new legislation which includes account freezing and a visa ban has been proposed.