Archive - 12 June 2003

The prime minister post will be reserved for Muslims, hudud law will only apply to Muslims while non-Muslims remain under the present criminal penal code, and there will be a non-racial affirmative action programme - these are some of the policies under PAS' Islamic state.

Pekerja dan bekas pekerja ladang di Sungai Siput (U) Perak hari ini menyerahkan memorandum kepada Suhakam berhubung tindakan polis menghalang mereka daripada mengadakan konsert Hari Buruh yang dianjurkan setiap tahun sejak 1987.

D-Day approaches for full details of the proposed national service scheme. However, a youth organisation calls for transparency on the bill which is to be tabled in Parliament.

Format lama gerakan pelajar yang terperangkap dengan ideologi dan slogan, harus diubah kepada asas keilmuan dan keterbukaan. Penulis menekankan pentingnya belajar daripada kesilapan lalu.

Two days after the return of UN special envoy Razali Ismail from Rangoon, uncomfortable questions are being raised over the lack of progress in the beleaguered Burmese national reconciliation process.

The last two of the reformasi leaders held under the ISA were released today, though Lokman Adam had to first undergo a bail application for an outstanding criminal charge.

Keadilan president Wan Azizah is happy that all six of her supporters are finally freed from the ISA detention. She also dismisses talks that the release was due to the waning support for her party.

After successful bail applications involving reformasi activists over the past week, will jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim get a similar outcome when hearing of his application resumes?

Controversy surrounding the Bukit Tinggi gaming operations has barely subsided - now, another mini-casino licence has been issued.

As political parties gear up for the general election, Opposition political parties appeal for fair play in the use of government machinery.

Pendedahan Datuk M Kayveas telah menggegarkan Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ). Tetapi siasatan mengenai soal penyelewengan dan rasuah, tidak seharusnya terhenti di MPAJ sahaja. Ia perlu disasarkan kepada Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT) di semua negeri.

Why were some youth groups so daring as to attack critics of the Indonesian armed forces? They are backed by the military, of course. Now fears abound that the nation is going back to its darker days.

The government has temporarily stopped the importation of prairie dogs as pets following the outbreak of monkeypox in the United States, says a report today.