Archive - 17 July 2003

A student body submit its report on the UUCA to Suhakam, wanting certain clauses in the act be amended. Suhakam's Dr Mohd Hamdan Adnan gives a favourable response.

In a press conference oozing with sarcasm, Joseph Salang tells members who are rallying behind rival Dr James Masing to come back home to their families and accept reality.

The committee's primary objective is to stop the illegal demolition or relocation of temples in the country.

Deterrence does not come with marriage or the criminalisation of sex. SALBIAH AHMAD says it comes with education, respect for values of fidelity and sexual integrity of sexual partners.

The protracted conflict in Aceh continues to gain attention among concerned Malaysians and a vigil will be held tomorrow outside the Indonesian embassy.

Masih belum terlambat untuk Gerakan Bertindak Umat Selamatkan Sekolah Agama Rakyat (Gegar) bertemu dan berbincang dengan jawatankuasa khas pendidikan mengenai sekolah agama rakyat (SAR), kata setiausaha jawatankuasa tersebut, Izzudeen Effendi.

A website closely linked to the menteri besar claims he is not planing to mount a challenge for the post and raps those behind the speculation.

Suhakam continues to receive brickbats as it struggles to repair the country's human rights image three years into its creation by the government.

In response to the ongoing debate on the Islamic state and Hudud laws issues, ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim lends his views and outlines three areas which PAS must explain to the public.

The Canny Ong case continues to receive attention with more women's groups calling for improvements in the police force and judiciary, among others, to deal with rising sex crimes.

Setelah lama membisu selepas timbul spekulasi mengenai kemungkinan Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo bertanding jawatan ketua Pemuda Umno, akhirnya lawanweb yang dikaitkan dengan Menteri Besar Selangor itu, menafikan yang beliau berminat dengan jawatan tersebut.

Calling for "fresh and fair elections", the Masing-Sng faction in crisis-ridden PBDS are counting on the ROS to step in and supervise a re-run of party elections.

Suhakam advises the ISA 7 to apologise and get reinstated as per their complaint to the commission. It is also waiting for the result of police investigations into the Kamunting assault.

Commerce International Merchant Bankers (CIMB) has ties-up with Saudi Arabia's Dallah Al Baraka group to form an Islamic investment banking alliance.

The arrangement with Perak College of Medicine has been the subject of controversy lately, and now UM explains its position to the minister but refuses to make it public.

A 20-year-old college student has been charged in a court with kidnapping his father for a ransom, which was paid by his mother