Archive - 19 August 2003

Yesterday, Zulkifly Abdullah revealed a police report was lodged against NUBE. Today, the union lodges an ACA report against him and accuses the director-general of conspiring to destroy NUBE.

The government confirmed today that two Malaysian citizens, one of whom reportedly led security forces to the hideout of top terror suspect Hambali, were being held by the United States.

They drowned after they were thrown off a rubber boat that hit a rock during a river rafting expedition near Lipis, Pahang.

No-frills carrier AirAsia today launched the world's first SMS ticket reservation service with hopes of expanding its reach to 10 million mobile phone users.

Dalam perkembangan terbaru, seorang timbalan menteri mendakwa diminta guna pengaruh politik untuk hentikan siasatan terhadap Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-pekerja Bank (NUBE).

That time of the year has arrived again - campus election. This year, it will be held simultaneously in all universities in September, much earlier than previous years. Why? You may ask.

That time of the year has arrived again - campus election. This year, it will be held simultaneously in all universities in September, much earlier than previous years. Why? You may ask.

Ketidaksediaan Pemuda Umno menerima jemputan untuk mengambil bahagian dalam majlis debat anjuran persatuan mahasiswa dianggap mencerminkan kelesuan pergerakan itu dan tidak berani berdepan dengan pelajar.

Malaysian professor Azahari Husin who built the bombs used in last year's devastating attack on Bali headed a 16-strong group which blasted a Jakarta hotel this month, say Indonesian police.

Heeding the words of Osama bin Laden, terror organisations are striking at economic rather than military targets, with the hope of bringing the superpower to its knees.

It has been 16 days since police detainee Ho Kwai See died. But his body remains in the morgue while his family is embroiled in a legal tussle to get a second post-mortem done to confirm the cause of death.

Bukan mengejutkan jika PAS mengemukakan dua manifesto untuk peringkat negeri dan pusat. Dan ia juga bukanlah satu penipuan atau hipokrasi. Sebaliknya, kata AMAN RAIS, ia mencermin kematangan pemimpinnya dalam mengiktiraf hakikat politik pelbagai kaum dan agama di negara ini.

Although the government has not ratified any international conventions pertaining to refugees and human rights, it should, at the very least, ensure and provide the basic protection to a refugee.

Cynthia Gabrel, a director of Malaysian human rights group Suaram, has been prevented from entering the east Malaysian state of Sarawak.

Veteran Singaporean opposition politician JB Jeyaretnam has written a candid account of how former premier and his nemesis Lee Kuan Yew handled resistance while in power.

The Internal Security Act could be used against rice smugglers if their action is considered to be economic sabotage, says Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

UNHCR officials in Kuala Lumpur watched helplessly this morning, as police detained a large number of Acehnese asylum-seekers outside their office. The refugee agency expects to raise the matter with government officials.