Archive - 21 August 2003

Following accusations of doublespeak, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang explains why it is not wrong for the party to have separate manifestos.

The NUBE dispute heats up with union leaders insisting that they are legally correct in claiming that the director-general of trade union has the power to convene fresh elections.

An offer is made for the rebel faction to return to the party's fold but it must abide to certain conditions including the recognition of Daniel Tajem's leadership.

As the statutory defender of human rights in this country, the council says Suhakam cannot afford to remain silent on the recent mass arrest of asylum seekers.

'We are independent. We don't support anyone... All we aim for is a clean and fair election,' so says Election Commission chief Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman.

Denied from seeking treatment of his choice, jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim who suffers from a slipped disc now worries about his deteriorating condition.

The Internal Security Act (ISA) will not be used indiscriminately and will only be invoked against rice smugglers if their actions threatened the country's padi and rice industry, said Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today.

While the low-ranked civil servants are nailed, the PAS Youth chief claims top leaders in the ruling front get away scot-free.

Irked by reports creating the impression that Malaysia is a terror base, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hits back and blames Indonesians for the problem.

A Thai couple have been detained in Malaysia for failing to declare RM2.5 million in 10 different currencies.

Dissatisfied with yesterday's High Court decision rejecting a second post-mortem on Ho Kwai See, supporters of his family demonstrated their unhappiness outside the UMMC mortuary.

He was tragically killed in the bomb blast at the UN headquarters in Baghdad...but he left behind a legacy, which must continue to live.

Husam Musa says he is enjoying his role as an MP and has no intention to be the next menteri besar of Kelantan, as widely speculated in recent weeks.

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged the United States to hand over governance of Iraq to the United Nations following the bomb blast at the UN office in Baghdad.

Three orang-utans under rehabilitation at a nature reserve in a resort in Sabah have been found speared to death.

Gabungan pembangkang, Gagasan Rakyat, berpecah akibat politik perkauman parti-parti komponen utamanya. Barisan Alternatif pula, dilemahkan oleh berlainan dasar dan sikap terhadap isu agama, untuk meraih sokongan kaum tertentu.

In an apparent change of heart, the government today says it may grant some 250 detained Acehnese asylum seekers temporary stay. Yesterday the government said it wanted to deport them.

Two gunmen implicated in the kidnapping of 21 Western, Malaysian and Filipino hostages from resorts in Malaysia in 2000 have been arrested.

Junior lawyers, frustrated with legal obstacles to their election as Bar Council office-bearers, are mounting a campaign for the removal of an "unconstitutional" restriction.