Archive - 26 August 2003

The UN refugee agency has protested to the Malaysian government over the arrest of more than 400 asylum seekers from Indonesia's war-torn Aceh province last week.

The much-awaited EIA report for the Broga incinerator project has just been submitted to the Department of Environment - three months after its due date of release.

A group of Indian nationals who have been sacked by their employer are another case in point of foreign workers being ill treated by Malaysian companies - and evidently getting away with it.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is due to visit Malaysia next month in a bid to boost bilateral trade and secure investments, officials said today.

Communications giant Telekom Malaysia today said its first half net profit rose 8.3 percent year-on-year to RM557.46 million because of lower taxation charges.

After trading barbs for three weeks, both the opposition parties have agreed to return to the negotiation table to ensure a straight-fight with Barisan Nasional at the next polls.

Four days after Mohamad Iqbal A Rahman was released, his wife finally gets to meet him. She claims that her husband was forced to sign a notice regarding the revocation of his permanent resident status.

Indonesian police will question terror suspect Mohamad Iqbal A Rahmanan who was recently released from prison in Malaysia about his possible links to terrorism, says Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda.

Awam's moves to hold a public rally for a violence-free society should be supported fully by the authorities.

Former deputy premier Musa Hitam shares his views on the Big Three in Malaysian politics - the prime minister, his deputy and Umno.

Don't expect Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to fade into obscurity when he quits in two months' time, says veteran Umno leader Musa Hitam. The new PM will have to live with Mahathir's prominent public presence.

The late-night raids on students' rooms in Universiti Putra Malaysian (UPM) amount to misuse of power, says a furious youth group, which wants this checked.

US computer chip giant Intel announces that it will invest RM152 million to boost its manufacturing capacity in Malaysia.

Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein terus menjadi sasaran pelbagai spekulasi mengenai kedudukannya sebagai ketua Pemuda Umno Malaysia. Kali ini beliau menjadi sasaran kempen pengedaran risalah yang menyenaraikan kegagalannya.

As the curtain begins to fall on his 22-year reign, a cult of personality centering around him is emerging. His achievements are often trumpeted in the media but there is a 'darker' side which is seldom discussed. These traits have helped him survive the many tempests in his career.

A group of women's organisations has called for amendment of Section 51 of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, saying that it discriminates against women whose husbands convert to Islam.

Sewajarnyalah kita bersyukur dan berterima kasih kepada semua perdana menteri kita yang berpandangan jauh. Jasa dan bakti mereka sama besarnya, tiada siapa boleh mendabik dada mendakwa "Malaysia maju kerana aku".

A disgruntled employee of a nature reserve was arrested by the police over the brutal killing of three orang-utans in Sabah a week ago.

There has been no let-up in the arrest of asylum-seekers in Malaysia. At the same time, the situation of the Acehnese detained last week is no clearer either.

The leader of Algeria's Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), Abbasi al-Madani, yesterday sent a message of peace and reconciliation to the Algerian people from Malaysia, where is receiving medical treatment, says his son.