Archive - 19 September 2003

The New York-based Human Rights Watch asks Malaysia to charge or release nine men held for two years under the Internal Security Act. The detention period expires on Sept 23.

The search for the whistleblower who leaked the controversial letters in the Election Commission-Puteri Umno scandal begins today. First stop for the police is Harakah editor Zulkifli Sulong.

The former MP said it is outrageous for others to now attempt to smear his name and for the Melaka government to claim credit, when he was the one who played a pivotal role in the compensation claims by the Portuguese Settlement fishing community.

Umno Pahang leaders will have to put their act together if they are to thwart PAS from gaining more ground in the state in the coming general election. For starters, they will have to back their menteri besar.

They are forced to retire 10 years earlier than their male counterparts and grounded without payment the moment they are pregnant. Yet they contributed to the airline's Best Cabin Crew award for the past three years.

Plans by a local university to require its students to study the thoughts the prime minister draws flak from an opposition party.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat - the newly merged entity of Keadilan and PRM - is adamant to keep the name 'Keadilan' as its acronym, not 'PKR' as some have suggested.

Param Cumaraswamy who just ended his nine-year tenure as the United Nations special rapporteur receives accolades for his untiring work in the interests of justice all over the world

A pertinent question indeed! So, can the socialist ideal ever be achieved? As they say, the paths only emerge when many people walk in the same direction!

While investigative journalism plays an important role in society, the press has an obligation to be as transparent about itself as it demands of all other institutions about which it reports.

The premier says Southeast Asian nations need not fear China's economic and military might and should prepare to seize the opportunities the country's growing prosperity will provide.