Archive - 24 September 2003

Apandi Mohamad claimed more than RM10,000 a month for nearly throughout the whole of last year and he is topping the list for this year as well.

Umno MP Mohd Zin Mohamed is fighting back against allegations of fraud and corruption linked to 'weight-cheating' complaints against an air-cargo company that he heads.

Singapore police said they arrested 66 suspected illegal immigrants from Malaysia and Thailand in a pre-dawn raid today on a forested hideout in the north of the city-state.

The opposition leaders claim that incoming premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is off to a bad start by extending the detention orders for nine ISA detainees.

In the face of criticism by DAP, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia has distanced itself from a public relations blunder by its deputy chairperson Harun Hashim.

The exercise, code-named Ex Malapura, began on Tuesday and will end next Monday, said the statement from the defence ministries of both countries. The Royal Malaysian Navy is hosting this year's manoeuvres.

The above title-question may well be followed by another implicit question such as, "Why are many of them behaving like hooligans?".

Suspected terrorist Mohamad Iqbal A Rahman and his wife, both permanent residents, are seeking judicial intervention so that they can remain in Malaysia.

The laboratory called InventQjaya (IQJ), located in a 28,000 square meter area in the Cyberjaya township in the Multimedia Super Corrridor (MSC) for high-tech firms, will be launched by premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Oct 11.

DAP MP Teresa Kok was denied a copy of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, leading her to question the RM2 billion project to prevent flash floods in the city.

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang takes the housing and local government ministry to task for loopholes in law that have created an ineffective housing tribunal.

The Japanese engineering company hired to design and build the 1,500-tonne incinerator in Broga, near Semenyih, is allegedly involved in another multi-million yen scandal.

"Let's face reality. Customers prefer to be served by young demure and pretty stewardesses," so justified MAS corporate services general manager...

'Gun Gun' Rusman Gun, the brother of alleged Jemaah Islamiyah terror group leader Hambali, was among 15 Malaysian and Indonesian students detained here for suspected terrorist offences.

The Iban may be counted among the bumiputeras of Malaysia, but Sarawak's largest ethnic group has some way to go to catch up in terms of economic development.

Two detainees under the Internal Security Act have had their habeas corpus hearing put off to a later date, following a request by the prosecution.

Chin Peng mendakwa, penyerahan diri Jepun secara tiba-tiba telah memberi Parti Komunis Malaya (PKM) suatu keemasan untuk memanipulasi peristiwa demi faedah parti itu. Namun, katanya, PKM telah membiarkannya berlalu begitu sahaja.

The move to absorb influential ulama Dr Harun Din into PAS' inner circle marks shrewd thinking in the opposition party. Those who know him anticipate exciting times.

Abdul Taib Mahmud is asking PBDS president Daniel Tajem to bury the hatchet and work with his rival Dr James Masing.