Archive - 26 September 2003

HISHAMUDDIN RAIS mendakwa Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya telah melakukan tiga 'jenayah' besar ketika pilihanraya umum tahun 1999. Dan menurutnya lagi, proses pilihanraya semakin lama semakin tidak berlandaskan demokrasi. Ikuti tulisan beliau kali ini.

Mustafa Ali is grilled by BBC journalist Tim Sebatian on his Hardtalk programme regarding PAS' policies ranging from religious freedom to violence

New measures, proposed in parliament recently, will punish not just terrorists, but also those who provide them with "services or facilities". Lawyers, accountants and journalists are not immune from the law.

Satellite television operator Astro expects to raise more than RM1.1 billion in what is billed as one of Asia's largest share offerings this year.

The menteri besar says the controversial bill has been approved by the sultan and is in the process of being gazetted, following which it will be enforced immediately.

A Malaysian national has been sentenced to six years' jail in Vietnam over his involvement in a network trafficking local girls to his home country to work as prostitutes.

Seorang pemimpin Keadilan mendakwa komen Menteri Besar Kedah, Datuk Seri Syed Razak Syed Zin berhubung perlantikan penyokong kuat PAS sebagai imam baru di beberapa masjid di Pendang, tidak disenangi oleh dua wakil rakyat Umno di kawasan berkenaan.

The Malaysian media is embarking on a moral crusade against homosexuals and transsexuals. As truth takes a backseat, the reports serve only to malign.

The spirit of Edward W Said, a lifelong champion of the Palestinian cause who died this week, will live on as a powerful legacy and call to action for generations to come.

The environmental impact assessment study says the construction of the mega-incinerator 'has struck fear into the hearts of the public'.

Life in Kamunting detention camp is already harsh but former ISA detainee Mohamad Iqbal A Rahman claims his incarceration at the Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department lock-up is worse.

A Malaysian man convicted of drug trafficking was executed today, the government said, bringing to 11 the number of people to have died under the city-state's capital punishment laws this year.

The department says the process is already being scrutinised by the Election Commission and this should suffice.

The outgoing premier's lack of consultation, transparency and accountability on economic policies have resulted in 'very expensive mistakes', says Prof K S Jomo.

Annoyed by what he sees as a deliberate attempt by a parliamentary secretary to show up opposition MPs for their high-spending ways, DAP leader Lim Kit Siang says it is time all travel claims are inspected.