Archive - 7 October 2003

The Bar Council has stressed that its members were merely exercising its right to discuss issues of public concern in relation to the appointment and promotion of judges.

Even before the dust has settled on the issue of MPs' mileage and other claims, opposition party DAP has released a list of BN politicians in Malacca who have allegedly sought reimbursements for attending party functions.

The Registrar of Societies has met with the two rival leaders in Sarawak party PBDS, but the outcome appears no less murky than when they first began competing for the post of president.

The deputy minister, a former MAS employee himself, flays the national carrier for discriminating against women and suggests a facial for its 'face value' general manager.

The group arrested outside two embassies have no choice but to remain behind bars for another month before they will know their fate.

The island-republic should have no problems in facing rising competition from Malaysia for a slice of the lucrative aviation market, says its Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong.

Keadilan Youth, now known as Angkatan Muda Malaysia, says that unless Asean and the Malaysian government presses the Burmese junta for a clear and specific roadmap to democracy, all else would just be hot air.

Jailed ex-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim seeks to re-open his sodomy appeal at the appellate court claiming that he was denied a fair hearing. Such a review has never been done at the Court of Appeal level before.

The search has widened for the armed gang that took six hostages from a holiday resort in Sabah, but its members have remained silent on their motives and demands.

There has been relentless criticism of PAS in the mainstream crony-controlled media (as expected), and more recently by some readers in malaysiakini .

Southeast Asian leaders including a tearful Indonesian president paid tribute to one of their most forceful and outspoken colleagues, veteran Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, at his farewell summit.

Diplomatic staff in Pakistan are keeping tabs on the 13 Malaysian students recently detained in Karachi on suspicion of being involved in militant activities.

While critics may claim other wise, MAZENI ALWI says scholar Edward Said's work has had a profound effect on the Palestinian cause.

Hundreds of troops have been deployed in a search and rescue operation following the kidnapping of six foreign workers from a holiday resort in Sabah, says Defence Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

French defence electronics group Thales is expected to supply the avionics worth some RM500 million for the 18 Russian Sukhoi fighter jets Malaysia will acquire.

The government yesterday ruled out terrorism in a puzzling raid by armed kidnappers on a remote jungle holiday resort, while the Philippines said the gang could be heading across the sea border with their six captives.

Former judge Harun Hashim, who died last Tuesday, continues to be remembered for his many achievements, including those as vice-chairperson of the human rights commission.

There have been a number of unilateral decisions and legislative actions taken by countries in the name of increasing global maritime security and introducing better shipping standards, says Deputy Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

In a bid to instill discipline in errant students, the Education Ministry wants to grant all teachers with the power to cane. However, some argue that this is not the right remedy.

The amount is to be invested in research and development over the next five years in its drive to become a major player in the region.

The prime minister says Israel was becoming an unstoppable force as he condemned its incursion into Syria.