Archive - 14 October 2003

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir berkata tugas tidak akan pernah selesai dan jika beliau ingin menunggu sehingga selesai semua tugas, beliau tidak akan boleh berundur.

Jailed ex-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim continues to battle for review of his convictions for corruption and sodomy

Dark clouds from 1988 will continue to hover over the judiciary, blighting hope that sunnier days will prevail when Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad steps down.

Thai authorities today said they are tracking down more members of a baby-trafficking gang in the country's south after two women were arrested for allegedly selling infants to rich Malaysians.

Opposition front Barisan Alternatif will discuss 'alternative' policies with members and representatives on Saturday in drafting its common manifesto.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Dr Mohamed Zahir is not at all happy that the Election Commission did not respond truthfully to claims that it had recruited Puteri Umno members.

Writing in an international daily, jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim says the Organisation of the Islamic Conference was treated with widespread cynicism by many ordinary Muslims.

Instead of handing down the judgment today, the court allows Irene Fernandez to personally submit the closing arguments in her defence. This will continue tomorrow, but hearing is not expected to drag on as the magistrate will be leaving the service this Friday.

Dalam satu wawancara bersama malaysiakini dan Radio BBC (Indonesia) baru-baru ini, Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang berkata sepanjang pemerintahannya, Perdana Menteri Dr Mahathir Mohamad telah mengikis ciri-ciri demokrasi di Malaysia.

In the concluding part of an exclusive interview, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang does not mince words about political rivals in Barisan Nasional, in particular Umno.

Malaysians keen to become an astronaut under a space programme with Russia have been invited to submit their applications to join the project.

The debate in malaysiakini on whether we should allow Chin Peng's return has elicited as many ayes as nays.

Setiausaha agung PAS Nasharuddin Mat Isa mendakwa media harian telah memutarbelitkan kenyataannya berhubung isu negara Islam bertujuan menakut-nakutkan rakyat dan para pengundi yang semakin cenderong menyokong parti itu.

The memoirs of Communist Party of Malaya leader Chin Peng have evoked an emotional response in Malaysia, which has yet to hold a rational debate on a critical period in its history.

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has cancelled a visit to Malaysia to attend an Islamic summit, says a UN official.

Dalam keghairahan untuk menghargai jasa Dr Mahathir Mohamad, kita terlupa ada ketikanya cara kita menjadi keterlaluan sehingga menimbulkan rasa meluat, lalu menjadikan niat baik itu tidak kesampaian.

Satu tinjuan pendapat yang dijalankan oleh sebuah lamanweb yang pro-Umno mendapati ramai yang mahu Pemuda Umno kembali ke zaman kegemilangan kepimpinan Datuk Syed Jaafar Albar dan Datuk Harun Idris.

In downtown Kuta, the scene of last year's Bali bomb attacks, there are painful reminders everywhere of the tragic events of a year ago.