Archive - 20 November 2003

Human rights bodies, concerned with the plight of a group of Achenese detained in Langkap detention centre bring the case to Suhakam.

Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor and Salahuddin Ayub were grilled on the alleged corruption scandals involving high-profile individuals, which they claim were covered-up.

DAP's Teng Chang Khim is crying foul over the state police chief's action to evict him from the state assembly and for allegedly barring reporters from interviewing him.

Cell phone operator Maxis Communications today said its tie-up with TimeCel has been completed on schedule and will boost subscriber growth as it seeks to close the gap with rival Celcom.

The government will soon send a team to assess the Muslim separatist rebellion in Mindanao in the southern Philippines before deciding whether to deploy ceasefire monitors there.

PAS is urging the MCA leader to take up the challenge and prove his mettle. Otherwise, the opposition party says, it will prove that BN leaders are only good at dishing out baseless allegations.

Saya merujuk kepada surat saudara Azizi yang menyatakan Dokumen Negara Islam PAS gagal memberikan penjelasan bermakna.

Motor vehicle sales in Malaysia dropped 10 percent in October from a year ago to 34,262 units, but were 0.5 percent higher from September.

The Perlis MB says troops and departments are being moved out of his state without his knowledge. This rekindles memories of a threat he received several months ago from those allegedly using the name of the new prime minister.

Ketua Polis Selangor, Datuk Mohd Noor Hamat berkata beliau mempunyai kuasa selaku ketua polis negeri untuk bertindak ke atas Adun DAP Teng Chang Khim dan tidak timbul soal penyalahgunaan kuasa.

The ex-deputy premier is disappointed with the Sungai Buloh prison director for telling him to ask his government appointed doctor on whether he could get a second opinion about his slip disc condition.

Ten Penan families living in upper Limbang are facing increasing pressure from logging activities, but such a situation is nothing new in Sarawak.

Apart from the nine students, terror suspect Mohd Iqbal A Rahman also filed the similar application to the court. Preliminary hearing for the nine has been fixed for tomorrow.

His works are 'full of inconsistencies, contradictions and distortions'. Almost everything is 'asserted and little or nothing is proven'.

By demonising even sane voices in the Palestinian struggle, the Zionists, who are losing support, hope to strip the movement of any moral legitimacy. This must be challenged, not with diatribes but intelligent and reasoned responses.

We need to discard the use of the derogatory term kafir, says FARISH A NOOR. He adds that racism and prejudice should never find a safe harbour in the heart of Muslims.

The colossal railway project is laden with controversies and uncertainties, but this has failed to deter the two foreign giants from carrying on with their work. Meanwhile, there is a third party involved in the 'aborted' contract for the country's biggest infrastructure project.

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