Archive - 10 December 2003

A review hearing in the Court of Appeal today provided dramatic moments as all parties tried to trace a notice of alibi filed by the appellant and former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim.

A financial daily quotes government sources as saying that the decision to postpone the multi-billion ringgit controversial project was made at the cabinet meeting today.

Menteri Pembangunan Usahawan Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz tidak dapat menyembunyikan kelegaannya selepas pihak BPR mendapati dakwaan terhadapnya berhubung pengeluaran 6,000 permit teksi adalah tidak berasas.

The court's decision is likely to have key implications on future applications by other Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees, particularly those held for terror-related charges.

First-day blues regardless, the DAP wants to know more about the contracts for access mechanisms under the national service training scheme, following user complaints.

Calls are increasing for the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) to be given additional powers, in the wake of shock over its public roasting by a cabinet minister.

Yusoff Lahir, the president of Malaysian Taxi/Limousine and Hired Car Drivers and Operators Association (Perkema) in August lodged a report alleging that 6,000 permits had been improperly issued to a single person, through nine companies.

The victorious struggle of a plantation community in Kajang against an unlawful eviction lands them the Suaram 2003 human rights award.

The US-led war on terror has unleashed dread on a massive scale on civilians in targeted countries, rather than free them of domestic tyranny.

There is a 'climate of fear' and the watchdog claims that this has provided the government with fodder to quell dissent and invoke the ISA.

National carmaker wants immediate exemption from all import duties and excise taxes, and asks for government grants for research and development.

While jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim claims he may be released, informed sources say he has only two options open to him.

Tidak ramai yang menyedari wujudnya sebuah tugu peringatan di Sungai Tua, Batu Caves, yang sudah lebih setengah abad lamanya terbiar. Dan tentu ramai pula yang tidak tahu tentang peristiwa 1 Sept (9.1) yang dikaitkan dengan tugu tersebut. LEE BAN CHEN menulis mengenainya.

A strategy for the sustainable development of East Asia's seas is set to be adopted by 12 countries, after years of research produced a stark warning that environmental degradation threatens entire populations.

There was some good news and bad news for the nine of the students arrested on their return to Malaysia last month from Karachi, where they had been held for suspected militant links.