Archive - 14 December 2003

The 66-year-old former Iraqi leader was arrested during a pre-dawn raid in his hometown in Tikrit. He was found hiding in a cellar.

The recommendations, among others, has called for the ISA to be repealed and replace with a more comprehensive new security law. Meanwhile, the MCA Youth chief says the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 is the country's goal for a better human rights record.

When it's something to do with people's money, it's certainly wiser to allow them to do what they like with what is theirs. The EPF board therefore shouldn't be surprised at all with the avalanche of negative reactions against their latest strategy.

DAP Batu Gajah MP Fong Po Kuan says the lack of coordination and planning has left those affected with a sense of helplessness and that the ministries concerned are also at a loss on what to do.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi must convince neighbouring Singapore to cooperate in building a new bridge linking the two countries, a Umno leader reportedly said today.

A Miri-based NGO calls on the police not to act arbitrarily when dealing with the Penans after a complaint was received on unrestrained action by the cops on Dec 8 in the Baram interior.

Malaysia may send a team to the Philippines to question alleged Philippine terrorist leader Galib Andang, popularly known as Commander Robot, about the kidnap of foreign tourists from a resort in April 2000.

The prime minister seems to be the "saviour" PBDS members are waiting for. Pak Lah says he is only waiting for the appeal letter from Daniel Tajem and that he will resolve what he describes as just an "internal problem".

The remaining three men trapped by bad weather on a mountaintop in Kelantan for about a week have been airlifted to safety.

This account is a presentation by the writer at the conference on "Human Rights Defenders on the Frontlines of Freedom: Protecting Human Rights in the Context of War on Terror" held recently at the Carter Centre in Atlanta.

Signs have begun to emerge of a fundamental shift in how the government does business since Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took over as prime minister from Dr Mahathir Mohamad on October 31.