Archive - 3 January 2004

The students are not the same persons they saw in November and December, claim the lawyers of the 'Karachi 4'. They say the students have undergone a complete mental and emotional transformation.

A detainee stages a 'hunger strike' in protest at being given leftover food brought by his mother for Hari Raya. But a Suhakam official says he was informed that the detainee was also buying food from the canteen at the camp.

The Pahang Menteri Besar claims allegations against him on the logging scandal were defamatory and lodges a police report - a move which came two weeks after the ACA began a probe on the scam.

At first, it was December 6. Then, it was January 13. Now, no date has been fixed. That's the current situation of the farewell dinner for former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad to be hosted by Parliament.

Three supporters of the SOS Damansara school counted down the new year 2004 at the Dang Wangi police station. They were earlier nabbed at the Dataran Merdeka for distributing leaflets.

Thousands of Malaysians rushed to register as voters ahead of a December 31 deadline, with a snap general election widely tipped to be called early this year, a report said today.

The police are on the alert after tip offs that gangs were planning a spate of bank robberies and extortion rackets during the Lunar New Year festive period, a report said Saturday.

An unprecedented poll says that about two-thirds of the active-duty US military approve of President Bush's overall performance, while the same percentage of officers consider themselves Republicans.