Archive - 16 January 2004

The police say N Nagendran was shot dead when the driver of the lorry he was travelling in attempted to ram a patrol car. But his widow claims that his body was covered with bruises and his fingernails missing.

The representatives of the Sri Muniswarar temple in Petaling Jaya are mulling citizen's arrest on council officers if they return to demolish the temple, which has since been rebuilt.

Supporters of jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim will launch mass rallies and cross-country convoys over the weekend to press for his release ahead of his bail hearing next week, opposition officials said today.

American pop diva Mariah Carey will hold her concert in Malaysia next month despite Islamic pressure for it to be cancelled but she cannot wear sexy or revealing attire under strict stage rules.

The workers of a Japanese manufacturing company in Kedah received their dismissal letters today for organising an 'illegal strike'.

The DAP veteran and strongman attempts to answer some grouses put forward by young people to explain the general lack of interest of their generation towards local politics.

Memandangkan Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Mohd Khir Toyo menjadi sasaran utama pembangkang di Selangor, kini spekulasi bertiup kencang yang beliau mungkin dipindahkan ke pusat dalam pilihanraya umum akan datang.

The nature of ethnically based politics in Malaysia is that MCA and Gerakan are limited to fighting for representation within the Chinese "box". This "box" is likely to shrink as the percentage of the Chinese population begins to decrease over time.

The controversial judgment limiting the court's power in granting orders against Malaysia's asset management company Danaharta Nasional Berhad was today quashed by the highest court of the land.

If the Philippines can allow jailed ex-president Joseph Estrada to seek medical attention in the United States, similarly Malaysia should let former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim go overseas for surgery.

Proton defends its request for another 20 years of tariff protection and announces plans to launch a series of cars this year powered by its new Campro engine to stay competitive.

Former estate workers of Guthrie Industries Malaysia are seeking help from the Perak state government to assist them get better compensation benefits from their ex-employer.

For the 11 months to November, manufacturing sales rose 10.20 percent year-on-year to RM310.80 billion, announces the Statistics Department.

US investment in Malaysia will not be as large as they used to be as more money flows to lower-cost countries such as China and Thailand.

The once Singapore-bashing dailies, which even included discussions of a possible war with our southern neighbour, are now talking about friendship and improving bilateral ties. Does this signal a change in Malaysia's policy?