Archive - 30 January 2004

Barely three days after making headlines alleging fund mismanagement within Keadilan, sacked Youth secretary Lokman Nor Adam now withdraws the allegations stating that they came from un-credible sources.

The opposition party says this will ensure that the commission is impartial and that its recommendations will be implemented.

Having failed at all other avenues, a group of ISA wives turn to the Women and Family Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil for assistance.

Pemuda PAS pusat menyifatkan pimpinan Umno sebagai buta al-Quran sehingga sanggup menolak pelaksanaan hukum hudud bagi menjaminkan pembanterasan kejadian jenayah di negara ini.

Traders at the popular Masjid Jamek shopping street in Kuala Lumpur, peeved with the City Hall's decision to relocate them to another site, threaten to "declare war" on the mayor.

The money is to help the schools with their relocation and an MCA official clarifies that it will not affect the annual allocation given to these schools by the government.

Pelbagai spekulasi bertiup kencang mengenai kerusi yang bakal ditandingi oleh pemimpin utama parti pembangkang, khususnya parti Keadilan dalam pilihanraya umum akan datang.

Residents of Broga who are worried about the RM1.5 billion incinerator project in their backyard, are appalled by the apathy of the local media towards their protest.

The authorities say the country is free of the disease but Deputy Agriculture Minister Mohamad Shariff admits that the threat of an outbreak was "very high" as neighbouring Thailand and Indonesia had been affected.

I don't think the photographers were wrong in snapping pictures of the Iranian man who decided to take his own life.

The jailed ex-deputy prime minister lodges a report against three top judges claiming that they had perverted the course of justice.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi diminta supaya jangan mengulangi amalan menggunakan wang keuntungan Petronas untuk menyelamatkan syarikat kerajaan yang menanggung kerugian.

HISHAMUDDIN RAIS mengenali dengan baik insan yang bernama Lokman Adam kerana selama dua tahun, mereka tinggal bersama-sama dalam satu sel di Kamunting. Selepas dua tahun bersama, pastilah mereka sering mengetahui hati sanubari masing-masing.

A coalition of NGO's raised the issue of police brutality seven years ago, but this was met with harsh criticism. Today, the premier raises the matter and the reception is entirely different.

An example of this, says JOSH HONG, can be found in the reproduction of a foreign editorial in a local daily. While the praises for the new PM were retained, the more 'sensitive' parts were left out.

The cabinet sounds the death knell for killer rapists to ensure that justice is served and 'monsters' are kept at bay.

The minority communities in Malaysia are taking a bold step towards getting their needs fulfilled by joining forces with a ruling component party, which claims honourable intention in helping them out.