Archive - 4 February 2004

Not everyone is satisfied that the Royal Commission on the Police Force has adequate representation from a wide cross-section of interest groups.

A rare type of Indonesian timber is being illegally logged in large amounts and smuggled across the border into Malaysia every year, environmental groups said today.

The police say they have not heard anything pertaining to the alleged claim by sacked Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan that a Malaysian factory is involved in helping Libya, Iran and North Korea develop nuclear weapons.

In expressing appreciation of their appointment to the Royal Commission on the Police Force, four commissioners also outlined their possible contributions to its scope of work.

Environmentalists call for global efforts to stop the rising number of animal and plant extinctions ahead of a major UN biodiversity conference starting next week.

The commission members include five from the legal fraternity, four NGO activists, three corporate figures including one former journalist, one ex-police chief, one former politician and one retired top civil servant.

PAS dan Keadilan telah mencapai persetujuan mengenai jumlah kerusi yang bakal ditandingi kedua-dua parti komponen Barisan Alternatif (BA) itu dalam pilihanraya umum akan datang.

After months of airing differences through the media, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress now plans to take on the human resources minister via another platform.

It says that the international broadcaster has been an especially "rare and precious" state-owned media organisation which people in many countries would like to have as their own.

Sarawak DAP leader Chiew Chin Sing says the party stands a good chance of winning back Bintulu, which it once held.

Twin brothers who lead a gang of luxury-car thieves have been making generous donations to orphanages and other charities.

The country's exports in 2003 breached the RM380 billion mark for the first time, driving the trade surplus up 45.7 percent year-on-year to a record high of RM75.04 billion.

Jika pondok kawalan juga boleh menjadi tempat berlakunya jenayah, dan pengawal keselamatan menjadi 'perogol' dan 'pembunuh', maka di mana lagi tempat yang selamat, tanya LEE BAN CHEN.

The premier's policies are causing ripples that are rocking the boat of his predecessor's cronies. Will the greedy lot accept such policies or will they attempt to take a different course of action?

Sometimes referred to as the alternative World Economic Forum, this global meeting is attended by not the world's captains of industry, but the world's poor and powerless. M Nadarajah was there to record the event.

Muzakarah PAS-Umno yang gagal diadakan beberapa tahun lalu, kini muncul semula atas dayausaha pihak ketiga yang dikatakan ada kaitan dengan kumpulan pemikir Pak Lah.