Archive - 11 February 2004

An assistant minister in Sabah was found dead in her hotel room today with stab wounds to the neck and face, police said.

Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari is perplexed as to why the issue should surface now since collecting postal votes by hand has been in practice for decades.

A lawyer is threatening action against the Bar Council leadership for failing to fulfill a statutory duty to attend inquests into custodial deaths.

A panel discussion at the book launch of Asian Cyberactivism in Singapore reveals that online activists cannot do without incorporating some old-style activism.

The Royal Commission on the Police, which met today to discuss its brief, will get down to serious work from Monday.

A senior security official says Malaysia had no information about the presence in the country of a suspected Muslim separatist leader wanted in Thailand.

The Youth leader claims he was offered RM500,000 to defect to the ruling party and that he met the deputy premier to discuss the terms.

The kingdom wants the extradition of a separatist movement leader blamed for a flare-up of deadly violence in the country's south as a Valentine's Day present.

Malaysia, which is hosting thousands of delegates to a major international conference on the environment, has found itself the target of strong criticism over illegal logging.

Former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, who revealed shortcomings in the national steel-making operations, now alleges that the authorities are not serious about pursuing others involved in the scandal.

Here Malaysia goes again - telling foreigners to butt out of our business for persecuting minority groups - this time, involving lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and queers.

The Human Rights Commission wants the government to act swiftly and settle the problems faced by these communities. Among them, is to accord bumiputera status to the Orang Asli.

The Chinese education group and the Muslim-based opposition party's Youth wing make this call after an hour-long meeting.

Apakah dasar hiburan Kerajaan Kelantan dan Terengganu perlu dipinda kerana tidak bersesuaian dengan pemikiran dan cara hidup rakyat Malaysia, termasuk masyarakat Islam yang liberal? LEE BAN CHEN mengulas lanjut mengenainya.

The government recently axed a feature on the competition among Chinese dailies. A deputy minister says this is to avoid 'confusion', prompting MUSTAFA K ANUAR to wonder what all the confusion is about?

Health consumerists are taking on the profit-driven global pharmaceutical industry by exploring alternative initiatives that can meet urgent needs in the 'neglected diseases' department.

The long-awaited Suhakam report on the rights of Malaysia's indigenous communities makes several key recommendations, including a review of laws pertaining to native customary land.