Archive - 16 February 2004

International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz vows to sue those who had purportedly 'slandered' her for claiming that she is on the Anti-Corruption Agency's hit-list. Today, the opposition retaliates.

A policeman said he no longer has the notebook that contained details of the arrest of a university student for alleged illegal assembly.

Panel speakers at a Bar Council seminar have roundly agreed that foreign workers in Malaysia receive inadequate protection because of poor enforcement of laws and apathy on the part of the authorities.

Keadilan youth chief Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor wants to contest against Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak in Pekan, but some worry that this may not be in the party's best interests.

A meeting brokered by MTUC succeeds in getting the resolution for fresh polls to end the protracted leadership struggle in the bank union.

Kesibukan aturcara rasmi Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi membuat beliau tidak berkesempatan menemui Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam hari ini, mengenai kedudukannya dalam Kabinet.

NGOs have long claimed that the high number of undocumented workers in the country is partly due to intransigent employers who have not had to face legal action. The government denies this.

Rahsia rundingan di antara beberapa pemimpin Umno dan Keadilan terbongkar apabila ada antara pihak terbabit membocorkan perkara itu kepada pihak lain.

Bitter experience has prompted Sarawak political party Snap to call for the removal of the power to deregister organisations from the Registrar of Societies' (ROS).

More than 28,000 youths from different ethnic groups reported today in the country's first national service call-up aimed at boosting patriotism and racial integration.

The special commission has started its examination of the police force by listening before asking questions.

On page six of New Sunday Times (Feb 15) there was a tiny column reporting that the Free Anwar gathering at Cherok To'Kun had been a failure...

The government denies any complicity in the illegal proliferation of nuclear technology but the American president keeps mentioning the country.

Mutu aktivis siswa semakin merosot. FATHI ARIS OMAR menjelaskan landasan kongkongan akibat sosialisasi yang panjang melalui keluarga, media, masyarakat dan kerajaan.

For the sake of those who have experienced police brutality at first hand, the police royal commission should drop its deputy chairperson, says ELIZABETH WONG.

Lokman Adam memperincikan pertemuan-pertemuan yang didakwanya berlaku di antara Ezam Mohd Nor dengan pemimpin-pemimpin kanan Umno mengenai rancangan untuk menyertai semula Umno.

The book, which contains exclusive interviews with CPM leader Ching Peng and ex-police chief Rahim Noor, also features profiles and biographies of other top leaders in the communist party.

Malaysia's third-largest motorcycle company, DNC Asiatic Holdings, plans to open in May an assembly plant in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province.

Interest groups have called on governments attending the convention on bio-diversity to act against coral destruction caused by high seas bottom trawling.

A DAP Penang leader has submitted his proposal - to co-operate with Keadilan over Seberang Prai seats - to party leaders for a decision.

Free Anwar Movement organise a rally in support of jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, which drew several thousand supporters.

Malaysia is being unfairly targeted because it is a Muslim country and lumped together with states such as Iran, Libya and North Korea, says Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar.