Archive - 17 February 2004

Lawyers representing the detainees complain that the court was given only the cover, and not the full document, of the report issued by the home minister to justify their detention.

The national carrier says its net profit fell 30.4 percent on the year to RM230.08 million in the third quarter due to the absence of an exceptional gain from a revamp exercise last year.

Pantang mati sebelum ajal - begitulah kata Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz ketika menafikan khabar angin yang beliau telah meletakkan jawatan menteri.

Discussions over the issue gets back on track after Malaysia drops its lone demand of subjecting to local legislation a proposed programme to protect indigenous knowledge and traditional practices.

The Malaysian man and two Taiwanese face the death penalty after being caught with eight kilos of heroin in Bangkok.

Prosecutors today charged two senior officers of a state-owned agency with embezzling state funds as Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's anti-corruption campaign continued to bite.

Keadilan Youth leader Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor wants the premier's view on corruption allegations against International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz.

A plantation workers' support group, frustrated by alleged government inaction on working and living conditions on estates, would settle for a drastic alternative.

Opposition politicians cried foul when it was put up and the local council claimed to be in the dark. Now the billboard has been removed and nobody knows of its whereabouts.

Keadilan's former Youth secretary Lokman Noor Adam is prepared to go public with details of his allegations against the party, in the event that he is sacked as supreme council member.

Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim) menegaskan perlunya ada 'suara lain' daripada parti-parti politik Melayu untuk 'mengingatkan' mereka terhadap isu-isu penting yang membabitkan orang Melayu.

Two businessmen want the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) to investigate the payment of more than RM300,000 as compensation to an individual who allegedly has no right to this.

Five individuals and a political party were recipients of the Malaysian cyberactivists 'awards' last Saturday. Who are they?

The kingdom wants a security fence along its border with Malaysia as part of efforts to bring an end to deadly unrest in the restive Muslim-majority south.

Polis Terengganu menasihatkan para penyokong parti politik supaya jangan bertindak di luar batasan dengan merosakkan harta benda.

In the current anti-graft campaign that has brought charges against an ex-managing director of the national steel company and a cabinet minister, the media reported that there were another 18 high-profile people likely to face charges...

Dua belas anak muda yang satu ketika dulu nampak penuh idelisme dan semangat juang, akhirnya kecundang dan melutut kepada parti dan orang yang satu ketika mereka keji dan benci.

Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam menemui Pak Lah pagi ini dipercayai berhubung kedudukannya dalam Kabinet selepas didakwa di mahkamah atas tuduhan rasuah dan menipu.

Zaman percintaan adalah adalah zaman mimpi yang paling indah. Perkahwinan adalah bunyi deringan jam untuk bangun dan mengemaskan tempat tidur dan mula membasuh kain lapin anak.

A financial daily reveals that the Malaysian wife of a Sri Lankan businessman - said to be the middleman in a nuclear-trafficking network - had a stake in the company controlled by the premier's son.

Lawyers speaking at a Bar Council seminar today explained the circumstances under which employees may be held liable for using work-related information outside the office.

Indonesia may have gone through myriad democratic reforms since the downfall of President Suharto, but will the entrenched culture of Korupsi, Kolusi, Nepotisme defeat good intentions in the upcoming presidential elections?

The opposition should propose the bill at the next parliament sitting. This will not only put to test the premier's resolve in battling corruption, it could also help unite the opposition