Archive - 1 April 2004

Kereta peronda polis kini meronda di pusat Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) di Kampus Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) di Dungun lima kali sehari.

DAP former youth leader Lim Guan Eng's wife comes to his rescue over allegations by the party's ex-sec gen that Lim's supporters had campaigned against him resulting in the fall of Kota Melaka to the BN during the general election.

A Malaysian bomb expert led the preparations for the suicide bombing of a US-franchised hotel in Jakarta last August, a court in the Indonesian capital heard today.

A Thai national died after he was attacked by a group of Indonesian migrant workers at a construction site in Penang.

The cabinet has given the nod to a draft of the special code of ethics drawn up by the premier. The code, among others, requires elected representatives to declare their assets.

The Abolish ISA Movement says the suspects should be tried in an open court and not through the media.

... and all the cracks appear to be leading back to one person - newly appointed Health Minister Dr Chua Soi Lek.

Pelajar sukar dikawal kerana tidak wujud keseragaman dalam sistem pendidikan negara menyebabkan mereka mudah terdedah kepada terpengaruh luar.

new The 11th general election came and went and we are now left to accept the faces that have been appointed into the Cabinet. While some give us hope, others remind us of the country's sorry state of affairs.

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Malaysia next week to hold talks with his counterpart Abdullah Ahmad Badawi aimed at ending months of violence in Thailand's Muslim south.

The Kuala Lumpur Society for Transparency and Integrity says it will reveal the names of those who ink the form as well as those who don't.

The Federal Court rejects India's attempt to secure the extradiction of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi over an arms purchase kickbacks case that has dogged Indian politics for some 16 years.

An election petition is heard by the two chief justices of the High Court of Malaya, who may and usually do, nominate any judge of the High Court to be the election judge. Thus, SALBIAH AHMAD says, who gets to be election judge pretty much depends upon the two chief justices.

A report released by Amnesty International today describes the various structural ways in which justice has been compromised in Burma.

The DAP chief wants the ministers and their next of kin to declare their assets in order to support the new political culture introduced by the premier.

Selain tujuh dosa besar yang dipercayai oleh orang Islam, rakyat Malaysia tanpa disedari, meletakkan kepercayaan bahawa menggulingkan pemerintah adalah dosa besar yang kelapan.

The environment group reminds Natural Resources and Environment Minister Adenan Satem that the country has yet to do enough for environmental protection.

Security forces in Thailand's troubled south are placed on high alert for terrorist attacks after an armed gang stole a huge amount of explosives from a quarry.

The Malaysian government is forcibly returning Indonesian refugees from Aceh province to Indonesia where their safety is at risk amid a continuing conflict there, says Human Rights Watch in a report released today.