Archive - 29 May 2004

The opposition leader said the appointment of Khalil Yaakob as the next Malacca Yang di-Pertua Negri should be deferred until he has been cleared of corrupt allegations against him.

Party president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail says the party will need a few more days to sort out internal matters before going public on whether Abdul Rahman Othman has quit the party.

An interest group today condemned a Malay Mail report today, which attempts to suggest that lawyer and human rights activist P Uthayakumar had not sought asylum in Britain as claimed.

Malaysia will not allow US investigators to question a top agent in the international nuclear black market scandal in detention here, a minister said today.

The Penang-based human rights group, in expressing disappointment at the cabinet decision to disallow debate of Suhakam annual report, says that unless perpetrators come under the full glare of parliament, human rights abuses will not be fixed.

The deputy internal security minister says that Libyans involved in that country's nuclear programme had been secretly trained in Malaysia under an arrangement by a top agent in the international nuclear black market scandal.

Leading the charge, Lim Kit Siang wants the government to explain why there has been such a huge drop in university intake this year - from 16 percent increase in acceptances last year to 5 percent this year...and so soon after a BN landslide victory.

The anti-Porr group in Penang asks the prime minister to live up to his promise of ensuring good governance by scrapping the controversial highway project immediately.

Malaysian police have mounted efforts to locate a South African diplomat who has been missing for six days, Deputy Inspector General of Police Mohd Sedek Mohd Ali announced today.

The Union of Forestry Employees Sarawak (UFES) claims a 'minor victory' in its fight with the management to claim certain fundamental rights for employees in the Forestry Department.

The PBDS faction leader also views the sacking of 12 of his associates in the party as an unproductive and unwise move as the action could further complicate mediation efforts

Public hypocrisy it is, asserts SIM KWANG YANG, when the views expressed from the top to the world at large do not fit the reality on the ground as he tackles the myriad issues surrounding the police force

Media coverage provides Nirmala Bonet the privilege of obtaining swift justice. But what about other migrant workers, who face deep-seated obstacles to justice because of unequal treatment, defective laws, and selective enforcement?

Washington hails Malaysia's arrest of a blackmarket nuclear agent, saying it could be a breakthrough in global efforts to dismantle Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan's illicit nuclear network.