Archive - 5 June 2004

The prime minister reiterates his determination to pursue his war against corruption in a CNN interview aired today

The opposition leader asks whether the former MCA strongman could be conferred the nation's highest honour of 'Tun' even as Anti-Corruption Agency reports still hang over his head.

The human rights lawyer says he will enlist the help of a Queen's Counsel should he be charged for criminal defamation.

Manila hopes to increase its oil imports from Russia and its neighbors Malaysia and Indonesia to deal with rising prices in oil from the Mideast, a presidential spokesman said.

Two experts consider the ramifications of weak government spending on healthcare and the recent proposal that public hospitals accommodate 'private wings' as a move to ensure doctors are better paid.

The problem of gangsterism in Sibu is becoming a major concern to the local community who fear for the innocent if the police fail to act more decisively.

Come every Gawai festival, the Ibans will happily greet each other, "Gayu Guru, Gerai Nyamai!" It does not matter that the Malaysian nation and the rest of the world have forgotten their voice, as long as they still have it.

The ICG whistle-blower's research into the make-up of the nebulous network of radical conservative Islamists in Indonesia must have proven to be embarrassing for the powers-that-be in Jakarta.

The US defense secretary hopes US forces will be hunting terrorists in Southeast Asia "pretty soon," warning that Islamic extremists are targeting moderate Muslim states the world over.