Archive - 20 July 2004

Two Australian experts have joined a search for seven people who went missing after their helicopter was feared to have crashed in the jungles of Borneo a week ago.

Issues linked to opposition MP Karpal Singh's protest over the swearing-in of parliamentarians may only be settled in September.

They want the government to stop treating the issue as a political matter and to allow the jailed politician to seek medical treatment abroad.

DAP wants the premier to ask his British counterpart to release the investigation papers on the massacre, which saw 24 rubber tappers gunned down by the Scots Guards in 1948.

A homemaker pleads for help as her husband is under detention without trial, his business has folded and the family may now lose their home.

The Department of Orang Asli Affairs cannot intervene in the case of a group of villagers who claim their lawyer cheated them of millions of ringgit as it lacks the powers to do so.

The family of missing police detainee G Francis Udayappan now have an opportunity to establish the identity of a body that has been found.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has finally stepped out of the shadow of his predecessor and now a new dynasty begins to take root in Umno.

By exposing them to human rights issues, the police force hopes its front-line personnel will be able to carry out their duties more effectively.

Jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim will not know his fate this Thursday. The Federal Court has today unexpectedly postponed its decision on his sodomy appeal.

An international human rights group urges the leaders of the United States, France and Britain to press visiting premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to end detention without trial.

Anwar Ibrahim is no ordinary prisoner. Not because he was a deputy prime minister. Nor because millions in this country and around the world feel that he was unjustly tried.

Gross domestic product growth for 2004 was on track and in 2005 it is likely to be higher than the 5.5 percent, says NEAC executive director Mustapa Mohamed.

The national carmaker is urged to follow trends in the automotive industry for local car firms to merge with global giants.

Wan Abdul Kadir Che Man, the ideological leader of a Thai-Muslim separatist group, is no longer teaching political science at the International Islamic University.

The decision to demolish Koay Jetty for a new project did not go down well with many groups who want the state government to preserve the area.

A recently concluded conference in Bangkok reveals how vested interests and the element of profit take precedence over providing proper and effective healthcare to patients.

Tanpa perlu bersusah payah bintang politik Pak Lah terus menyinar. Tetapi Ku Li perlu menerima hakikat bahawa dalam Umno tiada masa untuk nostalgia.

We are ready to send a sizable medical team to Iraq, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi tells US President George W Bush.

The snatch theft menace has given rise to some pretty zany suggestions on how to curb or avoid it. But the bottom line is that citizens are being taken for a ride by incapable and lackadaisical authorities.

Perceptions of what the state constitutes to be 'Islamic dress' - and recent actions over seeming transgressions - are troubling human rights activists.

I am personally spearheading administrative reforms in the government that will cut red tape and make the civil service more responsive and efficient, says the premier.

A new policy on Iraq from the new PM? Malaysia is prepared to rally support among Muslim countries for OIC participation in rebuilding Iraq, says Abdullah.