Archive - 11 September 2004

Dr Lim Keng Yaik warned party members that he would strip them of their trousers and skirts if they insisted on accusing Gerakan leaders of being 'fat cats'.

While not all party members support president-in-waiting Kerk Choo Ting, they balked at any suggestion of a contest to bump him out of the leadership equation.

It will take more than one enlightened leader to clean up the political and judicial mess that plagues Malaysia.

The commission must explain its position for backing preventive detention laws, which allows for detention without trial.

They say the budget does not address the needs and concerns of the community and as such is disappointing.

An enraged mob of some 400 Bangladeshi workers on yesterday attacked two managers who came to inspect living conditions at a Malaysian-owned textile plant near Namibia's capital of Windhoek.

The police chief has been asked to initiate disciplinary investigations into two officers for allegedly breaking the law when arresting human rights advocate P Uthayakumar yesterday.

New cases of bird flu have been detected for the second time in five days and a veterinary worker has been hospitalised with fever and cough.