Archive - 30 September 2004

Police fumble with answers when grilled for details on the arrest and alleged escape of missing detainee G Francis Udayappan.

Family members of P Nagendren who died of gunshot wounds last January are relieved that they will finally get to know how he died, now that an inquest is to be conducted.

The government says 'aye' to a hike of five sen in petrol price beginning tomorrow. The opposition slams the move with DAP questioning why state-owned oil company Petronas is unable to foot the fuel subsidies.

Will it be held as scheduled or postponed? Is there a secret deal in the making? These are among the questions which will be answered when the premier returns home this weekend.

Others in the race include jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung Sang Suu Kyi from Burma and Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.

Just like not all civil servants are lazy, and not all cops are bent and not all journalists can be bought, it is of no additional assurance that the Bar Council chairman says that not all lawyers are dishonest.

Its chief executive Mahaleel Ariff says talks are being held with companies from "the east and the west".

The alert was raised after a probable case of human-to-human infection was detected in neighbouring Thailand.

Rather than blindly accepting conclusions reached by the CIA's voice analysis equipment, simply consulting an Arabic speaker may shed some light on the authenticity of controversial documentaries

A Sarawak minister sticks to his guns about pulling back development projects in areas where the people back the opposition.

In an about-turn, the works minister says the cracks in the two-year-old Kepong flyover of the Middle Ring Road II was the result of a design fault.

The failure of the 'Brain Gain' scheme, which saw foreign experts packing up and leaving Malaysia, is a result of this denial culture.

translation The progressive Islamic movement should use radicalism as an expression of opposition to social injustices rather than allowing the term to embody negative connotations prescribed by the west.

As long as politicians like the higher education minister proudly defends the privileges of the bumiputras, government calls for Islam Hadhari remain empty rhetoric.

National oil company Petronas said today it has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Thai Energy giant PTT to explore and develop an offshore oil block.