Archive - 1 November 2004

The former deputy premier says almost 90 percent of the police and prison personnel had been sympathetic and respectful to him throughout his ordeal in the past six years.

The Malaysian government's announcement that these stateless community from Burma will be issued identity cards is welcomed but there needs to be an immediate release of details of the process.

A report by the Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) or Reporters without Borders condemns Asian countries for having one of the most hostile environments for journalists in the world.

Dr Patau Rubis also says that money politics must be stopped as it is slowly eating the hearts and souls of many people.

PAS mahu rakyat Terengganu membuat perbandingan antara kerajaan BN pimpinan Datuk Idris Jusoh dengan kerajaan PAS pimpinan Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang dahulu.

An Indonesian minister says many would-be returneees were deterred by a scam in which the illegal workers were being forced to buy papers at three times their value by touts.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was non-committal about a call for a meeting by freed politician Anwar Ibrahim, but did not rule out the possibility of talks with the former prisoner.