Archive - 17 November 2004

A rights organisation claims, contrary to Simpang Renggam camp authorities, that the strikers have yet to yield from their protest which moves into its sixth day with some being hospitalised.

The appearance of complicity between the judiciary, police, prosecutors and a lawyer in the Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial shows how the legal process can be abused to produce unfair trials and unsafe convictions.

Suhakam says the government should push for an industrialised building standard if it is serious about reducing house prices. But it faces intense resistance from industry players.

Subang Jaya dog owners have a reprieve from guidelines that would have insisted on their getting prior written consent from neighbours to keep their pets.

Universiti Sains Malaysia is acting against a final-year student who allegedly campaigned for PKR vice-president Tian Chua during the general election.

It was just a call to extend the season's greetings to the prime minister and has nothing to do with politics, insists the former deputy premier.

After reading malaysiakini for many months, I have come across many articles and letters telling Prime Minister Abdullah Ahamd Badawi to stop the 'wayang kulit', to sack Works Minister S Samy Vellu, to improve press freedom, to make the judiciary and the Anti-Corruption Agency independent.

There is nothing to inspire confidence in George W Bush's second term as president, insofar as efforts to uphold, let alone promote, human rights globally.

A giant hangar is turned into a tropical island where nightlife-seekers can dance on the beach and families splash about in the water, while beach volleyball fans strut their stuff on the pitches behind.

However the four - claimed to be members of Jemaah Islamiah and the Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia - are imposed travel restrictions.

The Palestinian people face a bleak future in their struggle for a state following the death of their leader Yasser Arafat, says ex-premier Mahathir Mohamad.

Analysts say harsh complaints about Thai tactics, from influential former Malaysian leaders and others, reflect the strained relations despite a less confrontational approach by current premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Abdullah's first visit to Cuba will also see him tour Cuba's Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and the University of Information Technology Sciences.

Malaysia is committed to support a lasting peace settlement in the southern Philippines because "Malaysia believes the fruit of this process will be your own people", says deputy premier Najib Abdul Razak.

Philippine brewer San Miguel Corp said today it had acquired the packaging business of Malaysia's Guolene Packaging Industries Berhad for 35 million dollars (RM133 million) in a bid to broaden its business focus.

Tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al Bukhary says he is prepared for a compromise involving the divestment of DRB-Hicom's lucrative auto business, a move immediately rejected by his opponent SM Nasimuddin Amin.

The two men, who are from the same neighbourhood in Penang, did not hold private talks but sat on the same table with some state ministers for an informal chat.

The airlines will cooperate with Australian authorities investigating an attempt to smuggle three million ecstasy pills into Australia aboard one of its cargo planes.