Archive - 23 November 2004

There was accord for a short while in the House as MPs gave their views on the recent tragedy in southern Thailand.

Former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim responded to a barrage of questions on the Islamic state, hudud law and freedom of religion at a dialogue with lawyers.

For three working days, all 17 Suhakam commissioners were nowhere in sight. Suhakam's vice-chairperson says he has no idea why.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Ramli Ngah Talib was given a taste of things to come, as he threw out a motion to discuss failed government projects.

The former deputy premier went on the defensive as he was bombarded with questions on his past actions when he was in power and now when out of power.

The failure of PAS and PKR parliamentarians to vote en bloc for the DAP nominee has left reformasi icon Anwar Ibrahim rueful.

The US-based Human Rights Watch says the Malaysian government's plan to deport illegal immigrants could result in human rights violations.

Tomorrow, a young woman at Universiti Sains Malaysia will face one of her worst nightmares - expulsion from the university where she had entered with such hope and pride three years ago.

Has the PAS spiritual leader and Kelantan MB finally thrown in the towel after decades of battling the Barisan Nasional? Rumours are rife that he has but party leaders deny this.

A trade unionist and a lecturer continue to ask questions on the proposed amendments to the Sarawak Labour Ordinance 1952.

The man accused of murdering his three children is now in a coma after a botched suicide attempt. His wife's family claim that the police turned a blind eye to the many reports on his abusive behaviour.

The family unit may have lost out as an institution in a global landscape that is changing beyond recognition, but its fundamental role is needed as never before.

There's a reservoir of anger existing just below China's social surface, as well as a growing "consciousness of rights".

The government has extended a ban on the movement of poultry in Kelantan after the bird flu virus was detected in chicken in a village there.

Three skeletons discovered in the southern Philippines are believed to be the remains of Malaysian and Indonesian seamen kidnapped by Filipino Muslim rebels in April.

'If people start to ban such kinds of freedom of expression, we would be no different from France where they have banned headscarves in schools,' says Dr Hatta Ramli.