Archive - 24 November 2004

The spotlight fell on Sergeant Chan Kim Chai at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court as he explains why there are holes in his statement regarding a missing police detainee.

The anti-ISA lobby has sought Suhakam's attendance at the launch of its latest campaign against the security law.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang cries foul over reports that the party's legendary spiritual leader Nik Aziz has resigned due to health reasons.

Parliamentarians are still waiting for a briefing by the works minister on problematic projects under his ministry.

After visiting the Simpang Renggam detention centre and the remaining hunger-striker, commissioner Siva Subramanian says Suhakam will help resolve the situation.

Use a variety of tactics to achieve reform - this message was reinforced by reformasi icon Anwar Ibrahim, whose sacking in 1998 had triggered street protests.

The wing calls for the restrictive act to be reviewed - this comes in the wake of a widely publicised case of a final year USM student alleged of breaching the UUCA being hauled up to face the music.

A personal message from the former deputy premier for malaysiakini's subscribers and guests will be screened at the online publication's fifth anniversary dinner this Saturday.

I refer to your news report Speaker Ramli gets BA votes. I see no reason for any MP to have voted for Ramli Ngah Talib as Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat as he is definitely not a clean man in the first place.

No matter how the country progresses, the past seems destined to dog its steps. In the old days, no one queued for the bus. Now, the same kind of inconsiderate behaviour rides on the LRT.

Convenience, not conscience, was the reason behind the recent release of prisoners in Burma, where the junta seems no more amenable to reform than before.

Genting will form alliance with British casino operator Stanley Leisure to develop regional casinos in Britain.

A Malaysian resident who ran a website that charged users to watch pirated films was ordered by a California court to pay US$23.8 million to movie studios.

Weaknesses in the public service delivery system, compounded by the community's inherent cultural attitude, have marginalised a large segment.

Freed politician Anwar Ibrahim will be the star speaker in a major new nationwide campaign against the detention without trial of alleged Islamic militants and others in Malaysia.

The presence of the Singapore investment signals that the national car-maker has regained foreign investors' confidence after Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp sold its stake earlier this year.