Archive - 11 December 2004

The opposition leader will push for the caucus to be set up before Parliament adjourns for the year on Dec 14. Its first mission - to probe the recent riot in Kamunting.

Chiew Chin Sing, the DAP lone ranger in the Sarawak legislative assembly, speaks at length on rural-urban drift and housing problems in the state.

A report reveals excessive violence and lethal force were used against protestors during October's violence in Thailand's Tak Bai district which left at least 85 people dead.

While not condoning violence, the Abolish ISA Movement dissects the government's allegations and finds it unbelievable that a routine spot-check resulted in 'weapons' being used to cause the riot.

'The United Nations is slow, hesitant obstructive and guarded. And that creates suspicion, not trust.

To give up developing the healthy culture of freedom of speech, just because there is a whole legion of monkeys out there, is like throwing the baby out with the bath water.

How did it come to this? Why are the madrasahs of Pakistan being targeted? Why are these students being victimised? And who, in the final analysis, are the ones who are really responsible?

Umno describes the opposition's defence of its accusation that money was used by BN to win the last general election as a tactic to cover up their weaknesses.

The reason why the Indonesian President did not meet Anwar Ibrahim was because of a request from Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, reveals an aide of Anwar.

The government has imposed an informal ban against the use of Christian symbols and biblical names and phrases in an upcoming national-level Christmas open house celebration, creating a divide among Christian clergymen.