Archive - 11 March 2005

In a three-page memorandum to the human rights commission, the students detail why they would prefer to live off campus.

The five residents, from Bandar Baru Sentul, who filed the suit against the City Hall mayor and a construction company, want the court to save the only green belt in the area from turning into another concrete jungle.

The human rights commission is puzzled why its website has been hacked twice in one week. The latest attack saw the site plastered with vulgarities and a lewd graphic.

The Selangor state assembly opposition leader claims the budget approved was for the construction of quarters for civil servants.

In a desperate bid to be resettled, the recognised refugees resorted to a protest but ended being detained. Five days later, their status is still sketchy stoking concern among certain quarters.

There are two very disturbing trends which have enveloped the whole debate on forging greater religious harmony and understanding in the country. Both the trends are contrary...

The commission, which can be found in many developed countries, will decide on proposals of price hikes for goods and services.

When Janet Jackson's breast was exposed on live television, there were cries of outrage in America. Why the fuss from the most modern society on earth and the beacon of democracy and freedom?

Press freedom in the world's newest nation, East Timor, comes under attack when a major daily reported on famine deaths in the island.

The national journalists union tells the police not to bark up the wrong tree and to stop intimidating reporters over their stories.

The Semelai villagers do not dare to venture into the wetlands after loggers had told them not to enter as there is an ongoing 'hunting expedition' and they could be shot accidentally.

The American embassy here had received information from the Malaysian government regarding an anonymous, unverified threat in Kuala Lumpur, says the embassy in an advisory.

Two Indonesians arrested earlier this month were sentenced to jail today, becoming the first to be punished amid a crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Opposition Islamic party PAS came under fire from political ally PKR for proposing a strict dress code for non-Muslim women in Kelantan.

They were discovered hanging on to air-filled black garbage bags which also contained clothes, Singapore currency, mobile phones and shoes.

Deputy Internal Security Minister Noh Omar denies the government had issued any such alert, saying that a formal statement would have been issued if such a threat existed.

Malaysia and Indonesia will be forsaken by God if we think about using troops to threaten each other over the Sulawesi border dispute, says Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar.

A Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency will be operational by the end of the year to improve security, says Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.