Archive - 7 April 2005

Peguam Negara berkata beliau tersinggung dengan 'usikan' April Fool tersebut tetapi berkata tidak pernah menyebut akan meminta pihak polis menyiasat malaysiakini berhubung laporan tersebut.

The AI report recommending external and internal changes to facilitate human rights-based policing drew criticism from a human rights commissioner and the police on its launch day.

Dr Mohd Khir Toyo mendakwa kerajaan negeri sudahpun melakukan yang terbaik apabila menawarkan rumah flat pada harga istimewa kepada penduduk terbabit.

The attorney-general says he took offence to the joke but insists that he did not mention about asking the police to probe malaysiakini over the prank.

Mohd Khir Toyo argues that the state government has already done its part by offering the 72 residents flat units at a special price. He also welcomes the residents' decision to take the matter to court.

Home Minster Azmi Khalid advises employers to hire foreign workers based on their capability and suitability to curb the monopoly by any one country.

After more than six decades of living in the dark and numerous attempts to get electricity supply, the rubber tappers from Kedah turn to PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail for help.

Malacca Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam claims that the land was cleared to make way for a theme park which the people wanted. DAP wants him to prove it.

When Jawi officials made a raid on the Zouk nightclub recently and behaved atrociously towards women there, there was a public outcry of indignation over Jawi's disgraceful conduct.

Turut didapati bersalah kerana politik wang ialah Ketua Umno Lembah Pantai, Datuk Shahrir Abdul Jalil yang digantung keahlian selama tiga tahun.

However the first-time MP for Kota Baru, who was shocked by the decision, was let off with a warning by the Umno disciplinary board this morning.

Two leading organisations disapprove of a comment by Khairy Jamaluddin that those involved in corrupt practices prior to the last election will be let off.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his Australian counterpart John Howard announce plans to negotiate a free trade agreement but refuse to concede ground on key differences regarding Canberra's role in the region.

It is going to be a long road for GAM to gain international recognition but in Sri Lanka, the tsunami gave rise to a sympathy wave fully exploited by the government to delay the peace process.

The time factor is irrelevant - the government should not condone any corrupt practice no matter when it is committed, says a senior BN politician.

In this first of a two-part series, the writer says that the proposed interfaith commission and Jawi raid have prompted widespread debates, which see the common accusations of 'blasphemy and insulting Islam' now replaced by sophisticated and less argumentative exchanges.

Pengerusi DAP itu, yang juga Ahli Parlimen Bukit Gelugor, tidak dapat menghadiri sidang Parlimen walaupun penggantungannya sudah berakhir, kerana belum pulih sepenuhnya.

A BN MP suggests that microchips be implanted in drug traffickers and addicts for effective monitoring and detection. The government says it will consider it.

The DAP chairperson and Bukit Gelugor MP will not be able to attend the current sitting even though the ban on him in Parliament is no longer valid.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his Australian counterpart John Howard announce they had signed a declaration of intent to negotiate a free-trade agreement at a joint press conference in Canberra.

Wide-ranging institutional reforms incorporating human rights-based policing are being recommended for the Malaysian police to put its house in order as well as a much-needed image-booster.

new A 10-day shoot around KL, Terengganu and Melaka confirms that there is dissatisfaction and apathy among the young and old.