Archive - 8 April 2005

Minggu lalu penasihat Fomca dilaporkan menggesa malaysiakini diharamkan kerana menyiarkan gurauan April Fool . Hari ini pula beliau berkata, pihak berkuasa tidak seharusnya terlalu sensitif dan harus boleh menerima gurauan.

The people's rights to speedy and fair trial will also be highlighted in a report to be published by Suhakam following a successful forum.

Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna tidak menolak kemungkinan berlaku kenaikan harga bahan api jika paras harga minyak dunia meningkat lagi.

The Fomca adviser tells the authorities not to be over-sensitive and to have a sense of humour. A week ago he was quoted as calling for malaysiakini to be banned for the prank. Today he explains how he was 'misunderstood'.

Akan menempatkan pakar dalam bidang barangan pengguna Islam seperti makanan, kosmetik dan barangan kulit untuk menganalisis bahan yang digunakan sebelum ia disahkan halal.

Kata Timbalan Presiden PKR itu ketika diminta mengulas kenyataan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menyokong perlantikan Paul Wolfowitz sebagai Presiden Bank Dunia yang baru.

A police officer who testified that the plaintiff, ex-ISA detainee Abdul Malek Hussin, was not abused by the police, was made to clarify contradictory statements he had made in court.

Kota Damansara residents are appealing for federal intervention to stop the destruction of the remaining green lungs and forest reserves in the densely-populated state.

Menteri Luar mahu melihat sendiri keadaan terkini di sana sewaktu menemui pemimpin MILF itu pada 12 April ini. Juga temui badan antarabangsa awasi genjatan senjata.

The ministerial-level meeting is expected to focus on HIV/Aids, economic development, education, armed conflict and violence against women, says women's affairs minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.

'He is our advisor. He can give advice to us but he cannot determine the party's policy,' said PKR deputy leader when asked about Anwar Ibrahim's controversial support for Paul Wolfowitz as the new World Bank president.

Ketua Pemuda PAS itu tidak bersetuju dengan keputusan kokus itu menyokong kempen menolak penggunaan undang-undang dalam mengawal moral individu.

The foreign minister hopes to gather a first hand view of the situation on the during his meeting with MILF leaders.

The Australian premier says his country will not beg for a place at the inaugral East Asia Summit, after failing to gain visiting Malaysian leader Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's backing for an invite.

The practice of law is a business. In the business world there's competitiveness. In the legal world, it should be quality services for the best fees.

The caucus' decision to pledge support for the campaign to end moral policing by religious authorities has irked PAS Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub.

Menurut Tan Sri Ahmad Fairuz, jumlah penangguhan kes yang besar itu disedari sewaktu pihak mahkamah mengambil langkah-langkah untuk menyelesaikan kes-kes sebelum tahun 2000 yang tertangguh.

A 34-year-old mother of three has died under strange circumstances. The police seem to be heading no where. Will Suhakam and women's groups step in to ensure that justice is done?

In the second of this two-part series, the writer explains why inter-faith matters should not be quickly condemned on the grounds of Muslim sensitivity.

Critics of the nation's Syariah court system receive some answers to their posers, particularly on divorce and gender discrimination, at a Suhakam-organised forum.

Keith covers trafficking and concludes that such marriages are legalised prostitution.

Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Azmi Khalid berkata pelarian Rohingya akan diberi pekerjaan dan anak-anak mereka pula akan diberi pendidikan.

Ahmad Fairuz says that the alarming number of postponements were discovered during the court's exercise of disposing pre-2000 cases adding that the reasons are 'myriad'.

Singapore-based Background Asia Risk Solutions has its own armour-plated vessel that accompanies boats anywhere between Sri Lanka and the South China Sea for about US$50,000 a mission.

Recognising the plight of the displaced Burmese Muslims, Home Minister Azmi Khalid says they will be given jobs here and their children will be educated.