Archive - 15 April 2005

The banking sector union believes that the government is using its internal problem as an excuse to institute tighter controls within the Trade Unions Act 1959, much to the horror of unionists.

Veteran opposition leader Lim Kit Siang urges Pak Lah to 'exercise leadership' and instruct his cabinet to focus on more pressing issues of corruption.

Selepas menunggu lapan tahun, mahkamah akan mula mendengar kes saman 36 aktivis hak asasi manusia terhadap kerajaan berhubung tindakan kumpulan yang diketuai Pemuda Umno merempuh dan mengganas di tempat satu persidangan antarabangsa pada 1996.

It's Malaysian bureau chief claims that European satellite provider Eutelsat W5 pulled the plug on the station following intense pressure from Beijing.

Wakil rakyat BN di Terengganu minta kerajaan haramkan pengedaran dan penjualan buku Hadharah Islamiyah Bukan Islam Hadhari kerana mendakwa ia boleh mengeliru dan merosakkan akidah umat Islam.

The two-year lobby for the repeal of section 46A of the Legal Profession Act which bars politicians and junior lawyers from holding office in the Bar Council gets the minister's endorsement.

The mother of the missing police detainee was in tears this morning when the federal police chief did not meet her to receive a memorandum on the matter.

Dr Mohd Khir Toyo berkata tanah terbabit diluluskan mengikut prosedur dan mendakwa orang membuat tuduhan terhadapnya berhubung perkara tersebut, mempunyai agenda peribadi.

Very Honourable Prime Minister, may I take advantage of your kind invitation to the rakyat to tell you the truth. It's about what you had proclaimed and loudly promised during the general election, about a year ago.

Dr Mohd Khir Toyo insists that everything was done according to procedure and claims that his accuser has a personal agenda.

The human rights commission was shown a video of how a police officer assured the crowd that they had more time to disperse but minutes later the water cannons were fired.

After having waited eight years, 36 activists will have their day in court next week. They are suing the government over the controversial storming of an international conference in 1996 by a mob led by Umno Youth.

Japan's whitewash of its war crimes against much of Asia is indeed deplorable and despicable but it is not the only nation refusing to show remorse for its past.

In this second and final part on their open letter to Suhakam, the authors call on the humans rights commission to lobby ministers and parliamentarians to answer the issues raised in its reports.

There are no vaccines currently forbidden for Muslims on religious grounds but officials say there are concerns that some vaccines could be made from parts of the pig, which is considered unclean in Islam.

A national seminar next week strives to solicit much-needed feedback on the country's largest poor segment - households with a monthly income below RM1,500 - in formulating the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

new It ain't kosher, being a Jew. Keith petitions for more Semitic tolerance.

The Malaysia Airlines Pilots Association (MAPA), which has some 1,200 members, rejected the airline's offer of a 25 percent hike in salary during a special meeting yesterday.

The country's fourth largest lender Bumiputra-Commerce Bank (BCB) launches its Islamic banking arm and unveils plans for a foreign alliance to expand to the lucrative Middle East market by next year.

Indonesian ambassador Rusdihardjo was summoned to Putrajaya on Saturday to receive the protest note.