Archive - 29 April 2005

More than a year after it was formed, the commission submits its findings on the police force to the ruler and prime minister.

A special one-day sitting of Parliament to discuss the Burma motion will redeem what could have been the making of glorious parliamentary history yesterday with both sides taking a common stand on the issue, says the opposition leader.

Yesterday, an ex-cop said he saw red marks on Abdul Malek's hands and even described that the ex-detainee was in a joyous mood. Today he claims he never saw him at all.

Pak Lah mempertahankan arahannya supaya usul mengenai Burma di Dewan Rakyat ditarik balik dan berkata ia boleh dibincang tetapi dewan tidak perlu membuat sebarang resolusi mengenainya.

Sebaliknya, beliau mahu melihat Malaysia membaiki kedudukannya dalam bancian rasuah antarabangsa seperti indeks anggapan rasuah oleh Transparency International.

Some are wondering if desperation over a wage dispute had led a 20-year-old Indian national to abduct his former employer's son. He was then said to have committed suicide after failing to secure the ransom.

Pak Lah says while discussion on Burma in Parliament is important, a resolution on the matter is not necessary.

We are a country of great contrasts. We have thousands of unemployed in the country, including over 80,000 graduates and over 320,000 non-graduates, yet some sectors...

Mahkamah Tinggi menyemak semula keputusan mahkamah sesyen dan memerintah keterangan di Hong Kong berhubung perbicaraan jenayah pecah amanah Tan Sri Eric Chia diterima sebagai barang kes.

However the prime minister says he will not arrest or prosecute people just for the sake of raising his popularity and be seen as 'doing something' about corruption.

The evidence gathered in Hong Kong by the prosecution team for the criminal breach of trust trial proves to be useful as the High Court today revises the decision made by a lower court.

MTUC akan melancarkan kempen ke seluruh negara bagi membantah cadangan pengswastaana air dan perkhidmatan kesihatan.

There is nothing one can do about the selective reading common among those obsessed with ethnic animosity, but it must be informed why the recent attempt by Tokyo to whitewash its war-time atrocities is merely a red herring in East Asia.

Kita wajib melakukan satu anjakan paradigma untuk mengalih gaya hidup kita hari ini. Dan kita wajib bersedia menerima hakikat bahawa bahan bakar minyak telah berkurangan dan akan kering tidak lama lagi.

The workers' congress will go all out on a national campaign to oppose two privatisation plans - healthcare and water services - proposed by the government.

A year ago on April 28, photographs of Iraqi detainees being tortured by the US military at Abu Ghraib prison shocked the world. Today, torture is also used by the Iraqi security forces.

Six others, two golfers and four caddies, were injured and treated in hospital for severe burns after the incident at the Royal Johor Country Club yesterday.