Archive - 3 May 2005

Abdullah akan minta penjelasan dari Keng Yaik

Abdullah akan minta penjelasan dari Keng Yaik

PM kata Lim tidak sepatutnya mengeluarkan kenyataan seumpama itu di media sebaliknya harus membincangkan sebarang masalah dalam semangat keluarga BN atau dalam kebinet.
RM25,000 baiki kebocoran bumbung bangunan Parlimen

RM25,000 baiki kebocoran bumbung bangunan Parlimen

Menteri Kerja Raya Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu menyifatkan kebocoran itu sebagai perkara kecil sahaja dan tidak perlu dibesar-besarkan.
Press freedom a mix of two rights

Press freedom a mix of two rights

A senior editor from India says freedom of information is important for an effective and free media, given the combination of rights to express opinions as well as carry on business.
Dua bekas ahli tuntut RM1.14 juta dari Kohilal

Dua bekas ahli tuntut RM1.14 juta dari Kohilal

Ini adalah penghakiman sebelah pihak kedua yang berjaya diperolehi oleh bekas ahli Kohilal mengalami kerugian akibat kegagalan pelaburan koperasi itu di antara tahun 1976 dan 1999.
Release Police Commission report 'in toto'

Release Police Commission report 'in toto'

Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang issues this challenge to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today.
Free press 'a pipe dream' under Pak Lah

Free press 'a pipe dream' under Pak Lah

In conjunction with the World Press Freedom Day, an opposition party calls on the premier to initiate reforms, starting with repeal of the Printing Presses and Publications Act.
Recall Parliament to finish outstanding business

Recall Parliament to finish outstanding business

The controversial motion on Burma are among some unfinished matters in Parliament after its sitting was abruptly interrupted by a leaking roof last week.
Anggota militan Thai yang ditahan, dilaporkan masih di M'sia

Anggota militan Thai yang ditahan, dilaporkan masih di M'sia

Majalah Time melaporkan, lima rakyat selatan Thai yang ditahan pada 9 Mac lalu, datang ke Malaysia untuk mengambil simpanan senjatapi yang disembunyikan oleh anggota Jemaah Islamiah (JI).
RM1.14m claim slapped on PAS-linked Kohilal

RM1.14m claim slapped on PAS-linked Kohilal

A series of botched investments between 1996 and 1999 has landed the PAS-linked co-operative in another legal suit, with drastic consequences.
Invoke sub-judice rule judiciously, editors told

Invoke sub-judice rule judiciously, editors told

The easy invocation of the sub-judice rule when reporting court trials is stifling press freedom.
A big no to recording babies fingerprints, footprints

A big no to recording babies fingerprints, footprints

The police say this will help them keep tabs on criminals, but human rights organisations and the Bar Council dismiss the idea.
Nabbed Thai militants still in Msia, says report

Nabbed Thai militants still in Msia, says report

The five southern Thais, who were nabbed on March 9, were in Malaysia to pick up a cache of arms hidden by Jemaah Islamiah, says Time magazine.
Questions over BN delay in accepting PRS

Questions over BN delay in accepting PRS

It appears that the party's fate is inevitable tied to that of the five former PBDS elected representatives who are now without a party.
Msia: Hentikan kegilaan membangunkan senjata nuklear

Msia: Hentikan kegilaan membangunkan senjata nuklear

Masa depan Perjanjian Pengawalan Senjata Nuklear kini tidak pasti, kerana hari ini, penekanan ialah terhadap pengawalan dan bukannya perlucutan senjata bagi tujuan baik.
DAP Selangor: NS counter-productive, scrap it

DAP Selangor: NS counter-productive, scrap it

The opposition party has labelled the programme a waste of public funds and time, since it has not achieved its objectives.
Govt must not enforce majoritys moral prejudices

Govt must not enforce majoritys moral prejudices

I write in response to 'Morality standards must reflect pluralist Malaysia'. This letter by Malaysians Against Moral Policing (Mamp) is certainly a step in the right direction. I agree most with their insistence...
MPs have brought the roof down

MPs have brought the roof down

One-race schools not helping plural society

One-race schools not helping plural society

Pos Malaysia working against K-society

Pos Malaysia working against K-society

Globalisation and doctors movements

Globalisation and doctors movements

Dr Ms East Malaysia comments spot on

Dr Ms East Malaysia comments spot on

New pope not progressive

New pope not progressive

Benedict XVI devoted to the truth

Benedict XVI devoted to the truth

Sexual abuse a blot on the Church

Sexual abuse a blot on the Church

Saddam and the incubator massacre

Saddam and the incubator massacre

That deadly profession called journalism

That deadly profession called journalism

At least 66 journalists have been killed in the Philippines since 1986 - 15 since January last year. In not a single case have the murderers been brought to justice.
Nationalism behind China-Japan row

Nationalism behind China-Japan row

Asia's new powerhouse has entered into a collision course with its old powerhouse - the recent sound and fury had much to do with insecurities all round.
Validate me

Validate me

Back to work. Ruhayat X is grumpy and fed up. With everything.
14 flamingos in Malacca zoo killed by falling trees

14 flamingos in Malacca zoo killed by falling trees

A storm on Sunday also injures two other birds, one of which died yesterday and the other with a slim chance of surviving.