Archive - 16 May 2005

Ia adalah antara cadangan suruhanjaya polis, selaras dengan harapan rakyat dan negara supaya polis mesra rakyat, cekap, bebas daripada rasuah, menghormati hak-hak asasi manusia dan kebolehpercayaan.

The proposed Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission appears to have the wide-ranging authority of an independent body with judicial powers.

All they want is to get their back wages and passports and to go home, but the end is nowhere in sight for 123 nationals who have left their former employer.

A Special Malaysian Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart) officer tells the court about the search and rescue operation mounted to locate missing police detainee Francis G Udayappan.

Ramai ahli Dewan Negara yang membahaskan rang undang-undang untuk menguatkuasa kesalahan keganasan di lapangan terbang itu, tidak puashati kerana ianya tidak lengkap.

The trades union umbrella body feels that the director-general of the trade union is not up to speed in conducting fresh elections in NUBE as ordered by the Court of Appeal.

Pemimpin veteran DAP Lim Kit Siang ingin tahu setakat manakah kesediaan dan kesanggupan kerajaan untuk melaksanakan perakuan-perakuan yang disyorkan oleh Suruhanjaya Diraja Polis.

Universiti Malaya is like a parent claiming to love his son by disowning him in the controversy involving top academic Dr Edmund Terence Gomez.

This is the first time that a judge is being sued over a directive issued three years ago in relation to the enforcement of a seizure and sales writ.

Interesting complaints were noted in the Royal police commission's report pertaining to corruption in the force. For instance, detainees were forced to buy concert tickets and cops bribed cops for a 'gold mine' posting.

The Royal police commission would like to see unconstitutional procedures thrown out of several laws in order to curb abuse of currently wide police powers.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata, kejadian tentera Amerika Syarikat memasukkan al-Quran dalam tandas di Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, adalah menghina umat Islam.

Veteran DAP politician Lim Kit Siang wants to know how far the government is prepared to go in implementing the recommendations of the Royal police commission.

Kementerian Pengangkutan berkata kontrak pembinaan landasan berkembar elektrik dengan DRB-Hicom bernilai RM4.6 juta, telah ditamatkan, tetapi tidak menyatakan sebab-sebabnya.

Dalam era persaingan stesen penyiaran masa kini, RTM menyedari ia tidak boleh terlalu tegar dalam soal ini dan mula memberikan sedikit kelonggaran, kata Datuk Zainuddin Maidin.

The following are the commission's 125 recommendations to reform the Malaysian police force made public today. The recommendations are divided into 10 different sections including the eradication of police corruption and the repeal/amendments to certain laws.

Antara lain, cadangkan pemansuhan Akta Kediaman Terhad 1933 dan Ordinan Darurat, serta pindaan beberapa akta lain, termasuk Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri 1960.

A hundred years from now, what will the towering Malaysian be like? With any luck, the citizen of Cyber-Malaya will subscribe to the ideals of philosophers and reformers past.

World-class Malaysian scholars are a rare breed. When given the opportunity to thrive in competitive academic environment, they have proven their mettle; even shown exemplary academic leadership...

The transport ministry said the electrified double track rail project given to DRB-Hicom on July 3, 2000 had been terminated. It did not state its reasons.

Opposition leader Dr Chee Soon Juan talks to malaysiakini about how Singapore has turned into a 'soft dictatorship' through repressive laws, 'racist' policies and the making of external bogeys in this first of a two-part series.

Kita mahu Yangon sendiri membuat keputusan mengenai gilirannya mempengerusikan Asean selepas mengambil kira semua pandangan yang disuarakan, kata Datuk Syed Hamid Albar.

Who is Sheikh Omar Bakri? Ruhayat mulls over the mystery.

The foreign ministers of Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore will meet in June to map new strategies to guard ships against piracy in the busy Malacca Straits.

The premier was responding to a Newsweek magazine report that interrogators in Guantanamo Bay desecrated copies of the Quran by leaving them in toilet cubicles to rattle Muslim prisoners.

The deal for the CFM56-586/P engines, each of which has a catalogue price of RM36 million, is expected to be signed at the Paris Air Show next month.

We want them to make their own decision on the matter after taking into account of all the views expressed, says Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar.

DRB-Hicom, a local automotive group, today called on the government to be fair and consider the interests of all industry players under a new auto policy to be unveiled in June.

A source close to the company says the government has yet to pay DRB-Hicom RM900 million for the Ipoh-Rawang double tracking project.

The police commission says that the top three priorities for reform are to reduce crime, eradicate corruption and end human rights abuses.