Archive - 25 May 2005

Dalam laporan tahunannya, badan pemerhati hak asasi manusia, Amnesty International (AI) menimbulkan keadaan di kem tahanan di Malaysia dan sikap pengawainya terhadap pendatang asing dan pencari suaka.

The most popular candidate for the deputy president's post has opted out of the race due to health reasons. He collapsed at his house last night and was sent to IJN.

Selepas Dr Haron Din, bekas Timbalan Menteri Besar Kelantan, Datuk Halim Abdul Rahman dipercayai calon paling layak untuk menyandang jawatan tersebut.

In its annual report, the human rights watchdog raises several issues concerning detention camps and the official attitude towards migrant workers and asylum seekers.

A coalition of women's groups wants the national carrier not to impose any taxed costs on Beatrice Fernandez, who was sacked when she became pregnant.

The government's failure to control price increases has led to much suffering for citizens, says the Parti Keadilan Rakyat's Youth wing.

Mengikut perangkaan Agensi Anti-Dadah Kebangsaan Kelantan, 921 orang dijangkiti HIV sepanjang tahun lalu, lebih satu pertiganya berumur antara 20 dan 29 tahun.

Bekas tentera mengadakan demonstrasi di luar bangunan Mahkamah Tinggi Pulau Pinang serta membawa sepanduk mengutuk Chin Peng sebagai seorang pembunuh, pengkhianat dan pengganas.

Untuk berbincang dan bertukar-tukar pandangan mengenai perakuan-perakuan yang terdapat dalam laporan Suruhanjaya Diraja Polis untuk memperbaiki integriti, operasi dan pengurusan pasukan polis.

Holding placards condemning the former communist leader as a murderer and traitor, the group also chanted slogans outside the Penang High Court.

The opposition party had invited federal police chief Mohd Bakri Omar to a forum tomorrow that will discuss the Royal police commission's report.

Tujuh pelajar universiti ISA 7 yang dibebaskan oleh mahkamah majisret bulan lalu, akan terpaksa melalui satu lagi perbicaraan selepas pihak pendakwa mengemuka rayuan terhadap hukuman tersebut.

Menghadapi dua tuduhan memberi rasuah RM7,000 berkaitan dengan pemilihan jawatan Ketua Umno Bahagian Tapah.

Jika gagal mendapatkan visa perlindungan dalam tempoh 28 hari dari tarikh pembebasannya Isnin lalu.

Some stories the writer heard over the Wesak weekend.

Kalangan pemimpin utama PAS tidak sekata berhubung cara terbaik untuk memilih calon bagi jawatan timbalan presiden dalam muktamar parti itu minggu depan.

After all the hype about information technology, there is no excuse for not posting the report on the Internet, said the opposition leader.

The seven students who walked free from the courtroom last month after going through a four-year ordeal will have to embark on another round of legal battles.

As Dr Edmund Terence Gomez, one of the most respected Malaysian social science scholars leaves Universiti Malaya, its administration goes from unwise decision to foolish excuse.

The time is ripe for a renewed approach towards trade unionism but is the labour movement ready to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex job environment?

The 'Pearl of the Orient' is losing its lustre. From the manufacturing to tourism sector, the state is entombed in problems. It is time for the powers-to-be to act.

The pro-tem president of the new party, Nicholas Bawin, says many professionals and civil servants are backing its establishment.

The sect has had run-ins with the authorities in the past, with four members being jailed for two years in 1998 for attempting to renounce Islam.

Prisons are overcrowded after a crackdown on illegal immigrants, adding to a growing list of problems caused by the anti-migrant sweep.

A free-trade agreement with Japan will open up a major new market for Japanese automakers with the lifting of heavy tariffs within 10 years.

Malaysia and the European Union will consider signing a free trade agreement similar to those being negotiated between the EU and three other Asian countries.