Archive - 4 July 2005

Ketika pihak berkuasa sedang melancarkan gerakan memburu Ayah Pin, seorang pengikutnya berkata dia ternampak Ayah Pin di perkampungan mereka di Terengganu, beberapa jam selepas tempat itu diserbu.

Catch me if you can - that's what Ayah Pin appears to be telling the police.

Ketua Kumpulan Ayah Pin Ariffin Mohammad tidak meninggalkan negara ini walaupun 21 pengikutnya ditahan di perkampungan kumpulan tersebut Sabtu lalu.

Contradicting one of his ministers, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has set the record straight on the royal police commission's recommendations.

Manakala Timbalan Pengerusi Umno Perlis, yang juga Ketua Umno Bahagian Padang Besar, Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin diberi amaran kerana langgar tataetika parti.

Pengerusi Proton, Datuk Azlan Hashim ketika ditemui pemberita selepas mesyuarat tersebut berkata: "Ianya bukan sesuatu yang perlu dibincangkan dengan media."

Despite being sad and disappointed with the party's decision, MCA Wanita deputy chief Tan Yee Kew wants to settle the matter internally.

The plan to get civil servants to round up illegal immigrants will include training on the limits of their new powers.

Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Tony Fernandes berkata mereka yang melabur sebelum ini kerana mengharapkan keuntungan cepat dan mudah, kini berdepan dengan suasana operasi yang lebih sukar.

The government says it knows the whereabouts of self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ayah Pin, who was the main target of a raid on his commune over the weekend.

Pegawai berkenaan yang melibatkan diri secara sukarela, akan mengetuai pasukan Rela untuk mengesan pendatang asing tanpa izin di kawasan mereka.

A key division in the party has adopted a resolution that could be the turning point in the run-up to the elections in September.

Mereka dibebaskan dengan ikatjamin RM1,000 seorang dan akan dihadapkan di Mahkamah Syariah pada 23 September depan.

The suspension of Umno vice-president Isa Samad aside, Dr Bal would like us to show a little faith in our prime minister's sincerity to do the right thing. It almost sounds to me like a preacher...

The corrupted self, when given the power, designs corrupt practices and ultimately produces systems that further corrupt generations of others that are already born into the systems.

A tattered reputation, alienating endemic nationalism and an economy teetering on the brink of disaster. Happy Fourth of July, America!

State investment arm Khazanah Nasional says it has started talks on buying a strategic stake in the Indonesian bank.

Under the controversial project, the needles and condoms will be supplied through 20 government and private clinics who will distribute them to some 1,200 drug users.

The German electronics giant wants to use Kuala Lumpur as its business hub to tap into the region's oil and gas hotspots.

The arrested members have been released on bail of RM1,000 and will appear before a local Syariah Court on Sept 23.

Oooh, a dicey one, this. Thought-provoking, unsettling and of course, only from Ruhayat X. What's your take?

The government criticises Japan and other countries for refusing to accept its poultry exports long after it was declared free of bird flu following an outbreak last year.

Although the avian influenza virus has not mutated to become easily spread among people, the risk of a pandemic is not receding, says WHO's Dr Shigeru Omi.

The Trade Ministry said exports rose to RM42.65 billion in May, while imports grew 14.1 percent to RM36.11 billion, giving a trade surplus of RM6.54 billion.

Many no-frills ventures were founded by people chasing what they thought was easy money but who now faced much tougher operating conditions, says AirAsia's CEO Tony Fernandes.

A new tax and tariff structure for the auto industry is expected to be announced in August.