Archive - 9 July 2005

The former Sabah chief minister will have to explain how he came to accumulate the huge gambling debt of RM7.14 million.

There's one thing that can be said about the individuals or group who caused this week's carnage in London.

The presidential challenger was criticised for not taking a clear stand on critical issues but won praises for making public his political ideals.

The opposition leader says the deputy premier agrees to set up parliamentary select committees for national integrity and information technology.

The premier says Rafidah Aziz has written a letter of explanation to Proton advisor Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the matter is considered settled.

Deputy president Chan Kong Choy urges those being 'directed' not to meet presidential challenger Chua Jui Meng to lodge a complaint with the party's disciplinary board.

As the Cold War began, Lin Qi Hui's relatively peaceful life was again disrupted. He was wanted by his British ex-allies and in 1948, he was arrested in his hometown Muar for being a communist.

The decision that a group of Iban longhouse dwellers in Bintulu could exercise native customary rights over a disputed land has been set aside by the Court of Appeal.

Contrary to claims of physical abuse and poor food being served at the immigration depot, the authorities claim that the detainees are treated well.

In his message of condolence to Britain, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the world needed to work with greater determination to combat terrorism.