Archive - 23 September 2005

Seorang pelajar tahun akhir Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) hari ini memfailkan permohonan di Mahkamah Tinggi bagi membatalkan pilihanraya majlis perwakilan pelajar universiti itu 29 September ini.

Hari ini mereka menfailkan satu lagi saman terhadap Menteri Hal-Ehwal Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid dan 13 yang lain, bagi menuntut gantirugi berjumlah RM28.9 juta kerana dihantar pulang ke Indonesia April lalu.

Mozahiri Shamsuddin wants the court to cancel next Thursday's elections and set a new date for the polls.

Finally, rentakini gets to talk to a Barisan Nasional leader for this week's column. Dr Wee Ka Siong proves to be quite a family man. He even reveals who are MCA's best karaoke singers.

Dua akauntan Malaysia yang ditahan polis di Sulawesi sejak 17 Ogos lalu, dibenar diikatjamin oleh pihak berkuasa Indonesia, dan tidak akan berada dalam tahanan polis lagi walaupun belum dapat pulang ke tanahair.

Dewan Ulama PAS bukan bantah, tetapi tidak bersetuju Kerajaan Kelantan menjemput juara Akademi Fantasia 3, Mawi, mengadakan persembahan di Kota Baharu pada 30 September ini.

Rondaan di sempadan Thailand dipertingkatkan berikutan pergolakan dan keganasan terbaru di bahagian selatan negara itu bagi mengelak penyusupan masuk pelarian, khususnya kumpulan militan.

Polis selamatkan lapan wanita Indonesia yang mendakwa dipaksa melakukan pelacuran oleh sindiket yang sengaja tidak memberi mereka alat pencegahan penghamilan kerana mahu menjual anak yang mereka lahirkan, demikian menurut satu laporan hari ini.

The opposition leader wants the Dewan Rakyat speaker to accept a motion to refer the minister to the Committee of Privileges.

To start an old argument afresh, there really is no alternative to a language that commands a wide vocabulary base and easily manageable syntax.

Tindakan sebuah bank pelaburan Amerika menurun-taraf pasaran saham Malaysia telah mencetuskan kebimbangan bahawa ekonomi Malaysia tidak sebaik yang didakwa oleh pihak kerajaan.

Bekas Timbalan Perdana Menter telah menuntut permohonan maaf daripada Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dan menuntut gantirugi RM100 juta kerana menggelarnya sebagai 'peliwat'.

R Balasubramiam was fatally shot by a lone gunman near his house in Kg Rasah and the police have yet to establish the motive.

The Press has stalked and attacked him based only on hearsay and conjecture. What honour and valour can there be in this?

Seven years ago, the government insisted that the construction of the Selangor Dam was "unavoidable" because of the El-Nio effect although NGOs had advised against it.

updated version The former deputy premier is demanding an apology and RM100 million in compensation for being called a 'sodomist' by his ex-boss.

R Balasubramaniam ditembak ketika sedang berjalan bersama dua rakannya ke balai raya kampung tersebut.

Ketua Pengarah Kastam itu menjelaskan kepada Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yang kenyataan itu dibuat secara spontan dan tanpa apa-apa niat.

While the deputy premier claimed that parents were informed about it, some trainees are saying it was they who called home to tell about the firearms training.

The move by a US investment bank to downgrade Malaysian stocks stirs concern that the Malaysian economy is not as healthy as the government says it is.

Malaysian troops on the border with Thailand have been put on alert in response to the violence that has flared in Thailand's Muslim-majority southern provinces, officials said.

Malaysian police have rescued eight Indonesian women who said they were forced into prostitution by syndicates who denied them contraception in order to sell their babies.

Singapore's only public horse riding school has been forced to relocate to neighbouring Malaysia to make way for one of two casino resorts that will be built in the city-state.

Demand for palm oil, which is widely used in processed foods, is driving the orang-utan towards extinction by speeding the destruction of their forest habitat, Friends of the Earth said today.

Malaysia is hoping to earn RM35 billion from tourism this year, up 16.8 percent on 2004 as Asia enjoys an upsurge in popularity as a destination.