Archive - 1 December 2005

This is the final plea of ex-MIC branch chairperson Balakrishnan Appala Naidu, who is protesting his continued detention under the Emergency Ordinance. He is on a hunger strike to the end.

If there is one thing that is generally accepted about national unity in Malaysia it is that it is fraught with confusion.

Ketua Pembangkang Lim Kit Siang mendakwa ada menerima laporan terdapat pelajar Malaysia di United Kingdom dan beberapa tempat lain bertelagah dengan pelajar dari China kerana isu tersebut.

If you want street demonstrations, political instability and economic pitfalls, then go ahead and repeal the act. Otherwise, hit the books and save politics for later, says a student leader.

The footage doing the rounds, of the woman stripped naked and forced to do ear squats in a police lock-up, may be the spark that ignites a revolution in the way Malaysians receive and perceive their news.

Parlimen Pengerusi Kelab Penyokong Kerajaan (BBC) itu berkata tiada gunanya ditubuhkan Suruhanjaya Diraja Polis jika perakuannya, termasuk penubuhan Suruhanjaya Bebas Aduan dan Salahlaku Polis (IPCMC) tidak dilaksanakan.

A group of 131 Thai Muslims who fled across the border to seek refuge in Malaysia this year will soon return to troubled southern Thailand, acording to a report today.

A group of factory workers allege that their German-owned company is treating them unfairly and want the German ambassador to intervene.

Malaysia is expected to register a jump in HIV cases in 2015 to 300,000 people from about 65,000 now, a senior official said today.

Menurut kenyataan Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri, kesemua 27 tajuk penerbitan terbabit diterbitkan oleh syarikat-syarikat yang beribu pejabat di Hong Kong.

Heads bowed in shame, crawling into nooks and crannies, Noh Omar has forced Malaysian students abroad into hiding, according to Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang.

Are senior police officers so ignorant of the blatant abuse of police power in the 'nude ear-squats' case or are they in an awkward position of defending the indefensible?

Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud mempertahankan dasar pembalakannya yang menurutnya menjadi sasaran kempen pejuang alam sekitar Barat dan badan bukan kerajaan (NGO).

The backbencher club's chairperson says there is no point in setting up the Royal Police Commission if its recommendations are not going to be implemented.

The Kelantan Umno chief is bent on driving PAS away from the state and this has made him the party's primary target in the coming by-election.

Such journalism can boot out corrupt leaders and install those in favour of enforcing rules and regulations, says Prof Ian R Swigland.

The chief minister is perplexed as to why the state has become the target for concerted attacks by mostly western environmental groups.

The French are known as a white European people with fierce cultural and intellectual pride, take glamour and chicness as life's essentials, and have a studied sophistication in tastes.

Mengenai Pengkalan Pasir, Perdana Menteri berkata sudah lama kawasan itu tidak diwakili calon Barisan Nasional (BN) dan beliau berharap BN diberi peluang kali ini dalam pilihanaraya kecil 6 Disember ini.

Oleh itu, Naib Presiden PAS itu berkata jika Umno kalah dalam pilihanraya kecil Pengkalan Pasir, yang kalah ialah Datuk Seri Annuar Musa, dan bukannya Umno.

The government's reservations to some points under the Convention on the Rights of the Child can be resolved and withdrawn, leading to better protection for the country's children, says a commissioner.

Bank Negara Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz says interest rates will be raised immediately to keep inflation in check after the economy accelerated in the third quarter.