Archive - 26 January 2006

Metramac scandal: Daim defends himself

Metramac scandal: Daim defends himself

Daim Zainuddin says former corporate poster boy Halim Saad did not enjoy his patronage and argues that the multi-million ringgit compensation deal took place 11 months after he had quit as finance minister.
John Doe: DNA expert defends analysis

John Doe: DNA expert defends analysis

Dr Chang Yuet Meng is convinced that her final analysis was not compromised by the degradation and imbalances during the profiling exercise.
Program MBA di UNMC kehilangan tenaga pengajar

Program MBA di UNMC kehilangan tenaga pengajar

Ia dikatakan telah kehilangan separuh tenaga pengajar kanan, termasuk pensyarah yang dipinjamkan dari UK, dengan ramai lagi dikatakan akan berhenti hujung bulan ini.
Residents spooked by mega-cemetery

Residents spooked by mega-cemetery

Fancy a cemetery covering 55 hectares and housing the country's largest crematorium in your backyard?
Choice of candidates threatens to split PRS

Choice of candidates threatens to split PRS

Top Parti Rakyat Sarawak leaders seem unable to agree on the choice of candidates for the coming polls and this looks set to divide the party.
Snoop squad very good idea

Snoop squad very good idea

Ill be the first to lick Pak Lahs boots...

Ill be the first to lick Pak Lahs boots...

Writer-cum-corporate man Kalimullah Hassan was lamenting on the 'unique' Malaysian culture i.e hate, envy, backstabbing, gossip, poison-pen letters, being unkind to each other...
Religious issues: Govt should be pro-active

Religious issues: Govt should be pro-active

Time for majority to assert itself

Time for majority to assert itself

Why do Malaysians continue in denial?

Why do Malaysians continue in denial?

Water tariff should, and must, be increased

Water tariff should, and must, be increased

Pengkalan Pasir: BN kemuka usul batal petisyen PAS

Pengkalan Pasir: BN kemuka usul batal petisyen PAS

Dakwa petisyen banyak kelemahannya dan barisan peguam yang dilantik Barisan Nasional (BN) berpendapat ia boleh dibatalkan tanpa perlu perbicaraan.
Nyonya ruling most interesting

Nyonya ruling most interesting

Separate my name from Sisters in Islam

Separate my name from Sisters in Islam

TM sees profitable ring to Vodafone deal

TM sees profitable ring to Vodafone deal

Court reserves judgment on appeal

Court reserves judgment on appeal

The three-member Court of Appeal panel wants to verify various matters raised in the submissions by Ahmad Najib's counsel.
Ancaman bom di Mahkamah Tinggi KL

Ancaman bom di Mahkamah Tinggi KL

Ancaman bom berlaku di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur yang sebelum ini membuat keputusan yang ia tidak mempunyai bidangkuasa untuk mengenepikan keputusan Mahkamah Syariah.
Bomb scare at High Court

Bomb scare at High Court

A bomb scare occurred at the Kuala Lumpur civil high court today - the very venue of the case which sparked a furore over religious conversion laws.
Syed Ali Alhabshee: Orang Melayu KL perlu ubah sikap

Syed Ali Alhabshee: Orang Melayu KL perlu ubah sikap

Katanya, mereka perlu membuang sikap anti-kerajaan kerana segala kemakmuran dan kejayaan yang mereka nekmati sekarang ini adalah atas bantuan kerajaan.
GPMS: Kump. Reezal hantar laporan kepada ROS

GPMS: Kump. Reezal hantar laporan kepada ROS

Mereka serahkan Pendaftar Pertubuhan untuk mengiktiraf kumpulan GPMS mana yang sah di sisi undang-undang.
Advisor in the dark Dr M will not quit Proton

Advisor in the dark Dr M will not quit Proton

Despite his grievances of not being asked for advise on its business ventures, the former premier says he will only leave Proton if he gets the boot.
Top business school faces brain drain

Top business school faces brain drain

exclusive The school is said to have lost more than half of its senior faculty members including lecturers seconded from the UK, with more on the way out by the end of the month.
Accept reality of separate Tamil state

Accept reality of separate Tamil state

This is the only solution to the Sri Lankan conflict and the sooner the international community accepts this, the better.
Ketuk ketampi bogel: Noh Omar diberi surat tunjuk sebab

Ketuk ketampi bogel: Noh Omar diberi surat tunjuk sebab

Timbalan menteri itu diberi tempoh 10 hari untuk menjelaskan percanggahan yang berlaku berhubung skandal wanita bogel ketuk ketampi. Jika tidak, beliau didesak meletakkan jawatan.
Cosmic view - the neglected dimension

Cosmic view - the neglected dimension

The problem in the current biomedical system is basically a crisis of perception, resulting in a confusion that is inseparably connected to the entire human society.
Isu perpaduan: Perjalanan kita masih jauh!

Isu perpaduan: Perjalanan kita masih jauh!

Sesungguhnya, tempoh 50 tahun kemerdekaan adalah masa yang singkat untuk membina satu persefahaman yang utuh.
Squatgate: Noh gets show-cause letter

Squatgate: Noh gets show-cause letter

The deputy minister has 10 days to explain the discrepancies concerning the scandal. Failing which, he will be urged to step down.
Dont create conflicts, Najib tells media

Dont create conflicts, Najib tells media

When it comes to race and religion, the deputy premier wants the media to exercise greater responsibility and not 'deliberately' create conflicts.
Cop grilled on scuffle photo

Cop grilled on scuffle photo

The photo depicts an alleged scuffle between reformasi activists and a policeman during a demonstration six years ago. It has been tendered as evidence for an illegal assembly hearing.
Peguam Muhammad Shafee diarah jelas surat dianggap hina mahkamah

Peguam Muhammad Shafee diarah jelas surat dianggap hina mahkamah

Mahkamah juga mahu Peguam Negara Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail hadir pada hari yang sama untuk membantu mahkamah.
Metramac: Judge throws the book at lawyer

Metramac: Judge throws the book at lawyer

updated version 'You're in contempt!' Court of Appeal judge Gopal Sri Ram thunders in accusing senior lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah of attempting 'to muzzle judges' by filing a letter of complaint to his superiors.
Convert: I want my freedom back

Convert: I want my freedom back

A Chinese woman who converted to Islam in order to marry a Muslim man wants out of the religion after their marriage ended in divorce.
Alif Ba Ta

Alif Ba Ta

new Remember when going for religious classes was fun?
Malaysian to hang in Singapore for murder

Malaysian to hang in Singapore for murder

The 23-year-old man is set to be hanged for murdering an eight-year-old mainland Chinese girl.
Johor to launch first official probe into 'Bigfoot'

Johor to launch first official probe into 'Bigfoot'

The state says it will try to track the hairy man-like beasts, which have generated intense interest from wildlife experts at home and internationally.
Manila, KL agree to speed up peace talks with rebels

Manila, KL agree to speed up peace talks with rebels

Malaysia and the Philippines agreed today to try to speed up Manila's peace talks with Muslim separatists being hosted by Kuala Lumpur.
Proton says in talks on new partnerships

Proton says in talks on new partnerships

The company's new managing director says establishing a partnership was vital for the loss-making automaker, and that it was in talks with several unnamed parties.