Archive - 29 March 2006

Keep debate on religious issues behind closed door. That's the advice from Umno Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein Onn.

However, the status of investigations into RTM for a similar offence remains unknown.

'I have no hard feelings. There is no need to be sad for me or the university. It is the prime minister's decision'.

If indeed instances like nude ear-squat scandal and the 'Botak Gate' were attributable to only a few black sheep, then the police force should indeed embrace...

The foreign minister, much to his annoyance, quizzed repeatedly on his denial that the government forked out millions to arrange the meet.

No minister has acquired assets in a questionable or illegal way, a deputy minister revealed today.

The 70-year-old billionaire now holds more than 20 percent of shares in the publishing company, controlled by MCA.

Any country condoning the smuggling of the highly endangered orangutans deserves to have sanctions brought against it, says one wildlife campaigner.

If whipping was the penalty for corruption, a lot of people are going to be whipped, says the new Transparency International Malaysia president.

Proton chairperson Mohammed Azlan Hashim reveals that Agusta minority shareholders retained veto powers and used it to foil Proton's efforts to restructure the company.

Nepotism, cronyism and corruption have dented the coffers and now the people are made to suffer, says the opposition parliamentarian.

Police rejection of the proposed watchdog body only confirms fears that they have a great deal conceal from those whom they have sworn to protect and defend.

The following are some of the comments from readers on the 'ultimatum' which was issued by Umno Youth against MP Loh Seng Kok (MCA-Kelana Jaya) for his speech in Parliament on religion and politics.

Universiti Malaya Medical Centre personnel are alleged to have left a cotton swab in a woman's body during a caesarean-section delivery.

Animal-rights group Peta says it will try to get children to turn vegetarian by distributing "trading cards" depicting sick youngsters to highlight the risk of bird flu.

Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yackop says the government will not allow a scenario where all the banks decide to merge until only one bank is left.

Sometimes, the students are more knowledgeable than the teachers, and this stresses the teachers out, says a unionist.

The Singaporean film-maker hopes his second self-directed film will be screened at next month's film fest but whether it is or not depends on the city-state's censors.

The Ninth Malaysia Plan, to be tabled in Parliament on Friday, will spell out strategies for boosting economic growth and spreading wealth more equally.