Archive - 31 May 2006

It can't be self-defence when you have armed men clad in body armour reacting against harmless women and children, says Suhakam's complaints chief adding the crackdown was against the dignity of Malaysians.

The group aligned to PRS' deputy president says this is the best way to resolve the leadership tussle as it will allow party members to directly elect whom they want as their leader.

One of its counsels says the company is expected to file the affidavit-in-reply at the High Court registry tomorrow.

Did he say it or not? The audio clip uploaded by malaysiakini ignites a war of words between Tamil Nesan and Malaysia Nanban .

PAS deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa said the proposal may be raised at the coming muktamar in Kedah.

I read with utter disbelief your report entitled Police attack IPCMC in internal bulletin. The report clearly states that as a sign of opposition against the proposed IPCMC, the police may be expected to...

"We are loyal to the government of the day, we have a track record and we are proud of that. Loyalty is one of our pledges," Mohd Bari Omar declared today.

He says that his men were only using 'minimum force' and that the police have the right to defend themselves.

A top economic professor from China tells his audience in KL how the communist state's economy had increased 12 folds, making it the fourth largest in the world.

Amran Zulkifli says he will pursue legal action against the police for their brutal violation of his right to gather peacefully in an act of protest.

Malaysiakini goes in search of the 60 percent of domestic users who have monthly electricity bills of below RM43.

breaking news An elderly woman and three children were feared dead following a landslide in Hulu Klang that destroyed 43 homes.

Hishamuddin Hussein should tackle the immediate issues affecting schoolchildren before setting his sight on international schools and so forth.

Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim does not deny that poison-pen letters alleging corrupt practices are still 'flying around'.

new Jordan Macvay is the guest writer for IAM this week.

"It will be a pity if all of us continue to support the struggle of the Palestinian people but the Palestinian people seem to be not in unity," said Syed Hamid Albar.

The economy grew by 5.3 percent in the first three months of 2006, outpacing 5.2 percent expansion in the previous quarter despite inflationary pressure.

But there are reports that the US entertainment giant had ruled out building a park in Malaysia.

The arrest of 11 Muslim militants in Malaysia has crushed a group known as Darul Islam Sabah which assisted figures involved in the 2002 Bali bombings.

A nuclear monitoring station is being constructed in Cameron Highlands as part of a global network to detect nuclear explosions.

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels are believed to be channeling funds through Malaysia and Singapore to buy weapons in the region, Sri Lanka's foreign minister said.

An Indonesian militant among a dozen from the Darul Islam group arrested in Malaysia was trained by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda movement in Afghanistan.