Archive - 20 June 2006

Temples: DBKL pledges to listen first

Temples: DBKL pledges to listen first

Kuala Lumpur City Hall agrees to consult a new committee comprising several Hindu bodies before undertaking any future Hindu temple demolishment.
Pak Lah nafi dasar kerajaan diubah sewenang-wenangnya

Pak Lah nafi dasar kerajaan diubah sewenang-wenangnya

Ketika diminta mengulas kenyataan seorang wakil rakyat Johor mengenai perlunya suruhanjaya ditubuhkan bagi mengelak dasar negara diubah sewenang-wenang.
Kes Moorthy: Mahkamah Rayuan akan putuskan soal bidangkuasa

Kes Moorthy: Mahkamah Rayuan akan putuskan soal bidangkuasa

Sama ada mahkamah sivil atau mahkamah syariah yang mempunyai bidangkuasa mendengar permohonan isterinya S Kaliammal mengenai status keagamaan Moorthy ketika kematiannya.
Ethnicity becomes an issue in MIC polls

Ethnicity becomes an issue in MIC polls

KS Nijhar is furious that his opponents are using the issue of ethnicity against him.
UNHCR advises Msia to sign refugee convention

UNHCR advises Msia to sign refugee convention

Today is World Refugee Day and Malaysia has again been reminded to join 146 other countries to ratify the 1951 Refugee Convention.
MIC veteran accuses Samy of money politics

MIC veteran accuses Samy of money politics

V Govindaraj is crying foul again. This time over the lavish dinners organised by the MIC president and his men.
Samy vs PAC: Time for PM to act

Samy vs PAC: Time for PM to act

I refer to your report 'Act against me, Samy dares PAC'. It seems very unbecoming of this senior politician and long-standing works minister to dare...
Have royal commission for Syed Ahmads letter

Have royal commission for Syed Ahmads letter

What has old boy Dr M to gain?

What has old boy Dr M to gain?

Pak Lah a slow and steady man

Pak Lah a slow and steady man

Petronas funds: Cat out of the bag

Petronas funds: Cat out of the bag

Ahmad Noordin Zakaria - a tribute

Ahmad Noordin Zakaria - a tribute

Cherie Blair: Bar wrong to object

Cherie Blair: Bar wrong to object

Issue fatwas on corruption, transparency, politeness

Issue fatwas on corruption, transparency, politeness

Festivals wont shake your faith

Festivals wont shake your faith

Court asked to overturn decision on Francis

Court asked to overturn decision on Francis

His mother, G Sara Lily, wants a coroner's decision that no foul play was involved in his death to be overruled and for 'all responsible to be brought to justice'.
Rohingyas: UN must solve refugees' plight

Rohingyas: UN must solve refugees' plight

The United Nations Security Council must do more than just celebrate World Refugee Day, says a Kuala Lumpur-based Rohingya leader.
Ketua bahagian: Isu Dr M-Pak Lah hanya kecoh di KL

Ketua bahagian: Isu Dr M-Pak Lah hanya kecoh di KL

Ketua bahagian Umno yang dihubungi malaysiakini menganggap teguran Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad sebagai seorang bapa marahkan anak dan tidak akan menjejaskan kekuatan parti.
Moorthy saga: Appellate court to decide

Moorthy saga: Appellate court to decide

Whether the former army commando was a Muslim or Hindu at the time of his death is not the issue, says the Court of Appeal.
Kesatuan kakitangan MAS bantah pembelian A380

Kesatuan kakitangan MAS bantah pembelian A380

Kerana MAS masih dalam proses pemulihan, faktor aliran tunai MAS yang masih kritikal bagi menjalankan urus tadbir yang cekap serta beban tanggungan defisit syarikat
Ibu Francis Udayappan fail petisyen rayuan

Ibu Francis Udayappan fail petisyen rayuan

Sara Lily fail memfailkan petisyen rayuan terhadap keputusan koroner yang mendapati tiada elemen jenayah dalam kematian anaknya dalam tahanan polis dua tahun lalu.
PJs city joy dampened by police report

PJs city joy dampened by police report

As the new Petaling Jaya City Hall (former MPPJ) starts cracking today, it seems that it has a lot of work to do in putting its house in order.
Neo-feudalism of the cybernetic Malays

Neo-feudalism of the cybernetic Malays

Hegemony of the race is not a new phenomena, stretching from the time of the Malacca Sultanate right down to the British colonisation. It continues today.
Tamil daily: Subra's camp going supernatural?

Tamil daily: Subra's camp going supernatural?

The MIC war continues to be fought in the pages of the partisan Tamil dailies, with accusations ranging from supernatural intervention to revenge.
Husam dakwa Pak Lah tidak dapat sokongan pecat Dr M

Husam dakwa Pak Lah tidak dapat sokongan pecat Dr M

Naib Presiden PAS itu mendakwa Pak Lah gagal mendapatkan sokongan parti sepenuhnya untuk mengambil tindakan disiplin terhadap Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Pemuda PAS jumpa Ku Li bincang isu Dr M

Pemuda PAS jumpa Ku Li bincang isu Dr M

Konflik antara bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dengan kerajaan, harus diselesaikan dengan mengambilkira kepentingan rakyat dan negara.
EC rolls padded with Dr Ms 'new citizens'

EC rolls padded with Dr Ms 'new citizens'

To give foreigners ICs so that they could vote in our elections is an act of treason, said a Sabah politician from the ruling BN coalition.
Lagi orang kenamaan dengan saman trafik

Lagi orang kenamaan dengan saman trafik

Dikenakan 89 saman trafik sejak tahun 2000 di mana 60 daripadanya kerana kesalahan memandu melebihi had laju. Jumlah denda RM26,700.
Husam: No support for Pak Lah to sack Mahathir

Husam: No support for Pak Lah to sack Mahathir

Husam Musa insists that Umno is bent on sacking Dr Mahathir Mohamad but Pak Lah was unable to obtain the full support of the party to do so.
MIC horses in the final lap

MIC horses in the final lap

As the finish line comes within sight, the president, his protege and rival push their campaigns into overdrive with the same old rhetoric.
Another VIP with outstanding traffic fines

Another VIP with outstanding traffic fines

He has a whopping 89 traffic summonses stretching back to 2000, 60 of these are for speeding. Total fines - RM26,700.
ROS panggil dua puak bertelagah dalam PRS

ROS panggil dua puak bertelagah dalam PRS

Timbalan Ketua Penerangan PRS Tedwin Ngumbang berkata, mereka dipanggil hanya sekadar membuat "kunjungan hormat".
Jawatankuasa Mengenai Keganasan OIC tidak pernah bermesyuarat

Jawatankuasa Mengenai Keganasan OIC tidak pernah bermesyuarat

Menteri Luar Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar berkata, umat Islam perlu mengambil langkah untuk menghilangkan "Islamphobia" di kalangan komuniti global bagi membina persefahaman bersama.
Mahathir says world in throes of new conflict

Mahathir says world in throes of new conflict

The former premier opens a peace forum in Kuala Lumpur with an assertion that the world may be in the throes of a new global conflict
Rights group accuses M'sia of hypocrisy

Rights group accuses M'sia of hypocrisy

KL calls for the closure of the US Guantanamo jail while holding scores of detainees without trial at home.
Lawmakers press Burma, says region 'lost'

Lawmakers press Burma, says region 'lost'

Zaid Ibrahim says there is no democratic progress in Burma and Asean is lost on what to do.
Tensions grow over Hindu temple demolitions

Tensions grow over Hindu temple demolitions

Such demolitions could also reinforce the feeling among members of cultural minorities that their democratic and religious space is being squeezed, says Aliran.