Archive - 4 July 2006

Lina Joy's apostasy case Lina Joy's counsel stresses in court that while the religion shall be Islam, the observance of this principle shall not impose any disability on non-Muslim nationals.

Abdul Rahman Hamid will be asked to explain the alleged questionable practices in the auctioning of luxury vehicles seized by the department.

The Selangor Registrar of Societies is attempting to decipher the DAP's overhauled constitution.

"Jika Peguam Negara tidak mengambil tindakan lanjut, saya tidak boleh arahkan polis supaya menangkap suspek," katanya ketika menjawab soalan Karpal Singh (DAP-Tasik Gelugor) di Dewan Rakyat hari ini.

Berhubung resolusi yang diluluskan oleh sebuah Wanita Umno cawangan mendesak beliau disingkir kerana bersikap biadap terhadap bekas Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Its president explains that there is no necessity to re-state the Bar's position on apostasy as it has been formed and made known to the media in the past.

Berikutan laporan akhbar Straits Times berhubung artikel yang mengandungi pelbagai dakwaan terhadap ahli perniagaan Datuk Kalimullah Hassan.

Menurutnya, BPR tidak perlu menunggu beliau atau orang ramai membuat aduan rasmi kerana siasatan boleh dilakukan dengan hanya berdasarkan laporan akhbar.

Ketika dihubungi, seorang editor kanan di NST berkata, akhbar berkenaan mempunyai "budibicara mutlak" dalam menentu penyiaran surat dari pembaca.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat advisor Anwar Ibrahim takes on another high-profile post with a global grouping dedicated to resolving crises.

Let's not mobilise more rules, regulations and officials but look within ourselves for proactive change.

"I can't interfere, this is democracy," says the minister in response to the resolution calling for his head to roll for being rude to Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

I refer to the letter 'Crooked bridge would have brought in billions'. Perhaps I should point out some facts for the writer to ponder.

Pertikaian yang berlarutan antara bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dengan penggantinya Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mendapatkan liputan meluas di Singapura.

Is the former premier still trying to evoke change within Umno, even if he will not change himself?

Have you already forgotten? It's your administration which enacted the Official Secrets Act so as to hide behind it, says a reader.

A NGO argues that Nazri Abdul Aziz's remark will only encourage the government to keep 'Filipino refugees' in Sabah indefinitely.

Syarikat minyak milik kerajaan Russia itu akan disenaraikan di pasar saham London dan Moscow.

A senior editor at the New Straits Times stated that the daily has 'absolute discretion in the publication of opinion letters'.

The worsening row between former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is gaining prominent coverage across the Causeway.

free Dean Johns offers a witty look at our city - Kuala Lumpur.

Peter Chin said a cabinet committee on the palm oil industry's competitiveness had made the decision in order to sift through a number of applications.

Makhluk evolusi dari Homo erectus yang masih hidup dan dipercayai nenek moyang manusia moden yang wujud sejak 400,000 hingga dua juta tahun lalu.

MIC president S Samy Vellu's belated response to the situation has not gone down well with the pro-tem Parti Reformasi Insan Malaysia.

Arshad Mehmood Mohammed Shafi, 40, had pleaded guilty to theft, robbery and the abduction of Deputy High Commissioner Nicky Scholtz.

He said his opinion was based on footprints and eye-witness accounts from indigenous people and loggers.

Petronas said it was considering acquiring a stake in the Russia's state-owned oil firm Rosneft when it makes a controversial initial public offer (IPO).

Pirates have attacked two UN-chartered vessels in the Malacca Strait off the coast of Aceh, an international maritime watchdog said today.

'Drop the idea of a mediator. Any attempt to resolve the crisis has to be done discretely,' Hilmi Abdul Rashid, a senior member of Umno and a close aide to Abdullah.