Archive - 24 August 2006

The police have been condemned for firing repeated shots at a parking lot in Kuala Lumpur causing panic while also intimidating several youths at gun point.

The company says that negotiations over a new collective agreement will resume next week.

It is up to the Umno Kubang Pasu members to decide if they want to choose the former premier as a delegate, says Mohd Johari Baharum.

The PKR advisor drops congress teaser, saying that damning data on election infractions will be made public when the party delegates meet next weekend.

In one of his strongest attacks yet, the former premier says an independent body should be set up to investigate the scandal.

Victims of the incident reveal they were not asked anything on the fracas and were instead questioned on why 'the university disliked them'.

The Public Accounts Committee will nevertheless go ahead with its meeting tomorrow to further probe the controversial merger of ECM Libra and Avenue Capital.

Samy Vellu says the government will not be cowed by Dr Mahathir Mohamad's threat to expose corrupt practice within the administration if the bridge is not built.

I refer to the letters by Pak Jalleh and Dr Chris Anthony on the Private Health Care Facilities and Services Regulations 2006 Act. Both of them allude to some sinister motive for...

The former premier denies claims that he had silenced the judiciary following the 1988 crisis, which saw the Lord President being sacked.

If alleged terrorists wanted to disrupt air travel, they've succeeded. If they sought to win over and influence people, they should return to the drawing board.

Mahathir may have lost the battle for power, but he can certainly find comfort in the thought that his system of governance continues. All's well that ends well!

These are excerpts from an exclusive interview with Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia director-general Dr Syed Ali Tawfik Al-Attas.

The Muslim groups received praises for its quick action in condemning the death threats against prominent lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar.

exclusive In the first of a three-part interview with malaysiakini on the prickly subject of religious freedom, Ikim director-general Dr Syed Ali Tawfik Al-Attas explains the Malay dilemma, affirmative action and apostasy.

Umno partners have been deluding themselves for too long to trust this rookie politician who has been thrust into the political limelight well before his time.

They served the government for decades and are now in dire straits. As the cost of living rises, their pensions remain the same. They are hoping next Friday's budget will herald good news.

Chad said it intends to renegotiate its contract with a US-Malaysian consortium that manages oil extraction in the country, in a bid to increase its oil revenue.

Data released by an industry group said combined sales for the two national carmakers rose by 8.25 percent to 30,272 vehicles in July.

"When the haze comes from the neighbouring country, then the country must attempt to enforce to fight the forest fires," says Rafidah Aziz.