Archive - 14 September 2006

Sebagai Perdana Menteri, kata wakil rakyat pembangkang, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sewajarnya mendapat sistem kawalan keselamatan yang terbaik. Tetapi perlukah kosnya mencecah sehingga RM20 juta?

Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail wants a royal commission to probe the crisis and restore the public's confidence in the judiciary.

The higher education minister wants his deputy to stop making statements on a public disclosure of fund misappropriation which has irked his cabinet colleagues.

The police chief says his concern is over the body's lack of an avenue to appeal. However, he adds, the police will remain loyal to the government.

About 500 disgruntled villagers staged a rare protest outside Parliament house against unfair circumstances surrounding their eviction by the authorities.

Pejabat Agama Islam terpaksa memberi amaran kepada mereka serta mengarahkan pihak penyelia dari Putera Umno supaya mengasingkan peserta lelaki dan perempuan.

The death of a 45-year-old woman in police custody yesterday could cast dark clouds over Musa's renewed promise to bring balance to the force.

From anti-terrorist barricades to CCTVs, the premier's residence is said to be surrounded by pricey gadgets. An opposition leader wonders if something is amiss.

After the brouhaha over the UPM's Ethnic Relations guidebook and student heckling incident, anyone with common sense would assume that teaching racial stereotypes...

Gerakan bertanding di kawasan Parlimen tersebut sebanyak lapan kali sejak 1974 dan parti itu cuma menang sekali melalui bekas Timbalan Presidennya, Datuk Seri Kerk Choo Teng dalam pilihanraya umum 1982.

In his reply to the ROS letter, Parti Rakyat Sarawak deputy president Sng Chee Hua also appeals to the ROS not to de-register the party based on the fault of one man.

Residents of Damansara Damai claim upgrading works to the main road that connects Kepong to Sungai Buloh are nowhere near completion despite claims that they would be open for use this month.

Selepas tamat Perang Dunia Kedua, terbentuk satu gelombang menuntut kemerdekaan di Asia, Afrika dan Amerika Selatan. Negara kita juga tidak terkecuali daripada kesan gelombang tersebut.

The party wants the authorities to investigate how RR Mahendran was given a Hindu funeral when he had allegedly embraced Islam.

PAS membuat laporan polis semalam berhubung isu pembakaran mayat saudara baru, Allahyarham Rafie Syzwan Abdullah oleh kaum keluarganya di Kulai, Johor pada 5 September lalu.

The government is spending RM1.27 million per day for the living cost of prisoners nationwide, says Deputy Internal Security Minister Fu Ah Kiow.

Kumpulan penyokong bekas Perdana Menteri yang kecewa dengan kekalahannya di Kubang Pasu, kini meningkat tekanan terhadap Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menerusi kempen di Internet.

Among others, the blog contains letters to the King urging him to advise Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to step down before 'more damage is done'.

Despite Mahathir's loss, or because of it, tens of thousands of the Gen-M's tabloid copies are flying off the stands.

Ahli Parlimen Gua Musang itu berkata, kontrak dan projek kerajaan masih diberikan berdasarkan hubungan rapat dengan mereka yang berkuasa dan bukannya kerana merit atau kebolehan sebenar.

The authorities claim that Fong Weng Fu acted on his own and outside the powers and knowledge of the civilian defence corp.

The question is whether he will finally act on what he has announced and pronounced. The PM must do something to right the wrongs, says a reader.

Walaupun kerajaan melarang perbuatan membangkitkan isu-isu sensitif, tetapi Perdana Menteri menjelaskan bahawa larangan itu tidak meliputi dialog antara agama.

Despite assurances to the contrary, there is also a real threat that the authorities could use the new sedition laws arbitrarily.

The five of us who were embroiled in this difficult episode of the 1988 judicial crisis did not rally around Salleh Abas but rather responded to the call of duty in the interest of justice, says the former Supreme Court judge.

The new leadership promised greater openness and transparency, but the former finance minister says the 'who you know' culture is still the order of the day.

Making subhuman caricatures and scapegoats out of a particular race is in reality more telling of the accusers than the accused.

Ketua Polis Negara yang baru itu berkata tidak ada saluran untuk rayuan bagi polis, sedangkan penjenayah mempunyai saluran rayuan ke mahkamah.

The company, which is owned by the prime minister's son, insisted it had not been involved in exporting devices that can be used to make atomic weapons.