Archive - 20 September 2006

VCD dakwa pembangkang dan NGO dalang aktivis pelajar

VCD dakwa pembangkang dan NGO dalang aktivis pelajar

Parti pembangkang dan NGO yang dinamakan ialah DAP, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), PAS, Parti Socialis Malaysia (PSM), Suaram and Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur (KLSCAH).
Thai military coup - lessons for us

Thai military coup - lessons for us

new The coup d'etat in Thailand should serve as a timely reminder to all Malaysians as to the risks of allowing our democratic institutions to be undermined by so-called...
The Indian dilemma

The Indian dilemma

Red faces all round in school repair fiasco

Red faces all round in school repair fiasco

Our judiciary needs cleansing

Our judiciary needs cleansing

The bane of jobless graduates

The bane of jobless graduates

Think not! Ask not! Memorise plenty!

Think not! Ask not! Memorise plenty!

Teachers are providing half-past-six education

Teachers are providing half-past-six education

A 16-year-olds view of mixed marriages

A 16-year-olds view of mixed marriages

Now showing: 'Mentors of student activists'

Now showing: 'Mentors of student activists'

A VCD making the rounds of Universiti Putra Malaysia, ahead of nationwide campus polls tomorrow, targets a student group and its alleged 'puppeteers'.
Selective references to the Holy Book

Selective references to the Holy Book

Villagers accuse MCA reps of breaking promise

Villagers accuse MCA reps of breaking promise

They claim that MCA leaders promised them land grants during their election campaign, but their houses have now been reduced to rubble.
RM1 deduction too mild a punishment

RM1 deduction too mild a punishment

Mufti Perak gesa Putera Umno kaji semula perhimpunan Mat Rempit

Mufti Perak gesa Putera Umno kaji semula perhimpunan Mat Rempit

Beliau mengesyorkan program perhimpunan 50,000 Mat Rempit di Bukit Jalil digantikan dengan program berbentuk lain yang memisahkan antara lelaki dan perempuan.
'Missing projects': ACA report against Samy

'Missing projects': ACA report against Samy

An interchange and flyover worth RM86.3 million have allegedly gone 'missing'. This has left residents puzzled.
Election petition against SPDP leader struck out

Election petition against SPDP leader struck out

The Kuching High Court rules that the election petition was not effectively served on the respondent Peter Nyarok.
Projek 'hilang': Laporan BPR terhadap Samy Vellu

Projek 'hilang': Laporan BPR terhadap Samy Vellu

Laporan dibuat terhadap Menteri Kerjaraya, dua kontraktor dan individu yang didakwanya terbabit dengan `kehilangan' projek persimpangan (interchange) serta jejambat di Sungai Buloh-Damansara Damai.
Malacca govt's rags-to-riches poser

Malacca govt's rags-to-riches poser

DAP leader Lim Guan Eng has queried the auditor-general's 'special' treatment of the Malacca government accounts for 2005.
Private sector lab assistants rake in double

Private sector lab assistants rake in double

The grass is definitely greener on the other side of the fence, as far as lab assistants in the government service are concerned.
Para pelajar Msia di Thailand dalam keadaan berjaga-jaga

Para pelajar Msia di Thailand dalam keadaan berjaga-jaga

Para pelajar Malaysia akan dibawa balik sekiranya keadaan politik di Thailand menjadi semakin buruk, kata Setiausaha Parlimen Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi, Datuk Dr Adham Baba.
M'sian students on standby in Thailand

M'sian students on standby in Thailand

Those studying in Thai universities will be brought home should the political situation worsen.
BN will not score big in the next polls

BN will not score big in the next polls

special report It will be difficult for the ruling coalition to emulate its huge victory in the 2004 polls, says economic analyst Tony Pua.
Vote 'rude' Nazri out of Parliament

Vote 'rude' Nazri out of Parliament

It is so uncivilised of Nazri to poke fun at Karpal's disability. May God have mercy on him so that he would not suffer the same disability one day, says a reader.
SPR tidak bercadang laksana skim mengundi secara elektronik

SPR tidak bercadang laksana skim mengundi secara elektronik

Tinjauan SPR mendapati orang ramai menolak sistem elektronik kerana mereka masih suka pergi ke pusat mengundi, diberikan kertas, pergi ke petak mengundi, ambil pensil dan menanda nama yang mereka pilih.
Orang Asli case: Govt's leave application adjourned

Orang Asli case: Govt's leave application adjourned

The application was adjourned to allow the original panel of judges to continue hearing the case.
Harga ayam naik 65 sen mulai hari ini

Harga ayam naik 65 sen mulai hari ini

Persekutuan Persatuan Penternak Malaysia berkata kenaikan harga ayam daging disebabkan oleh faktor permintaan dan bekalan semasa.
Wakil AG jumpa Hindraf mengenai isu roboh kuil

Wakil AG jumpa Hindraf mengenai isu roboh kuil

Enam timbalan pendakwaraya (DPP) mengadakan pertemuan dengan Barisan Bertindak Agama Hindu (Hindraf) berhubung tindakan pihak berkuasa tempatan merobohkan kuil-kuil Hindu baru-baru.
Tentera dakwa Thaksin hina raja dan kerajaannya rasuah

Tentera dakwa Thaksin hina raja dan kerajaannya rasuah

Jeneral Sonthi Boonyaratglin yang mengetuai rampasan kuasa malam tadi, menuduh Thaksin Shinawatra sering campurtangan dalam badan kerajaan yang bebas sehingga sukar melaksanakan tanggungjawab.
Hypocrisy all the way

Hypocrisy all the way

Malaysia is hardly in a position to occupy the moral high ground over the denial of human and legal rights elsewhere.
Army leaders address nation on TV, slam Thaksin

Army leaders address nation on TV, slam Thaksin

The country's first Muslim army chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin says the Thai premier's government was corrupt.
Rashid Maidin: dari Rundingan Baling ke Rundingan Haadyai (Bhg. III)

Rashid Maidin: dari Rundingan Baling ke Rundingan Haadyai (Bhg. III)

Tanpa dikisahkan peranan yang dimainkan oleh Pak Rashid dalam Rundingan Damai Baling 1955 dan Rundingan Damai Haadyai 1989, maka tidak lengkaplah bagi riwayat perjuangan beliau.
Koizumi the 'Lion Heart'

Koizumi the 'Lion Heart'

Junichiro Koizumi retires next week as Japan's prime minister with the reformist extraordinaire tag, but does he deserve such an accolade?
AG's reps meet Hindraf over temple demolitions

AG's reps meet Hindraf over temple demolitions

Representatives of the Attorney-General's Chambers have met with a Hindu group over the temple demolition controversy.
Abdullah terkejut dengan rampasan kuasa di Thailand

Abdullah terkejut dengan rampasan kuasa di Thailand

Perdana Menteri menyatakan rasa terkejut dengan rampasan kuasa tentera di Thailand, dan berharap negara itu segera diperintah semula oleh kerajaan yang dipilih secara demokrasi.
Military coup 'really shocks' Pak Lah

Military coup 'really shocks' Pak Lah

The prime minister calls on those responsible for the coup to ensure that democracy is returned as soon as possible.
Tentera rampas kuasa di Thailand

Tentera rampas kuasa di Thailand

Ketika Perdana Menteri Thaksin Shinawatra berada di New York menghadiri Perhimpunan Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB).
Pak Lah: UN invites our peacekeepers to Lebanon

Pak Lah: UN invites our peacekeepers to Lebanon

The United Nations has approved the deployment of 360 Malaysian peacekeepers in Lebanon, says the premier.
Military launches coup, declares martial law

Military launches coup, declares martial law

updated version The Thai military launches a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra while he is overseas.