Archive - 29 March 2007

Mahathir in Johor Commenting on the lacklustre economy, Mahathir cautions that Chinese Malaysians may go back to China if the situation does not improve.

Mahathir in Johor The former premier tells an Umno forum - his first party function in almost a year - that the Malays are facing the threat of becoming 'enslaved' to foreign powers again.

Najib plays cool even when accused of being involved in corruption scandals over arms procurement in an internationally televised interview by Anwar Ibrahim. [video inside]

Malaysia's defence forces chief asks his Thai counterpart for his trust in helping restore peace in southern Thailand after militants were captured there with Malaysian currency.

The government is still mum on its decision whether to reveal all highway concession agreements.

The operator has not been paid since September 2006 and the parents cannot afford alternative transportation.

Seventeen Chinese nationals have been caught with 240 protected turtles, most of them dead, in the second such seizure this week.

Of this figure, Deputy Internal Security Minister Fu Ah Kiow reveals that 77 had perished due to HIV.

Bersih's revelation of election improprieties confirms what many Malaysians have felt as they go to the ballot boxes, says a reader.

The committee assigned to oversee the merger exercise had recently approved guidelines for the integration process.

Students intending to enrol at the Tunku Abdul Rahman College are advised that its courses are tailored for gainful employment in the private sector, not the civil service.

new Wouldn't we like to know how the non-bumiputera voters really feel about the way they are treated?

Four Penang Island Municipal Council enforcement officers are under probe for alleged abuse of power during an operation last week.

The name of the candidate will be disclosed in Machap itself, says party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.

Nazri says the government is not willing to study and research election laws to make them more compatible and rules out revamping the Election Commission.

PAS supporter's club chairperson Hu Pang Chao claims rumours of PAS Malacca fielding an independent candidate in Machap is a BN ploy to cause problems for the opposition.

free Dina Zaman's book 'I am Muslim' principally aims to portray the correct impression of Islam to the non-Muslim community.

The department has no knowledge of the allegation that its officials were allegedly involved in the scam to inflate the price of shop lots in Malacca.

Malaysians sell out by putting up with nonsense in trade-off for the privilege of earning a living and then buy into the inevitability of this specious barter.

Malaysian warships and planes were reported to have crossed into Indonesian territorial waters earlier this month.

Reading Ooi Kee Beng's biography of the late Tun Dr Ismail is akin to eating at a buffet in a cheap Chinese restaurant. The offering was generous...

Constitutional rights should be the paramount consideration when spouses are affected by conversions to Islam, says the Women's Aid Organisation.