Archive - 25 April 2007

The deputy internal security minister gives his assurance that opposition ceramah can proceed. An hour later, the police stop yet another one.

MAS will take over the country's rural air services from its rival budget carrier.

PKR's Khalid Ibrahim campaign in Ijok has been marred by another physical assault - this time at Ladang Coalfield with a party member beaten up in the process.

The footage shows a rhino eating, peering through jungle foliage and sniffing the automatic video camera equipment used to shoot it.

The situation, however, is within control, assured finance minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

A primary school screens a 'violence-ridden' movie for its pupils. When quizzed on this, an official becomes annoyed.

Two funds set up in February are aimed at helping car component manufacturers to reduce their manufacturing cost.

Altogether six ceramah had been halted by the police to date, with three events cancelled on Tuesday. [VIDEO INSIDE]

free Japanese kinetic artist Masato Tanaka is displaying his years of hard work in Malaysia for the first time - at the Petronas Gallery in Kuala Lumpur.

According to a former Tamil newspaper journalist, the PKR advisor is pretending to love the Indian community and exploiting this issue to bag votes.

He explains his controversial move in 1987 to appoint principals to Chinese schools who couldn't speak Mandarin.

The smear campaign has just started. The two candidates vying for the Ijok state seat in Selangor are not the ones firing the salvos.

Protecting reporters in the course of duty has everything to do with protecting the public interest, as World Press Freedom Day activities will showcase.

Increasing pollution has rendered 17 of Malaysia's 186 river systems so toxic the water was unsafe for humans to touch.

Iban landowners wonder their elected representatives disappear whenever their help is needed over land-rights issues.

The Information Ministry will create a unit to monitor and counter what it says are lies being spread on the Internet about government policies.

The Court of Appeal said provisions for the prime minister to advice the King on dismissals in the cabinet were mere 'formalities'.

This trend towards violence is deplorable and must be checked and stamped out with all deliberate speed, says the PKR president.

Paul grew up in Chin state in the west of Burma. He says things were very difficult for his family because they were frequently forced to work for the military.

analysis On the surface, it is a contest between BN's K Parthiban and PKR's Khalid Ibrahim but there are bigger forces at work.

The ex-opposition politician sees favourable signs for PKR's Khalid Ibrahim to secure a victory in Ijok, barring untoward incidents on polling day.

A career in presstitution involves abandoning all conscience in hopes of promotion to the heights of press harlotry.

Samy Vellu and MG Pandithan have patched up after 20 years. The revived friendship could be cemented further with a merger between their respective parties.

The MIC president takes a breather from a hectic schedule to talk about how campaigning among Indian voters is progressing in Ijok.

Malaysiakini caught up with both the candidates contesting the by-election to get their response to five questions.

With a blast of cannon fire and the kiss of a keris, Malaysia's 13th king will be installed tomorrow in a ceremony steeped in traditional Malay customs and pageantry.