Archive - 3 May 2007

The Sarawak chief minister makes a rallying call for state BN leaders to face off 'smear campaigns'.

Taman Bukit Puchong residents want a site-office container which has been 'squatting' on the playground since last August removed.

The interesting bit is why did the minister put his mouth in his foot, so to speak? And at such a public function?

Freedom House says in its 2006 report that repressive press laws in Malaysia were used to further restrict and suppress freedom of speech and expression.

The police are investigating 14 opposition members for using 'threats and intimidation' in 'wrongfully restraining' the passengers of two buses during the by-election.

The headmaster of a primary school in Kedah has apologised over the screening of the movie for its pupils.

When journalists are deliberately shot, blown up, taken hostage, or imprisoned for simply doing their jobs, that's a crime.

The National Union of Journalists has given Internet citizen reporting and blogging recognition and urges the government to do the same.

exclusive However, there is a catch. The former premier says Malays seeking to renounce Islam must also be prepared give up their special rights.

Special purpose vehicle Binariang will also buy shares owned by employees in Maxis, Malaysia's largest mobile operator.

The new Bar Council chairperson says problems concerning such cases would not arise if the courts follow precedents.

updated version The Selangor religious department agrees to allow P Marimuthu to raise his seven children as Hindus even though they were born to his Muslim wife.

With the mega-plantation mergers in place, the earlier marginalized and disenfranchised position of the estate workers becomes complete.

A total of 8,176 ballots were unreturned for the Lumut parliamentary seat in 1999. Is there something fishy going on there or it so happened that many navy officers were away at sea during elections?

Newly minted Malaysian Bar president Ambiga Sreenevasan says that existing courts are capable of interpreting the Federal Constitution correctly.

With a 'monkey see, monkey do' mentality, when one sultan gets a new expensive toy, the others would soon want it too. Therein lies the expensive burden.