Archive - 17 May 2007

A source within the Simpang Renggam detention centre claims that 11 detainees held on remand were physically assaulted by warders and are seeking help.

The rise of prices in several essential commodities is causing a spillover effect in the local delicacies market.

By failing to appear at a parliamentary hearing to clarify matters pertaining to the issuance of IC cards in Sabah, they have shown disrespect to Parliament.

The DAP rep is upset with the cabinet for failing to act against her 'sexist' BN counterparts and for seeing it as being simply a women's issue.

The country's highest court has granted R Subashini leave where her interim injunction will stand until the appeal is disposed of.

The resignation of Bernard Dompok indicates a mix-up of separate executive and parliamentary roles, says Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang

Sitting in the new corporate-style PAS headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, PAS vice-president Husam Musa appears solemn as he tells Malaysiakini that PAS may lose Kelantan in the next general election.

exclusive Poll fraud will lead to the downfall of PAS in the state which it has ruled for nearly 20 years, says Husam Musa. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Mohamad Tufail Mahmud is the first respondent of a petition to wind up a company filed by prominent Sarawak businessman Ting Check Sii.

It is interesting that a book has been published on that contentious issue that happened some 38 years ago. I must admit that I have...

The Parliamentary Caucus on Gender Equality will not meet for fear of blowing the issue out of proportion, its chairperson explains.

There is a 'high level of interest' for the controversial book in Singapore as the Malaysian government mulls on whether to ban it, says a well-known distributor.

RM300 million foundation and better pay scales for teachers in the country are applauded by the teaching union.

The balance of power in the relationship between employers and migrant workers is extremely lop-sided.

The two South African doctors declared the three-hour operation to save 20-year-old ape Aman's eyesight a success.

Public officials, by virtue of their position and responsibility, should be subject to higher level of scrutiny and criticism.

Malaysia needs to review and better appreciate how it can deal with moderinity and the challenge of keeping and maintaining traditional values.

All the illegals must be deported as soon as possible as they pose a security threat, says the president of Sabah's consumer association.

Perhaps it was. That would be the answer to the event that has become embalmed as a semiotic of racial conflict. Perhaps it wasn't planned.

The Indian civil aviation authority has warned that the ban would be imposed if Air-India Express and Air Sahara were not allowed to land in Kuala Lumpur.