Archive - 11 July 2007

breaking news No reason is given but just as the public hearing on crime was about to kick off, all journalists were told to leave the hall.

"My name is Revathi. I want to hold on to that name - forever. I want to drop the name Siti Fatimah," said M Revathi, 29, sporting a pottu (Hindu symbol) on her forehead.

updated version Sirul had then returned the submachine gun to the armoury without using any of the bullets given to him along the weapon.

Parliament round-up Solid waste management was the top agenda. Apart from the usual verbal wars and trading of insults, this short Parliament session also came to a 'bloody' end yesterday.

Two rights groups are not convinced by the premier's justification of the Internal Security Act.

Foreign maids also dislike working for Malaysians because they were often given chores unrelated to housework.

Religion-based rulings should not deny parents the fundamental right to raise their children, said the Hindu rights group.

Many local companies will close shop if everyone is given a minimum wage of RM900 and RM300 cost of living allowance, says the Human Resources Ministry.

In recent months, Malaysia has made the headlines in the UK for all the wrong reasons. The latest case involves a Malay singer arrested in Ipoh...

updated version Allowing Musa Hassan to serve in the wake of an allegation linking him to the underworld will have serious implications on the nation's security, says an opposition party.

Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda handed threatening notes written in broken English to the police officer who arrested him.

Embarrassed by the publicity around M Revathi's rejection of Islam, she wants an end to the controversy.

The two-day event, held in a village near Kuching, against a backdrop of rainforest trees and limestone cliffs, is expected to drew more than 15,000 people.

free The revelation that Malaysians are today the most overweight people around is very worrying, says the chief dietician of the National Heart Institute.

High-flier Khairy Jamaluddin talks about the educational priorities of the next generation of party leaders.

The Orang Ulu want to repair the damage caused by commercial logging through reforestation, says their representative Jok Jau Evong.

Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Bahasa, Tamil and Chinese papers? Find out here.

Locked up for more than a month and physically abused by their recruitment agent. That's the plight of hundreds of Bangladeshi workers who came here to seek greener pastures.

An outpouring of nostalgia-to-be that covers the gamut of life in Malaysia.

She still cannot be reunited with her husband and lead her life as a proper wife or mother. Is there any other country in the world where religion is forced on individuals against their wishes and beliefs?