Archive - 12 July 2007

The Parliamentary Human Rights Caucus chairperson explains why he has to turn the public hearing on crime last night into a close-door session.

The Islamic opposition party's leaders found a minister's religious concern over the matter rather amusing.

The hearing in Petaling Jaya last night saw residents speak their minds on how the government can reduce crime and bring security to their lives. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The party says the Attorney General's directive to close the case was premature and gave the unfortunate impression of a cover-up.

The Altantuya trial A UTK officer gives the High Court a lesson on explosives, from the various types and effects to the process of taking them out of the police armoury.

'If he knew the woman, he should just admit it, if he doesn't know, he just deny it.'

I used to be a loan officer in a financial institution back in the 70s. Those days, we did not have much of a electronic media when giving out loans so we...

An opposition party wants the police to check the deputy premier's passport to determine if he, the murder victim and one of the accused were in Paris at the same time.

A quiet but effective movement is taking place to change the political apathetic mindset of Malaysian youth by urging them to register as voters.

Unless the 'open-ended clauses are clarified and defined, and strong forms of checks and balances are put in place, the bills will create 'irreversible problems'.

What does the deputy prime minister got to say now that his denial is directly contradicted by a witness in the trial?

Is the murder connected to a fall out over commissions in connection with the billion-dollar purchase of two Scorpene submarines in 2002?

PAS vice-president Husam Musa has requested the prime minister to advise the IGP to step down.

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.

updated version Two questions are posed in Sarawak over the past 24 hours - is Taib seriously ill and will an acting CM be appointed?

A group of Penans have travelled to Kuching to highlight what they describe as their living crisis.

A Hindu temple in Malacca, which is on the brink of having the renovated portion of its structure demolished, has seen its woes double with the appearance of the banners.

When an unaccommodating country is on the road to national homogeneity, its minorities are faced with painfully adapting, assimilating or emigrating.

There were various options available for Proton but the one thing that would not happen 'is that we are not taking it private'.

Securities Commission today took top officials of troubled air cargo firm Transmile to court on charges of providing misleading information on the company's accounts.

Scientists could try to clone the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle, the world's largest living reptile, if other efforts to conserve it fail.