Archive - 17 July 2007

The police officer who instructed for the first accused Azilah Hadri to be arrested describes how he and a police were taken on a wild goose chase.

He says Malaysia has never been a secular nation as the government has always been driven by the fundamentals of Islam.

The political party questions the six-year delay and escalating costs in completing a specialist medical centre in Sarawak.

The opposition leader calls on Malaysians to speak up and make clear that the ever-increasing crime index is completely unacceptable.

A plan in underway to publish and exhibit pictures of abused women to show the true faces of their violent husbands.

The protesters, mostly Burmese migrant workers or refugees, also call for the release of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners.

History aside, in the 50th year of our independence from colonisation, we may still have colonialist mindsets operating right in our midst.

updated version The wreckage of the Nuri helicopter was found at Gunung Bunga Buah near Genting Highlands. All six army personnel onboard had perished.

An animal rights organisation claims that KFC is guilty of abusive practices in chicken farming. [VIDEO INSIDE]

A teenage Indonesian maid has been charged with the murder of her Malaysian employer.

It seems in Malaysia, the authorities often blame the people for the myriad of problems and struggles being faced by the country.

The PKR de facto leader says this is what lies behind the detention of blogger Nathaniel Tan. [VIDEO INSIDE]

updated version The defence lawyers in the Altantuya murder trial are saying that there are discrepancies in the footage and question the authenticity of the recording.

Pressure is mounting on the government to release blogger Nathaniel Tan immediately.

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.

The hive of activity, mergers and acquisitions once called Leveraged Buy-Outs is back - dressed as private equity.