Archive - 11 September 2007

'Bloody' ceramah PAS deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa questions the Terengganu police chief's consistency over why live bullets were fired during the Kuala Terengganu clashes.

'Bloody' ceramah He says PAS had incited the riot in Kuala Terengganu to smear BN because it had no chance of winning in the general election.

It was not a single shot or two shots as reported earlier - the police officer who was set upon by an armed mob had fired four shots.

Ahead of campus elections, a smear campaign in Universiti Malaya has found a target in the Muslim Students Association and even the vice-chancellor.

Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz says the agencies will check if there were any cases of abuse of power or corrupt practices.

Barisan Nasional backbenchers have demanded severe action against those who burnt the national flag during the riot in Kuala Terengganu.

I find it rather ironic that on the day chosen to celebrate human rights in Malaysia, we hear of news that the police have used live bullets to disperse...

The top global consulting and IT services provider will make Malaysia its largest software hub outside India with at least 2,000 employees by 2010.

The arrest of Nathaniel Tan and the police report against Raja Petra Kamarudin are normal procedures action taken against those who 'break the law', says the premier.

This is what the National Economic Policy has become over the years.

Malaysian tyre recycling firm Green Rubber Global, whose shareholders include Hollywood stars Mel Gibson and Bruce Willis, is headed for a listing in London.

If we wish to remove all Acts that are anathema to a healthy thinking culture, we must rethink how we think.

G Rajasekaran has been elected as president of the newly-founded Asia Pacific organisation of the Brussels-based International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

Some 50 people gathered outside the municipal council's office to vent their anger over an on-going stray dog catching competition.

exclusive Shea who? He may be a complete unknown but Hong Kong national Shea Kin Kwok plays a key role in the companies linked to Sarawak CM Taib Mahmud's family.

Sixty leopard tortoises taken from their habitat in Tanzania and smuggled into Malaysia three months ago will soon return home.

The cost of building six offshore patrol vessels has ballooned by RM1.4 billion - the Auditor-General's 2006 Report points out why.

This would be a good time to have a good, long, hard look at education in Malaysia where politics and politicians should definitely be kept out.

updated version Dewan Rakyat speaker Ramli Ngah Talib says there is no urgent need to debate the matter which is being investigated by the police.

DAP wants the government to give the auditor-general And Public Accounts Committee punitive powers to take action against those who misuse public funds.

Almost 4,300 chickens and ducks were culled during the most recent outbreak. No human cases of avian flu were reported.

In view of new developments in the case, the commission has decided to make an official request to re-open investigations.

The excessive expenses incurred by ministries as revealed by the Auditor-General's report is a recurring theme in most dailies today.

' Bloody' ceramah 'The discharge of gunshots in the incident suggested that police harassment has reached new heights. This is cause for grave concern.'