Archive - 18 September 2007

free Malaysiakini video producer K Indrani's labour of love emerged as one of the top three documentaries at the Freedom Film Festival in Kuala Lumpur last week.

updated version He says the student, Yee Yang Yang, was suspected of having leaflets produced by 'unregistered' organisations and that his laptop contained pornographic material.

Malacca pig farmers have been able to voluntarily cull only a small portion of their pigs as requested by the state government, prompting a scenario of a possible state-led slaughter this Friday.

The problems concern seats in several states, especially Penang where pundits have predicted a swing in votes for the opposition.

This is a reconstruction of events based on news reports and interviews with eyewitnesses, opposition party members and the police. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'We are a very safe airline. It is incorrect to pigeonhole all budget airlines. We have one of the lowest insurance rates,' says Tony Fernandes.

By all accounts, it could have been yet another ceramah, one of the many which have been held in Terengganu. But the ceramah in Pantai Batu Buruk on the night of Sept 8 was different.

Lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar argues that T Saravanan turned to the syariah court for remedy at the expense of his client's right to seek relief for herself and their children.

A Qatar-led consortium of Middle Eastern investors plans to invest RM5 billion here but so far no deals have been inked, as opposed to details divulged in the dailies.

There is a need to find out whether plainclothes Special Branch personnel had anything to do with the incident, says the human rights group.

Will this coming election be another lost opportunity for Malaysians? The problem with the Malaysian media and the voting public is that we have never...

special report Industry players are in the dark as to why only four companies are given the privilege of lighting up government agencies. In a special three-part series, Malaysiakini hopes to shed some light on the issue.

How can academic excellence flourish if antics akin to the motorbike gangs that menace the streets are allowed to run wild without check in our universities?

Lee Heng Guie, chief economist at CIMB Investment Bank, said the figures were not surprising given recent sluggish export data.

updated version Although local power producers rely heavily on gas, there would however be no increase in electricity tariffs.

The writer lists three reasons as to why he will not vote for the government in the coming general election.

The indications are that the price of food items like potatoes, onions and wheat-based products look set to rise.

The chief minister, alleges a political opponent, is singing rousing election tunes to shield public scrutiny of his 'poor track record'.

First, logging companies in Malaysia can harvest timber, next they can get 'soft loans' for reforestation programmes.

updated version We plan to have at least five flights to China a week and four a week to Australia's Gold Coast, says AirAsia X CEO Azran.