Archive - 1 October 2007

The Lingam tape 'Let's not pre-judge and have assumptions the panel will not come up with an independent or credible report.'

State authorities take the easy way out to evict squatters by using a law created to relocate suspected communist sympathisers, it says.

Umno's young stalwart overshadows the protest organised by youth groups, leading some to register surprise and even displeasure.

'Anti-establishment' students stopped a van belonging to the Third Residential College after seeing the passengers pull down campaign banners.

The 'what crisis' minister claims that it is all a part of some 'opposition conspiracy' to erode public confidence in the Malaysian judiciary.

The Lingam tape Refuting a BN politician's remarks, the Malaysian Bar's vice-president K Ragunath says the legal body is only concerned about standing for what is right.

'Exercise Malabar 2007' was a means of maintaining the balance of power by forging closer naval ties with India.

The Lingam tape Wee Choo Keong, who lost his Bukit Bintang parliamentary seat following an election petition in 1995, plans to contest the decision in the wake of the latest video-clip scandal.

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

Sarawak's Dayak community must do more to defend its native customary lights to ancestral land, said an activist.

Burma's military regime has deployed its 'whiteshirts' against protesting Buddhist monks and civilians.

Residents of five Iban longhouses in Kuala Balingian, Sarawak, are facing much hardship in defending their right to ancestral land.

Malaysia is a major investor in resource-rich Burma, where at least 13 people including a Japanese journalist were killed when troops opened fire on protesters.

Walt Disney Co is holding talks with Malyasia's investment arm Khazanah Nasional about developing a theme park in southern Johor state facing Singapore.

United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari must get an assurance from the Burmese junta that they will stop shooting pro-democracy protestors.

The former deputy premier claimed he had tried to get the cabinet to discuss this, but was told to stay on his own turf.

According to a former Bar Council president, this was the reason given by ex-lord president Hamid Omar on why he must chair the tribunal which paved the way for Salleh Abas' sacking in 1988.

He has ordered doctors to stay away from his bedside while he eats - a sure sign that he is on the mend after surgery.

Beyonce has scrapped her debut concert in Malaysia amid fears of possible protest by Muslim groups in the country.