Archive - 4 October 2007

The Lingam tape Malaysiakini researches into the veracity of various 'facts' found in the scandalous VK Lingam tape and makes some surprising discoveries.

The sale of the stake would allow AirAsia X to have RM425 million as start-up capital.

The Lingam tape Yet another reason why Haidar Mohd Noor should not head the panel - this time it is based on an 'unusual' decision that he had ruled in favour of VK Lingam in 2000.

updated version PKR vice-president R Sivarasa and party worker Sim Tze Tzin are served ACA notices to reveal the source of the controversial video within seven days. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Petronas is among four companies seeking regulatory approval to sell subsidised fuel products in Indonesia next year.

Exports in August were higher at RM53.61 billion while imports struck RM44.61 billion.

However DPM Najib, who is also defence minister, did not give details on how long Malaysian troops will remain in the troubled region.

One does not need to be a legal scholar to see that the formation of such a panel is dubious or questionable at best and that there are flaws inherent in such an appointment.

Imagine forking out thousands and not see your house built for nearly two decades. This is the message that a group of disgruntled house buyers took to the Housing Ministry.

updated version The committee also wants the Youth and Sports Ministry to produce a list of projects that involved direct consultations.

The Lingam tape The tourism minister dodged questions today on whether he would be appearing before an independent panel currently probing the Lingam tape. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'Problems and headaches' created by agents and employers of Bangladeshi workers have been cited as the reason.

updated The slur in question: "Can I check those diplomas because I want to make sure that they're not from some med school in the Philippines," Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) asked. The producers apologised to the Philippines government today.

French ambassador to Malaysia, Alain du Boispean, presented Yeoh with the chevalier (knight) of the Legion of Honour at his embassy residence in KL.

The independent panel on the Lingam tape appealed the maker of the video clip to come forward and assist with the investigation.

What happens after a Royal Commission? We're still waiting for the IPCMC to be effected following a Royal Commission's recommendations on the police.

It seriously hurts and awfully damages the nation if the prime minister is incapable, inept and aloof of the many challenging predicaments of this nation.

Research papers are written in a way that often confounds rather than communicates. Many believe that obscurity reflects profundity.

They chanted pro-democracy slogans outside the barricaded Burma embassy before burning a poster bearing the portrait of Senior General Than Shwe.