Archive - 17 October 2007

A business proposal made by an Umno branch leader turns out to be a con job, resulting in a businessman losing RM15,400.

The free flow of online news and information has been repeatedly violated, notes Reporters Without Borders.

The Lingam tape Rights group Suaram said this is necessary because the government has handled issues in "suspicious manner".

We not only see dangerous neglect and compromises on safety on the road but are now seeing such dangers emerge from the sea too. The case of the ferry...

According to Bersih, voters need more time to familiarise themselves with the candidates and the messages they intend to advocate.

Kampung Perepat villagers in Selangor have found that land pledged to them to build a Tamil school has been given to three strangers.

The Lingam tape The independent panel raises more questions by postponing their meeting scheduled to take place today.

updated version 'Press statements are not enough. Asean countries must be willing to take real action,' a source reported Ibrahim Gambari as saying in Malaysia.

The forecast had been lifted from an earlier figure of RM35 billion, and compared to RM31.81 billion earned from palm oil exports last year.

Most papers featured the suspension of two Maritime Department officers for suspected negligence in the Mersing ferry tragedy.

The Barisan Nasional government is making the nation the laughing stock of the world.

Apart from enjoying home cooking aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar also had a 15-minute video call with the prime minister.

I have confirmed an invitation to Burma to visit by the third week of November.

If they had not staged protest marches, demanding release of political prisoners, the nation would not have seen any chaos, according the junta's mouthpiece.