Archive - 17 November 2007

The second mass gathering this month would be aimed at getting the Queen of England to help the Malaysian Indians suit against the British government.

The group clarifies it did not claim that the King had given any form of approval for the mass rally last Saturday which led to the palace gates.

The PKR supremo was once told by BBC journalists how they were stupefied when Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin admonished them for talking to 'losers' like Anwar Ibrahim.

The MCA vice-president says the EC chief's claim that he knew the polls date was just a move to gain some publicity, according to a report.

The Lingam tape However, the PKR de facto leader says he will first consider the commission's terms of reference and whether the members are credible.

Policemen descended upon several Bersih leaders at Brickfields this afternoon, saying that they had committed an offence initially but later allowing them to go free.

The Prisons Department will implement the parole system next year after amendments to the Prisons Act 2007 are approved.

If he has privileged access, it raises 'disturbing questions' on the independence of the EC, says the opposition.

If by definition a judiciary means an independent, incorruptible and neutral judiciary - then we don't have one, says former lord president Salleh Abas. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Umno sec-gen says proposed amendments to rules governing party meetings at all levels will take effect next year.

Lawyer Wee Choo Keong says he witnessed police officers screaming at and threatening female bystanders at the Masjid Jamek LRT station with their batons.

Perhaps the Bamboo Curtain cast over the Malaysian sky during the reign of the former prime minister has begun to show cracks at its seam.

The government has allowed Synergy Drive to acquire 60 percent of the operator of the controversial Bakun hydro-electric dam.