In an act of sympathy, the government has dropped the attempted murder charge against 31 Indians, says MIC president S Samy Vellu.
0The legal body feels that the Special Complaints Commission is being rushed through in the parliament without proper consultation and seeks the bill’s immediate withdrawal.
0Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who reveals this, also stresses that the government is concerned about the Indian community’s rights.
0Floods in Kelantan is worsened after a dam burst in southern Thailand as the nationwide death toll rose to 23.
0The attorney-general had over-reacted by bringing the attempted murder charge and other charges against the Hindraf 31, said opposition leaders.
0It is the sacrifices made by the parents, and not the government or others, which created these professionals, says MIBA president P Sivakumar.
0Using the ISA against the Hindraf leaders is unjust and unconstitutional, says the Abolish ISA Movement.
00000000000During the special meeting with the prime minister, the Malaysian Hindu Sangam president A Vaithilingam delivers a frank and critical speech on the problems faced by the community.
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The speaker says the motion moved by the opposition leader on the commission tasked to probe the Lingam tape scandal is not urgent.
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They claim they were wrongfully arrested on Dec 11 near Parliament House, while trying to support a Bersih delegation that was submitting a memorandum.
0updated version Six of the group - five of them university students - were freed of all charges and the rest have pleaded guilty to causing mischief and illegal assembly.
0Malaysia's manufacturing sales, a key component of the economy, fell 2.0 percent from a year earlier to RM44.41 billion in October.
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Living in miserable camps not far from the glittering Petronas Twin Towers, Burmese refugees are some of the most wretched of the hundreds of thousands who have fled their homeland.
0new Why have we come to a point in which the ISA is used to silence the voices asking the government to look into the plight of the oppressed?
0Floods have not receded from the eastern states nor the front-pages.
0new The higher up you are, the more people you have to protect you, it has always seemed.
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