
13% spike in violent crimes: police
Rape cases increased by 30% while gang robberies went up a whopping 160% last year. No wonder, the prime minister is worried.

Rape cases increased by 30% while gang robberies went up a whopping 160% last year. No wonder, the prime minister is worried.

The party also decides to appoint a Chua Shoi Lek ally to assume the Johor state chief post in an acting capacity.

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The MCA today added to the rising temperature of the election fever by postponing its party polls due to start in March to three months until after the general election.

Othman Talib, a member of the powerful Police Force Commission, is a director of the company which is to supply helicopters while the police chief is said to have bypassed tender procedures.

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He labelled it ridiculous nonsense that only Muslims can use the word 'Allah' and backed up his assertion by quoting from the Quran.










Inviting international observers will be one of the best ways to deter electoral fraud and lend credibility to the probity and legitimacy of elections, says the polls reform group.

A coalition of human rights groups has named 12 persons who should testify before the royal commission of inquiry into the Lingam tape.


A PKR leader is questioning MIUP president Nallakaruppan’s flip-flop attitude in claiming now that Anwar had done nothing for the Indian community.

The Kedah land and mines department head and a contractor have been held jointly liable for the death of the three children in 1998.

updated 8.40pm Non-Muslim religious groups say that the government was also refusing to issue new visas for foreign priests.

Who is Khairy Jamaluddin, who is not even an elected MP, to tell everyone including ministers not to speculate on election dates, blasts Lim Kit Siang.

An ex-deputy minister draws from past experience to advise caution, now that the price of crude palm oil is hovering at a giddy height once more.

Defence Minister AK Antony, who is on an official visit, did not raise the Hindraf issue in his meetings with Malaysian leaders, says Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar.

The government has announced that it will increase the quota for subsidised cooking oil to overcome a nationwide shortage of the vital commodity.

new If there is a policy against use of such words as ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims, why aren’t some in the cabinet aware of it?

new The Malay must therefore be taught the truth. It is the only way he can come out be able to join the ranks of the technically and intellectually advanced communities he so desperately wished to do for so long.

Roti canai may be off the menu due a flour shortage that has hit on the heels of a cooking oil drought.

The cooking oil crisis continues to dominate the front page, although with better news of 70,000 tonnes to flood the market.