Lingam tape inquiry The former chief justice, implicated in an alleged judicial corruption scandal, said that the video at the centre of the inquiry was a "fabrication" and a slander.
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Lawyer-cum-blogger Haris Ibrahim is leading a campaign for ‘paper-free Tuesdays’, which is aimed at the print media in Malaysia.
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0Lingam tape inquiry The embattled lawyer alleges that the Malaysian Bar legal team’s lead counsel Robert Lazar had sought his help to be made a Court of Appeal judge.
0A branch under Selangor DAP has named an ‘acting candidate’ for the general election until party leaders make up their minds.
0updated 7.50pm He said that the allegations by Lingam’s brother, Thirunama Karasu of him receiving a wallet, ladies’ handbag and handphone were concocted and a big lie.
0The party will be using the cyber world to release a series of video clips on the shortcomings of the ruling BN government.
00000000000Lead counsel Karpal Singh told the court that this habeas corpus application is a test case crucial to determine whether the Internal Security minister can arrest anybody he pleases without investigation.
0updated 7.05pm In the same court a Malaysiakini journalist is also charged with obstructing the police from performing their duty. [VIDEO INSIDE]
0new How much understanding of the election process do Malaysian voters have?
0PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim releases another five-minute clip. This time senior lawyer VK Lingam implicates former chief justice Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah. [VIDEO INSIDE]
0new With Suharto’s death, Muslims in Indonesia face the challenge of exorcising his ghost from Islamic ‘mainstream’ groupings.
0Agreement by Singapore and Malaysia to free up the sector is long overdue and will result in huge spin-offs not just for the tourism industry but also for the wider economy, said analysts.
0The death of Indonesia’s strongman Suharto was the highlight in almost all newspapers today.
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The party's young leaders are trying to convince party president S Samy Vellu to drop some big names from the election line-up.
0In the most recent case, an elderly ethnic Chinese man was buried as a Muslim last week after his Buddhist family lost a battle with Islamic authorities who said he had converted.
0updated 7.40pm Two other PKR leaders and the two ‘secret witnesses’ offered by Anwar will not be called in to testify as well but the commission allows some of the evidence produced by Lingam’s brother.
0Mahathir, a contemporary of Suharto during their long terms in power, says that accounts the former Indonesian leader killed some 500,000 people after taking power in 1965 were "absolute nonsense".
0Twelve of the 56 have been released but the remainder - including Malaysiakini journalist Syed Jaymal Zahiid - are expected to be charged with illegal assembly today.
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