Archive - 28 January 2009

Hundreds, including politicians, paid their last respects to 22-year-old Kugan who had died in police custody last Tuesday.

The home minister says the statement is made in general terms and is not linked to Kugan Ananthan's case.

Ramlang Porigi, one of the imams who had witnessed the oath-taking by alleged sodomy victim Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, has been dismissed from the Islamic Affairs Department.

The Penang deputy chief minister advises his detractors 'to stop their nonsense...and concentrate on helping the people'.

The startling suggestion to do away with Wanita, Youth, Puteri and Putera wings comes from Umno disciplinary committee chairperson Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen.

The MIC vice-president's reports allege that files pertaining to the AIMST contracts are missing from the party headquarters

The Hindraf chairperson said that the police should be arresting the police personnel directly involved in the death of Kugan and not those who had come to take part in the funeral procession.

Playing the race card and tarnishing the country's image will not fix the problem, says Malaysian Indian Youth Development Foundation (MIYDF) chairperson SA Vigneswaran.

The deputy minister in the PM's department, who is also the MIC treasurer, added that no one should use the young man's death in police custody for political gains.

Tony Fernandes, in the first of a two-part Malaysiakini interview, talks about the attacks - at times personal - that have been leveled against the AirAsia boss in cyberspace.

updated 8.23pm About 500 people followed behind the golden Mercedes Benz ferrying the remains of Kugan Ananthan, who died in police custody last week. [VIDEO INSIDE]

exclusive The AirAsia boss says the move ‘backfired’ when it was rumoured that Khairy Jamaluddin owned a stake in the budget carrier. [VIDEO INSIDE]

While the efforts to raise funds are being justified as a human rights concern and not one due to religion, the truth is really out there.

It wants Obama to close all "evil" US detention centres for militants, "completely withdraw" from Iraq and Afghanistan and "stop defending Israel".

One group suggests ‘Lun Daya’, saying it is time that the name reflects the community in the modern context.

Perak BN chief Tajol Rosli is expected to take the fall for his failure to stop an Umno state representative from defecting to PKR, reported the NST.

Malaysia has taken delivery of its first submarine as part of a plan to establish a fleet of the vessels, according to the French company that built it.

The incident which took the lives of three people was the third landslide in just over a week in Sarawak.

free Coming hot off the heels of VIMA 2008, Voize.my is now calling for nominations for the Asia Voice Independent Music Awards 2009.

The accusation against corrupt officials is long standing and made frequently by refugees, human rights activists, opposition lawmakers and is even the subject of one official probe.

free 'The defection of Nasarudin Hashim offers both validation and opportunity for Anwar Ibrahim. It is validation that momentum is firmly back with Pakatan Rakyat.'

free 'This has happened so many times in our country. Why would this case be any different? The life of an average Malaysian has become chillingly cheap.'