Archive - 1 September 2011

A mother who was accompanying her daughter for treatment was killed after the ambulance they were travelling in lost control.

Three cops were among six people detained by the police to assist investigations into the shooting of a college student yesterday.

The move to select Permatang Pauh as the venue for the PM's 1Malaysia Aidilfitri open house celebration is a 'tacit recognition of Anwarphobia'.

The 1Malaysia Shop offered the 1Malaysia brand products at a lower price of up to 40 percent than in other supermarkets or retail outlets.

There were millions of unregistered voters among that particular age group even though the current minimum voting age was 21, says a PBB leader.

Karpal Singh wants Mohamad Sabu to retract a recent statement he allegedly made regarding the Bukit Kepong incident in the 1950s.

Traffic congestion has started to build up along the North-South Expressway on both directions after the three-day Merdeka-Raya break.

They remind the public that Merdeka Day is a celebration of how the people are the masters of their own destiny.

After 54 years of Independence, Malaysia fails to satisfy international standards on treatment of refugees.

It braced for a spike in boatpeople out to capitalise on its court defeat over the swap deal with KL.

This was based on the assessment that he is a threat to Umno's continued rule, said a leaked US cable.

One offers peace and another promises a 'war of attrition' as a final battle for control of Libya's coast loomed.

COMMENT Never in recent years had Merdeka Day on Aug 31 been marked with a greater sense of foreboding than yesterday.

Belhadj was reportedly leader of an Islamist group once allied to Al-Qaeda and he was arrested in Malaysia on suspicion of extremist activity.

The cable released by Wikileaks says observers had remarked that RPK, in making the allegation, ‘put himself at great risk’.

Two senior US lawmakers criticised Malaysia for sending 11 ethnic Uighurs back to China and urged Beijing to reveal the group's whereabouts.

FREE VOXPOP 'With this delay, one wonders whether Jais was indeed 'fishing' for evidence when they raided the church.'

FREE VOXPOP 'If you think the recalcitrant civil servants can be sacked, just check the General Orders, you'll know.'

FREE YOURSAY 'We know the beauty, challenge and excitement of diversity, and we must do all we can to make sure that others value it too.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Malaysia has only existed since 1963. To claim our nation is 54 is to ignore the role Sabah and Sarawak have played in its formation.'