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'He was a special person to many. More so to those who had worked with him.'

Former Pemodalan Nasional Bhd chairperson and Guthrie CEO Abdul Khalid Ibrahim will assume the post starting today.

exclusive Anuar Zainal Abidin, former chief judge of Malaya and former Suhakam commissioner, talks about creeping Islamisation in the courts, judicial corruption and Cherie Blair in the first of a three-part series.

The public shouldn't allow the current verbal war between Pak Lah and Mahathir to distract them from the important issues affecting the nation, says the former deputy prime minister.

Sama ada mahkamah sivil atau mahkamah syariah yang mempunyai bidangkuasa mendengar permohonan isterinya S Kaliammal mengenai status keagamaan Moorthy ketika kematiannya.

Whether the former army commando was a Muslim or Hindu at the time of his death is not the issue, says the Court of Appeal.

The country's top court wants more arguments on whether the British PM's wife should be exempted from a BM test before deciding on her appeal to be admitted as a QC in the Fawziah-Metramac tussle.

Terkini Pada 1999, Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat dihukum enam bulan penjara berhubung tuduhan liwat yang membabitkan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

updated version The Court of Appeal holds that the conviction of sodomy based on Sukma's written confession is 'manifestly unsafe.'

The 76-year old self-claimed arbitrator is sent to jail for contempt of court in breaching an order which prevented him from filing any court cases without the court's permission.

Cherie Blair will have her appeal heard on Wednesday over the high court's decision not to allow her to appear for Fawziah Holdings.

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mesti menjawab kritikan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mengenai dasar-dasar negara yang dilaksanakan kerajaan pimpinannya, kata Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini.

Not on personal issues but on those involving national policies as these involve the rakyat, says the former deputy premier.

updated version The High Court rejects the English barrister's bid to represent Fawziah Holdings Sdn Bhd which faces toll collector Metramac Holdings in an appeal before the Federal Court next week.

Certain quarters quip that the only exciting thing at the annual general assembly is the party's new RM2 million building. But they could be surprised.

Can English barrister Cherie Blair appear before the Federal Court next week? The KL High Court will decide on Wednesday.

So says Metramac in arguing why the British prime minister's wife should not be allowed to represent construction company Fawziah Holdings in a RM65 million award involving the two companies.

Although polling proceeded smoothly, an election watchdog says there were other factors which 'marred' the process.

Sebuah badan pemantau bebas pilihanraya membuat laporan polis terhadap kekeliruan dalam senarai pengundi yang akan digunakan dalam pilihanraya negeri Sarawak.

An independent election watchdog files the report over the confusion on the electoral roll to be used for the state election.

Pengerusi PKR Sarawak mengesyaki kehadiran mak nyah tersebut "sengaja dirancang" untuk mencemarkan nama baik Anwar.

PKR leaders are seeing red over a Sarawakian daily's report that a group of transvestites had welcomed the party adviser.

Sibu City Council officials 'threw their hands up' when asked to locate eight addresses in Sibu which housed more than 25 voters each, says an elections watchdog.

The party is confident of giving the ruling coalition a run for its money with its well-balanced team.