Pauline Puah

Representatives from a non-governmental organisation were told by security officers to leave the Parliament lobby shortly after handing over a memorandum.

Beliau bertanya patutkah kerajaan membiarkan sebuah lembaga disiplin menjalankan peranan sebuah mahkamah walaupun ia tidak mengikut prosedur undang-undang.

The unhappy Kota Baru MP takes his case up to Parliament, asking whether his party's disciplinary board can act like a court.

Malaysiakini telah diberi amaran, kerajaan akan mengambil tindakan berhubung gurauan April Fool kerana kata Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Aziz, kerajaan tidak bertolak ansur dengan pembohongan.

Malaysiakini has been warned that action will be taken by the government over its April Fool's joke, with minister Mohd Nazri claiming that the government does not condone lies.

Should it come into effect, the new salary rate will be backdated to Jan 1 last year.

Those involved in illegal sale of subsidised diesel will soon have to deal with more than the usual range of enforcement action.

Kata Timbalan Presiden PKR itu ketika diminta mengulas kenyataan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menyokong perlantikan Paul Wolfowitz sebagai Presiden Bank Dunia yang baru.

'He is our advisor. He can give advice to us but he cannot determine the party's policy,' said PKR deputy leader when asked about Anwar Ibrahim's controversial support for Paul Wolfowitz as the new World Bank president.

Dr Mohd Khir Toyo mendakwa kerajaan negeri sudahpun melakukan yang terbaik apabila menawarkan rumah flat pada harga istimewa kepada penduduk terbabit.

Mohd Khir Toyo argues that the state government has already done its part by offering the 72 residents flat units at a special price. He also welcomes the residents' decision to take the matter to court.

Selepas enam tahun, barulah kelihatan kerdipan cahaya harapan bagi penternak dan mangsa virus Nipah untuk mendapatkan gantirugi daripada kerajaan negeri dan pusat.

After six years, there is a glimmer of hope for farmers and other Nipah virus survivors who are seeking damages from the government at federal and state levels.

Inspections will only be carried out when there is a complaint about the safety of a particular building either from the public or management.

Bekas penduduk setinggan yang dipindahkan dari rumah mereka di Sungai Buloh 13 tahun lalu, tidak boleh bersabar lagi menunggu Menteri Besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo menunaikan janji lamanya.

Former squatters evicted from their houses in Sungai Buloh cannot wait any more for Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamad Khir Toyo to keep a long-standing pledge.

The minister says the guidelines are needed as sexual crimes in the country are on the increase but the Education Ministry will decide whether it will be part of the school's curriculum.

Indonesian labour ministry director-general says that the number of work permits issued by Malaysia is far smaller than the total number of Indonesian workers waiting to return to work here.

In an exclusive interview with malaysiakini, MCA secretary-general Ting Chew Peh talks somewhat reluctantly about the party's current leadership, the Chinese school controversy and how the party operates in a constrained political climate.

Dismissing talk that the party is now more preoccupied with 'social development', Dr Ting Chew Peh stresses that MCA still tackles all issues.

In an exclusive interview, Transparency International Malaysia head Param Cumaraswamy gauges the impact of moves to eliminate corruption. He covers the role of the government, Parliament and the press.

A free press should be at the heart of anti-corruption efforts, if the government wants to see real success in its mission, says the new head of Transparency International Malaysia.

The movement asks that the five students released from ISA detention yesterday are not restricted to their respective home states.

The Bar Council AGM today proceeded even without a quorum and elected a new committee. But a group of lawyers were unhappy and might challenge its legality in court.