Pauline Puah

Nine detainees challenging their detention under the Internal Security Act have exhausted all legal avenues with the dismissal of their application.

Veteran politician Karpal Singh is likely to be well enough to attend Parliament next month, after being injured in an accident.

But the MCA Acbe Garden branch chief says that it will still consider the set-up as an unofficial Puteri wing, as the status is important.

The DAP chairperson was in a taxi on his way home from the Penang Airport last night when he met with the accident.

An attempt by a MCA branch to set up Puteri MCA, similar to Puteri Umno, has been rejected by the party.

The movement, formed by Anwar Ibrahim, was once influential in Keadilan. But now, it has lost its grip on the newly merged Parti Keadilan Rakyat.

The party's supreme council will appoint another 36 members, including a new secretary-general, information chief and state chiefs.

The study tour for the Selangor PAC members is on again but with some major adjustments to the itinerary.

Reformasi icon Anwar Ibrahim, who has fallen out with former mentor Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has apparently received a message.

The survivor from Penang spent five hours swimming in the sea, saying it was a blessing that he knew the area well. He eventually made it to the shore, not far from where he was swept away.

Taiwanese officers are seeking details in relation to a national's claim that he had been assaulted while in policy custody in Malaysia.

The Malaysiakini Tsunami Relief Fund is a focus on people-to-people solidarity. Initiators AltAid assures donors that donations collected will reach genuine tsunami victims in Aceh.

Many have urged the Indonesian government to stem the alleged corruption among its military personnel which is hampering relief work. Today, three Malaysian organisations say they have not encountered such problems.

The overseas edition of the People's Daily will hit Malaysian streets on Feb 1. Two newsmen allay fears that the paper will be promoting communism.

The overseas edition of China's Communist Party organ will soon go on sale in Malaysia, but under the government's watchful eyes.

The UN agency says the disaster which claimed tens of thousands of lives in the neighbouring Indonesian province has not spurred an influx of refugees into Malaysia.

Despite more than 200,000 people in dire need of aid, the Indonesian military continues its crackdown on the separatist rebels. Rights group Forum Asia brands this as 'inhumane and atrocious'.

An Indonesian journalist who disclosed the figures, also revealed that the Indonesian government was slow in reacting to the disaster.

A university student who is trying to get donated emergency supplies through to tsunami survivors in Aceh has run into a bureaucratic tangle.

The Committee Against Unfair Toll Increases (Cauti) had requested for the postponement. But the highway concessionaire says it has already got the green light from the government.

A website linked to Umno has taken to task opposition leaders who attended a recent dinner organised by a Chinese education movement. Anwar Ibrahim hits back on what he terms as 'narrow' nationalism.

The decision on whether to launch a probe into the case, which the detainees' families have claimed to be an orchestrated fray, will depend on the police's investigations.

A doctor tells Suhakam that medical reports he has seen show that the inmates were powerless to defend themselves when allegedly assaulted by the camp wardens during a spot check.

The human rights commissioner claims to have been misquoted by the media and urges that the reports be rectified.