Pauline Puah

But the human rights commissioner says that the law does not allow legal suits against Suhakam commissioners for carrying out their duties.

A report reveals excessive violence and lethal force were used against protestors during October's violence in Thailand's Tak Bai district which left at least 85 people dead.

It's final! The minister clears the confusion sparked off by his cabinet colleague Azmi Khalid and reveals that the government has indeed decided to recognise them as refugees.

The deputy internal security minister claims that 12 detainees had prevented officers from searching their block, resulting in a riot.

The Human Rights Commission is also disappointed that it is unable to obtain any information from the Kamunting camp authority on what had actually transpired.

The UN agency says it does not expect the government to backtrack on this issue. It also refutes criticism that it is not helping the government in resettling refugees.

Denied citizenship and facing persecution back home, the community is pleading with the Malaysian government to grant them refugee status on humanitarian grounds.

The deputy minister explains that the review will enable the accreditation board to determine UEC's suitability for the level of entrance into educational institutions.

The 17, seen as 'anti-establishment' candidates, were among 27 charged for making changes to their campaign posters.

The DAP-sponsored motion to cut the salary of Human Resources Minister Dr Fong Chan Onn, as expected, was shot down.

Memorandum kepada Perdana Menteri minta kerajaan iktiraf sumbangan pendidikan bahasa ibunda.

The document will seek recognition of the contributions and status of mother-tongue education.

The students, said to be from the 'anti-establishment' camp, were hauled up for making amendments to their election posters.

Use a variety of tactics to achieve reform - this message was reinforced by reformasi icon Anwar Ibrahim, whose sacking in 1998 had triggered street protests.

The former deputy premier went on the defensive as he was bombarded with questions on his past actions when he was in power and now when out of power.

News values versus privacy? No contest, says a writers' group in taking a magazine to task over an article.

Anwar dazzles the crowd in Ipoh saying 'No' to teaching Science and Maths in English and giving his full support to promote vernacular education.

The former finance minister warns that if competitiveness does not pick up, then Malaysians are in for another bumpy ride as the economy heads south.

The PAS government hopes the appointment of the professor, who was born in China, will help the state explore new markets in the republic.

It was just a call to extend the season's greetings to the prime minister and has nothing to do with politics, insists the former deputy premier.

Transsexuals who had gone through sex-change operation should be permitted to have their new gender status in the identity card, says Suhakam.

A web of business deals involving three companies has allegedly deprived a businessman of a plot of land, for which he has paid a substantial sum.

Some 50-odd youths, including students, gathered outside the mission to protest the deaths of 85 Thai Muslims recently.

The former premier wants the Thai government to give greater autonomy to its southern provinces. But senator Kraisak Choonhavan says this is not possible.