Roshan Jason

Despite UNHCR claiming otherwise, the police and immigration department say that they have yet to receive any orders to spare refugees during the January crackdown.

Jika orang pelarian mempunyai pekerjaan, mereka dapat mengurangkan kos yang ditanggung oleh kerajaan untuk menyelenggara mereka, kata pesuruhjaya Suhakam.

Refugees who are able to support themselves would be less reliant on government-funded centres for assistance, says a human rights commissioner.

The Simpang Renggam detainee who broke his 16-day hunger strike on Nov 25 still remains hospitalised in serious condition having lost his ability to speak as well as a lot of weight.

The local branch of a Malaysian off-shore bank in Australia, which recently wound up and had RM5 billion mysteriously drained from its accounts, claims it no longer has ties with the parent bank.

Following a complaint from a Malaysian passenger, the Hong Kong-based carrier says that rain water coming through one of its aircraft's emergency exit doors was due to a depressurised cabin prior to take-off.

He spots water leaking through the Boeing's 777 emergency door and raises the alarm. But the doctor claims the problem was handled in a nonchalant manner while a pilot let fly a sarcastic remark.

Two days after being discharged from hospital, the ex-MIC branch chief who went on hunger strike for 16 days was warded again.

The opposition party lodges a report with the anti-corruption watchdog and urges it to act against Umno members involved in vote buying.

The university is rapped for disqualifying 17 student representatives after they were found guilty of amending their campaign posters.

The deputy education minister rules out the possibility of his ministry invoking the security act to address indiscipline in schools.

Malaysia perlu lebih memahami rakyat Aceh, budaya dan penderitaan mereka, supaya dapat bersama-sama menghulur bantuan kepada mereka.

Malaysians must better understand the people of Aceh, their culture and hardship, so that instead of being discriminative, a helping hand can be offered.

Calls for its removal from heading the bloc in 2006 have been mounting, most recently coming from an Asean Inter-Parliamentary Caucus with its interim chairperson Zaid Ibrahim geared to seek support from the government.

The UN envoy also believes that change in Burma can only come from within the country, strongly hinting that international pressure may not work.

This is the second time that the lawyer of the three Burmese brothers facing an attempted murder rap has been denied access to materials.

Agreeing that there are procedural defects in their detention, the deputy internal security minister assures their lawyer that the inmates would be released.

The anti-ISA lobby has sought Suhakam's attendance at the launch of its latest campaign against the security law.

After visiting the Simpang Renggam detention centre and the remaining hunger-striker, commissioner Siva Subramanian says Suhakam will help resolve the situation.

For three working days, all 17 Suhakam commissioners were nowhere in sight. Suhakam's vice-chairperson says he has no idea why.

The wife of a hunger striker at the Simpang Renggam detention centre was permitted to visit him, two days after being told he had refused to see her.

Response to the news portal's fifth anniversary dinner bash has been excellent with around 600 tickets sold so far. For those who have yet to book their seats, you have four days left.

The holidays are over but Suhakam commissioners are still not at work. A social activist rightly chided the absent commissioners.

It is nine days and counting to the news website's fifth anniversary bash and the seats are filling fast as subscribers and supporters are prepping themselves to mingle with the faces behind the bylines and be blown away by ICT.