Roshan Jason

It says the existing dual-entrance system deprives many high achievers from getting a place in local universities.

The rights lawyer was picked by police this morning on the charge of failing to cooperate in investigations into his assault reports.

Following in the footsteps of MCA and MIC, the political party will open a university to allow working adults to complete their tertiary education.

The 72-hour hunger strike comes to an end after camp officials and the UNHCR gave assurances of better conditions for the inmates.

The UN agency claims that a visit to the centre this afternoon saw only a few continuing with the strike, which started yesterday.

As the hunger strike at the Semenyih immigration detention camp moves into the second day, differing accounts are emerging on the condition of the protestors.

The local stock exchange which surged yesterday on news on Anwar Ibrahim's release saw a dip at the end of trading today.

Tears of joy flowed as supporters of ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim boisterously celebrated the Federal Court's decision to allow his appeal against a sodomy conviction.

The judge rules that there are no grounds for the court to interfere as their detention was procedurally proper.

What will be the decision on Thursday? Academics, lawyers and human rights activists are keeping their fingers crossed.

The bottom line, says the consumer association, is that people want clean water and it's up to the suppliers to ensure this is done.

Several associations in the industry protested against the import duty as it would affect consumers, namely students.

Fomca now boasts a new consumer complaints centre which its new president Marimuthu is very proud of. He continues to plan more strategies to better serve consumers.

The seven percent import duty will increase book prices, warns a veteran trader, who also questions why the government amended the law 'quietly'.

The new date was set today after which counsel for the family of a missing police detainee applied for post-mortem and DNA reports on tests conducted on the body.

Residents are questioning its introduction and demanding that the council buck up by enforcing existing rules and not take the easy way out of depriving dog owners of their basic rights.

Complaints against errant dogs came from all races, says the local council.

By allowing the lawyers representing the mother of missing police detainee G Francis Udayappan to quiz the witnesses and examine the exhibits, the coroner can make well-informed decisions.

After receiving brickbats to its planned introduction of a new controversial policy on dog licence, MPSJ will be meeting its residents committees before proceeding with its implementation.

Will lawyers for the mother of missing detainee G Francis Udayappan be allowed to question witnesses at the coroner's inquest? The High Court will decide on the matter on Aug 19.

On their third visit to the Indian High Commission, the workers manage to meet the High Commissioner but leave the meeting disappointed.

A lawyer holding a watching brief for a family of a missing detainee wants a review of the coroner's decision not to allow him to question witnesses or exhibits.

Family members and human rights observers cry foul when the magistrate bars his family's counsel from acting as a legal representative at the proceedings.

The committee, which has kept tabs on cases of police brutality, had its hopes of becoming a registered society dashed.