Roshan Jason

They have yet to be taken to court but will most likely be charged for illegal entry, according to a source.

Ketika beribu-ribu pelarian menderita di pusat tahanan di sini, seorang daripada mereka menaiki pesawat untuk memulakan hidup baru di negara ketika atas bantuan UNHCR.

While thousands of refugees languish in detention centres here, one of them boarded a plane to start life anew in a foreign land after being successfully resettled by the UNHCR.

Until then, they should also be treated well in custody and the UNHCR must be allowed access to them. These were among the demands of DAP's Nga Kor Ming after delivering a memo to the Burmese Embassy today.

Known only as Ismail, the father of five, travels to Malaysia to tell the world that people in Aceh are in dire need of help.

Kumpulan pro-demokrasi berkumpul di Kedutaan Burma sejak jam 10 pagi bagi menyatakan sokongan mereka kepada Suu Kyi, serta menuntut supaya dipulihkan demokrasi di negara itu.

The pro-democracy protestors had gathered at the Burmese embassy since 10am to show their support for jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and to seek for the return of democracy in the military-ruled country.

One chemist dismisses it as a half-baked idea while another is sceptical about its effectiveness in curbing counterfeits in the market.

It's over! The Nepali worker has received RM13,000 from his ex-employer in settlement of wages and other allowances owed.

The labour department has given both a deadline to decide whether its compromise solution is acceptable to them as settlement of the Nepali's outstanding wages.

Calls have been made for severe action against Syabas as it had wilfully violated its contractual agreements by obtaining pipes from Indonesia and by manipulating its open tender outcomes.

Walaupun ramai yang membantahnya, tetapi kerajaan tetap mewajibkan pemasangan label hologram keselamatan pada produk farmaseutikal, yang sekaligus turut menaikkan harganya.

The move leads to an increase in prices and burdens consumers further. Despite the government claiming it to be vital to curb counterfeits, detractors say otherwise.

The Bintulu High Court has ordered the government to compensate the villagers, whose native customary land - planted with teak trees - have been acquired to build an aluminium smelter.

More than 100 minors are being held at the Simpang Renggam detention centre, raising concerns of non-compliance with the Child Act.

RR Mahendran, who has an impressive track-record of setting such detainees free, criticises the decision that gives 'sweeping powers' to the government as an unhealthy precedent.

Zaid Ibrahim, who heads the caucus, is wondering if the government's announcement not to block the motion from being discussed in Parliament amounts to supporting the issue.

The lawyers reject Deputy Internal Security Minister Noh Omar's claim that detainees held under preventive laws are crawling out to freedom through legal loopholes.

DAP's Tan Seng Giaw is wondering why Public Works Department head Zaini Omar's wife was part of the delegation on the RM300,000 trip to London, Venice, Milan and Rome.

In 2001, MCA accused DAP's Ronnie Liu of lying about the government's plan to demolish SRJK (C) Damansara. Now, his claim proves to be true and he is demanding an apology.

The human rights body has found that the indigenous community is being deprived of their basic rights to education and health care, and it is outraged.

The Petaling Jaya town council is charged with making amendments to a local plan effecting the public - including the closed Damansara vernacular school - without informing them. It has denied this.

Labour rights group Tenaganita claims the workers were moved to a remote area in Banting and thus hampering efforts to secure their passports and unpaid wages.

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