Yap Mun Ching

Consumers do not like to feel cheated. Astro is learning this the hard way after its plan to increase the subscription charge for a new Chinese-language package ran into problems.

A sense of resignation marked a gathering at jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim's house yesterday evening, as his supporters remembered the events of 'Black 14' four years ago.

Vocal DAP MPs say they have had enough of rules which prevent them from articulating all their grouses in Parliament. They want the rules changed.

Four months into the implementation of the language switch in teaching Maths and Science in schools, the education ministry is already declaring partial victory.

The proposal to build an incinerator in Broga may be the talk of the town, but there will be no debate o­n the project in the Dewan Rakyat.

Quick to rise to the right of Muslim girls in Singapore to don the tudung in schools last year, DAP is just as prompt to champion the right of non-Muslim females here not to do it.

DAP MPs will ask the government to set aside o­ne day to debate the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) annual report for 2002. The report was distributed to the members of parliament this morning.

Their objections to the redelineation proposals of the Election Commission ignored, opposition leaders walk out from the Dewan Rakyat - to no avail.

The Health Ministry reveals that there was another probable Sars case in the country but the 84-year-old patient has recovered and has been discharged.

The acting premier claims that the general election will not be held before October. Opposition politicians offer their own interpretation of his statement.

A Federal Court panel had found their initial 60-day detention unlawful, while the ISA review board recommended their release. So why are the reformasi activists still behind bars?

The government may have issued a range of measures to tighten surveillance and contain the spread of Sars but how do these compare to the measures taken elsewhere?

There was no escape for Health Minister Chua Jui Meng, who found himself besieged by both MPs and the media in Parliament today. They were interested in o­nly o­ne topic - Sars.

Debate in the Dewan Rakyat centred o­n the education ministry, with MPs taking the opportunity to grill its representative o­n recent controversies.

Even as the Health Ministry was denying that the detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) cases in Malaysia right up to this afternoon, ordinary people were taking matters into their own hands.

The proposal to set up a counter-terrorism centre in Kuala Lumpur is still being fleshed out, but Malaysia plans to retain full control of its operations, says the Defence Ministry.

The home ministry says tough enforcement has discouraged the arrival of illegal immigrants since a new immigration law came into effect last August.

Last week's row involving a UN human rights envoy and the Burmese government has cast a shadow o­n the efforts of another UN envoy, Razali Ismail, to push for reconciliation dialogues. However, Razali hopes to resume efforts as early as next month.

The war in Iraq is expected to have a severe effect o­n economies throughout the world, Malaysia notwithstanding. Two government leaders provide a glimpse into the sectors which are already feeling the war effects.

The anti-Broga incinerator group knows it is illegal to begin work o­n the project before an EIA is completed. Armed with that, they lodge a police report claiming that the ministry concerned has erred.

The 12 arrested by police yesterday at a KLCC anti-war demonstration have since been released. But the cops came under severe criticisms for the incident. PRM chief Dr Syed Husin Ali is among those who explains why.

Police arrested more than 10 protesters and fired tear gas into a marching crowd at a anti-war demonstration in Kuala Lumpur today. This gathering in the vicinity of the KLCC contrasted sharply with an uneventful government-backed protest held at Dataran Merdeka at the same time..

Mindful of the flood of public complaints it received, Suhakam is now ready to help provide education in human rights values for the police force. The module will be incorporated in the training programme of new recruits.