Yoon Szu-Mae

Federal police have stepped into the case of missing detainee G Francis Udayapan, just days after instructing KL police to take over investigations from their Brickfields counterpart.

The Selangor government says the proposed incinerator and landfill in Broga will not be built in a water catchment area but residents say that EIA maps prove otherwise.

Acting secretary Choo Eng Hong said the human rights commission will continue its core work until it received new directions from the next batch of commissioners.

Commissioner Prof Hamdan Adnan says the delay in announcing the appointment of commissioners for the human rights body reflects badly on itself, as well as the government.

The opposition party says it will offer legal support to parents who have problems with the programme, as well as the 10,000 dodgers who are expected to face criminal charges.

Reacting to the anti-graft blueprint launched yesterday, anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International says the plan is, in its present form, full of platititudes and missing of any practical solutions.

Brickfields police are no longer handling the case but the interest group aiding the detainee's family in the matter is unhappy that no time-frame has been provided for the investigations to be completed.

The RM6 million commercial complex in Bangsar Baru, approved by City Hall, is raising the ire of residents, who say there is nothing 'temporary' about the project which has 10 separate two-storey blocks.

A mother's bid to find out what has happened to her son - missing while in custody - has led to four more police reports being lodged today.

A anguished mother stormed into the Brickfields police station in Kuala Lumpur this morning demanding a full explanation over her missing son earlier arrested by police. Fearing the worst, she believes that her son could have died while in police custody.

The special commission tasked with investigating the police force says major complaints it receives during its public hearings will now be acted on immediately with the IGP directed to conduct a special probe.

At the close of a two-day dialogue on human trafficking hosted by Suhakam, participants note the increasing difficulty in tackling trans-border enforcement with agencies crippled by manpower and funding shortages plus lack of coordination.

The party's Johor head caps his meteoric rise to federal level politics by clinching a vice-president's post at the MCA central committee meeting today. Joining him as VP is Fu Ah Kiow from the Team B camp.

The human rights body is asked to pressure the Home Ministry for a quick decision on the alleged KMM members now held in Kamunting.

The detainees are seeking to prove that their 'unlawful detention' under the security law was politically motivated.

For the sake of credibility, it's time for an independent probe into the numerous fiascos that occurred throughout the 11th general election, says the Chinese society.

Show me yours, and I'll show you mine - elected representatives on both sides of the political divide are getting caught up in the business of who should first declare their assets publicly.

The opposition party takes privatised water supplier Puas to task over what it describes as an unjustified increase.

MCA Negeri Sembilan deputy chief Yeow Chai Thiam accuses the party's top two leaders of reneging an agreement which promised him a state exco post.

The Kuala Lumpur Society for Transparency and Integrity says it will reveal the names of those who ink the form as well as those who don't.

The Malaysian Social Science Association says a probe is vital because the irregularities have cast aspersions on the EC and the process of elections in this country.

Following revelations that factional rivalry in Kota Melaka cost the party its 35-year-old stronghold, a state leader wants the issue to be settled. It is believed to be linked to manoeuvres for the secretary-general's post.

It is ultimately be up to the government to decide on public demands for an inquiry into the conduct of the polls.