Archive for July, 2007
From Malaysiakini.com
Hsu Dar Ren
When a patient is told that he has a malignant disease, typically there would be one of these three types of responses.
The first group will just take it in their stride after the initial shock. They will then become proactive in learning about the disease, following the doctor’s prescription for treatment, changing [...]
From Malaysiakini
I was arrested on Friday, July 13 at approximately 4.30pm in the carpark basement (B3) of Phileo Damansara I by four to five policemen.
While originally being taken in for questioning, the police arrested me when I conveyed to them my lawyer’s advice that I should not accompany the police to their office unaccompanied by [...]
From Malaysiakini
Yong Kai Ping and Andrew Ong
PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has called on the public to step up pressure on the Election Commission (EC) to reform itself.
In reference to several recent announcements by the EC, Anwar said the commission had thus far only shown knee-jerk responses after a series of electoral fraud exposés.
“For [...]
From Malaysiakini
By Dzulkifli Ahmad
It doesn’t need a political pundit to tell the nation that the New Economic Policy (NEP) is the legitimating ideology for Umno’s hegemony and legitimacy – and that the party now has trouble weaning beneficiaries off it.
Paramount to Umno’s consideration is the issue of 30 percent ownership of the corporate equity, as [...]
From Malaysiakini
By Kim Quek
An unbelievable spectacle took place in the bizarre murder trial of Mongolian national Altantuya in Day 10 (June 29).
When the family lawyer (Karpal Singh) of the murdered victim attempted to ask the deceased’s cousin a question regarding “a government official” photographed together with the deceased, prosecutor and defence lawyers sprang to their [...]
Malaysiakini
July 3, 2007
The Election Commission (EC) will only be able to implement the use of indelible ink to prevent multiple voting only after September.
This was revealed by representatives of election reforms pressure group Bersih after a three and a half hour dialogue with EC chairperson Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman in Putrajaya today.
Malaysiakini
Soon Li Tsin
July 3, 2007
With an impeachment proceeding hanging over her head, key prosecution witness Rohaniza Roslan today dropped a bombshell in the Altantuya murder trial, claiming that she had been threatened not to testify by a mystery man.
Rohaniza, 29 (right) told the court this morning that she received the threat through a telephone call [...]
July 3, 2007
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
The Malaysian government has warned private broadcasters to refrain from granting coverage to opposition leaders, according to an independent news site in the Kuala Lumpur capital.
The latest twists that have emerged in the murder trial of Altantuya Sharibu have raised further questions on the integrity of the entire trial.
Just as the prosecution made an application to impeach their own key witness Lance Corporal Rohaniza Roslan, today Rohaniza made a surprising revelation that she has been threatened to be shot dead [...]
Asia Sentinel
Kim Quek
July 2, 2007
An unbelievable spectacle took place in the bizarre murder trial of Mongolian beauty Altantuya Shaaribuu on June 29. Karpal Singh, the lawyer for the victim’s family, attempted to ask a question about a “government official” allegedly seen in a photograph with the victim. At that point, both the prosecutor and the [...]
