KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Sept 2008: The transfer of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case to the High Court for trial has been put on hold following objections by the defence which is challenging the validity of the transfer certificate signed by Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail. Sessions Court judge S M Komathy Suppiah fixed […]
Adnan not contesting for Umno Youth Chief post
KUANTAN, 10 Sept 2008: Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob today announced that he is not contesting the Umno Youth chief post in the party elections in December. The decision, he said, was made after thoroughly considering the matter In the past two weeks. "There is a possibility that I will lose, but winning […]
Suhakam suggests govt work with NGOs to develop indigenous peoples
KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Sept 2008: Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) member Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria believes that the state and federal government should work together with the various Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) for the betterment of the diverse indigenous peoples in the country. Denison, who opened a four-day national workshop on the issue here today, told […]
Chua returns, wants to go for MCA presidency
KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Sept 2008: Datuk Chua Jui Meng, who last challenged the MCA presidency three years ago, is making a comeback to active politics and this time will make another attempt to achieve what he failed to do in 2005. The former health minister today announced his bid for the presidency at the party […]
The longest week
By Wong Chin HuatCorrected on 29 Sept 2008 at 2:30pm (Calendar image © Janaka Dharmasena / 123rf) THE late British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said: “A week is a long time in politics.” And the week from now to next Tuesday, 16 Sept 2008, will be the longest in Malaysia because two games of uncertainty are being […]
Unravelling the DNA bill
By Khairil Anhar(© Rodolfo Clix / sxc.hu) IN 1985, Professor Alec Jeffreys of Britain’s Leicester University discovered the technique for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) profiling and storing. He had no way of knowing then that his discovery would open the door to changes in criminal prosecutions, and raise the ire of human rights and privacy advocates around the […]
A legacy worth leaving behind
By N Shashi Kala(© Sebastian Kaulitzki / 123rf) REMINISCES are, by their very nature, flawed. Memories are stored in the brain as a hodgepodge of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and tactile sensations, haphazardly filed away in different parts of the cortex, with the hippocampus acting as the control centre. There’s just so much information coming in that the […]
Should I stay or should I go?
By Chen May YeeDURING the Merdeka weekend, I did what I suspect thousands of Malaysians scattered across the globe do on a regular basis. I took the girls for roti canai at the local Malaysian restaurant. (Batik on the walls. Always, batik on the walls.) We read Lat at bedtime. (“Mommy, what is kampung?”) And I plotted our […]
A truly Malaysian mandala
By Carolyn Lau and Ng Sek San
ON Merdeka morning, on a whim, we abandoned watching the parade on TV and headed for Kuantan. We were welcomed by breezy beaches with the sun beaming down on happy families. How perfect was that after weeks of rain in KL? The next day, we got up early for bouldering and a long walk to […]
Dr Mahathir agrees to rejoin Umno, says Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Sept 2008: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has agreed to rejoin Umno, according to party vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said Mahathir had expressed his interest to return to Umno at a meeting last Saturday due to his concern over developments in the party but did not state when […]
