Anti-inflation protest: Activists arrested

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 (ES) – Nearly sixty anti-inflation activists were arrested by the police near the iconic national oil company Petronas twin towers here today for allegedly participating in an illegal assembly.

Hindraf: Najib’s racial clash remark ’shocking’

The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) today expressed shock over Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s statement that the movement’s leaders had to be arrested to prevent a racial clash. 

Indian’s approval of Pak Lah plummets

By Andrew Ong
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s standing among the Indian community has taken a severe beating according to a survey released recently.

A Hindraf Valentine: ‘Mr PM, take my roses’

By Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
Dressed in a frilly dark-red dress and wearing pom-poms in her hair, five-year-old Vwaishhnnavi was all decked out to deliver a letter to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. What she wanted was a ‘date’  for Valentine’s Day.

‘Korean scandal’ duo suspended

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid
The two Tourism Malaysia high-ranking officials implicated in the ‘Korean scandal’ have been suspended, according to sources today. The sources told Malaysiakini that the two-month suspension took effect starting today.

Mahathir reveals secret of picking polls date

By Soon Li Tsin
He may have retired from politics but that has not stopped former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from speculating on the date of the next general election along with every other Malaysian.