‘Korean scandal’: PM tells minister to talk to ACA

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today said Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan Mansor must deal with the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) regarding the ‘Korean scandal’.

‘Death’ at Miti gates

By Fauwaz Abdul Aziz & Azreen Madzlan
Staff and visitors at the ministry of international trade and industry (Miti) were left with a morbid sight when a coalition against the proposed US-Malaysia free trade agreement (FTA) dumped a coffin outside its gates today. 

Cut hanky-panky by lecturers on scholarship

By A Malaysian Taxpayer
In its drive to fulfil the target of 70% PhD holders among lecturers across local government-funded universities, the Higher Education Ministry has been aggressively sending lecturers overseas to pursue their PhDs. These lecturers need to fulfil only two general conditions – obtaining a band of 6.5 in the International English Language Testing [...]

Expats blame Samy Vellu for Malaysia row

NEW DELHI (The Times Of India): It was a volcano waiting to erupt and the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas meet, which closed here on Wednesday, came as a godsend for many Indian expatriates in Malaysia to vent their feelings on what had gone “terribly wrong” with them in the south-east Asian nation.