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Three more die in southern shootings
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/08/2012
» Three people, including a police officer, were gunned down in Pattani yesterday as violence continues in the deep South.
Police say CCTV footage may shed light on car bomb blast in South
News, Published on 22/07/2012
» NARATHIWAT : Authorities have found clues in their hunt for car bombers who attacked Sungai Kolok district on Friday, Narathiwat Governor Apinant Suethanuwong said.
Surin ready for new era in his life
News, Published on 21/07/2012
» As his career on the regional stage draws to a close, a new window of opportunity has opened for outgoing Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan.
Malaysia to repeal sedition law as polls loom
AFP, Published on 12/07/2012
» Prime Minister Najib Razak said Malaysia would repeal its dreaded colonial-era Sedition Act, which critics charged was abused to curb dissent, as the country heads for a tightly-fought election.
Malaysia opposition leader Anwar faces more charges
AFP, Published on 02/07/2012
» Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday faced more charges over his part in a mass rally for electoral reforms, which could see him disqualified from politics.
Pivotal point for SE Asian democracy
News, Chayut Setboonsarng, Published on 02/07/2012
» The great philosophical question about the elements of a perfect democracy and their relation to capitalism remains unsettled, and is likely to stay so.
Pakistanis arrested over fake ID card scam
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/06/2012
» Two Pakistani men have been arrested by the Department of Special Investigation for allegedly forging more than 1,000 identity cards with help from officials.
Asylum-seeker boat sinks en route to Australia
AFP, Published on 27/06/2012
» Rescuers plucked 130 people from the ocean Wednesday after an asylum-seeker boat sank en route to Australia, barely a week after another vessel went down in the same area, killing up to 90.
Australia refugee boat disaster sparks row
AFP, Published on 26/06/2012
» Hopes of a compromise to break the deadlock in Australia on its boatpeople policy faded Tuesday with politicians trading insults after the latest tragedy left up to 90 people dead.
Malaysia's new security act all smoke and mirrors
News, Published on 19/06/2012
» When Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced last September that the country's infamous Internal Security Act would be repealed, he referred to tensions "between national security and personal freedom", and promised that new "legislation formulated will take into consideration fundamental rights and freedoms". Fast forward seven months to this April when parliament's Lower House, followed in short order by the Upper House, passed ISA's replacement, the 2012 Security Offences (Special Measures) Act. Unfortunately, this new bill does not go far enough to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of Malaysians. While this bill is not yet the law of the land, all that remains is for King, Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, to assent and for the text to appear in the Federal Gazette with the date it will take effect.