GEORGE TOWN: Having picked a fight with the chief secretary to the government and his state development officer, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is now training his guns on the media. Lim, who is also DAP secretary-general, said he planned to seek legal advice against certain newspaper reports on his spat with state development officer [...]

KUCHING: The VIP couple and six others detained in connection with the baby-for-sale racket were released on police bail. Their remand, which was extended two days, ended yesterday. Magistrate Nelson W. Angang ordered their release but three other suspects had their remand extended. Of the 17 suspects detained, six were still under remand, including the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Except for 12 dive sites, all marine parks in the country are still open to visitors. The ban on recreational activity issued by the Marine Park Department following coral bleaching applies only to certain areas. This does not mean complete shutdown of those affected islands. In allaying fears expressed by tour and dive [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Muslims must not wear the famous Manchester United red jersey because of the “devil” emblem on its team crest, Malaysian clerics said today. Manchester United and the rest of the English Premier League are massively popular in Muslim-majority Malaysia and the rest of the Asian region, but conservative religious scholars said the jersey [...]

I REFER to the report “Rural folk prove more helpful to census workers” (NST, July 20). I was surprised to read there were 51 questions to be answered in the census form. On July 16, a woman officer came by my house about 4pm, introduced herself and flashed her identification card. She didn’t ask to [...]

ELAN PERUMAL provides a first-hand account of his close encounters with vagabonds over a two-month observation period. I WAS surprised to find beggars and their children all over the place when I first entered their “territory”. They were in the thick of action and I realised that they were well known among the petty traders [...]

GEORGE TOWN: It was like the first day of school all over again for Tan Hui Linn, the victim of an acid attack. The 18-year-old arrived at SMK Convent Datuk Keramat at 7am yesterday, after almost six months of being away. She had missed out on taking the SPM last year because of the attack. [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Capitalism must be very carefully handled although it is a good system, said former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Dr Mahathir said events that led to the present global financial crisis, which affected the West very much showed that uncontrolled capital could actually destroy even the big economies. Capitalism has many different [...]

BANGKOK: The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leadership this morning cancelled their plan to lead their red-shirt supporters to 11 key roads declared off-limits by the government. The Thai government yesterday declared that the red-shirts will not be allowed on 11 key roads in Bangkok. However, the anti-government group, cited by China’s Xinhua [...]

PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said every Barisan Nasional (BN) leader and member should refrain from questioning the candidate to be fielded to represent the party at the Hulu Selangor Parliamentary by-election on April 25. On the other hand, the Prime Minister said they should accept whatever decision made by the party and cooperate [...]