Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's political state of affairs seems set for turbulent times, judging from the gaggle of controversies ahead of the upcoming party elections of the country's main political group, the United Malays National Organisation, or UMNO.
The annual polls for UMNO, which is the largest and most powerful party in the governing National Front coalition, are always watched closely as the elected party heads will ultimately become goverment leaders.
Kuala Lumpur - Four Malaysian girls have filed a police complaint against their stepfather, an unemployed Indonesian, alleging that he raped and sodomized them for four years, a newspaper reported Sunday.
The sisters, aged between 12 and 19, were afraid to tell anyone about the abuse. They finally confided to a female relative on Thursday at a wedding, who then took the girls to the police.
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Mar. 21 : The Federation of Malaysian Indian Organisations wants the teaching of science and mathematics to revert to the Tamil language in Tamil schools.
It also wants the teaching hours of Bahasa Malaysia and English in Tamil schools to be increased to strengthen pupils'' proficiency in the two languages, the New Strait Times reports.
Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 21 : The Economic Planning Unit in the Malaysian Prime Minister's Department has allocated 12 million ringgits for upgrading the Indian community's professional skills.
Deputy Minister S. K. Devamany said several programs were being planned to train Indian youths in vocational courses.
"The Government wants the community to realise that many people have benefited from EPU's efforts," the Star Online quoted Devamany, as saying.
Kuala Lumpur - Chinese women topped the list of foreign prostitutes arrested in Malaysia throughout 2008, followed by Indonesian nationals, a news report said Saturday.
A total of 4,496 Chinese women were detained during anti-vice raids conducted nationwide.
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian customs authorities detained an Indian national attempting to smuggle in 14.84 kilograms of the drug ketamine at an airport in the northern Penang state, a news report said Saturday.
The suspect, aged in his 50s, had stuffed the drugs into three stainless steel food containers, said state customs director Matrang Suhaili.
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's political state of affairs seems set for turbulent times, judging from the gaggle of controversies ahead of the upcoming party elections of the country's main political group, the United Malays National Organisation, or UMNO.
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Mar. 21 : The Federation of Malaysian Indian Organisations wants the teaching of science and mathematics to revert to the Tamil language in Tamil schools.
Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 21 : The Economic Planning Unit in the Malaysian Prime Minister's Department has allocated 12 million ringgits for upgrading the Indian community's professional skills.
Kuala Lumpur - Chinese women topped the list of foreign prostitutes arrested in Malaysia throughout 2008, followed by Indonesian nationals, a news report said Saturday.
