Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 23 : The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has asked the Malaysian Government to reserve at least 25 percent of the 100 million units of the free Amanah Saham Wawasan (ASW 2020) shares for the Indians to realise the community's 1.5 percent equity participation target, as outlined in the Ninth Malaysia Plan, by next year.

Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 23 : The Malay Indian Member of Parliament from Puchong, Gobind Singh Deo, has filed a suit against the Dewan Rakyat Speaker, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Aziz, the Dewan Rakyat secretary and the Government of Malaysia for his suspension from the House for a year, including losing his remunerations, was null and void.

Karpal Singh and Co represented him in the suit, reports The Star.

Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 23 : Bowing to pressure from the Indian and Chinese communities, Malaysia's Information, Communications and Culture Minister Dr Rais Yatim has reversed his decision to reschedule the timings of Tamil and Mandarin news on the TV2 channel.

Last Monday, Dr. Yatim had announced that Tamil News would be aired at 6 p. m. and Mandarin news at 6.30 p. m. He has now agreed to air these bulletins at 7.30 p. m. and 8 p. m. respectively.

Kuala Lumpur - The Malaysian government announced Wednesday that it would immediately remove a 30-per-cent requirement for ethnic Malay ownership in 27 service sectors.

Prime Minister Najib Razak said the move would involve sectors such as health, tourism, business and computer-related services.

Kuala Lumpur - An international piracy watchdog on Tuesday warned of increasing violent pirate attacks in the troubled Gulf of Aden off Somalia, as worldwide pirate
attacks rose by almost 100 per cent for the first three months of this year compared to 2008.

The London-based International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said 102 pirate attacks were reported from January to March, compared to 53 in the same period last year.