Kuala Lumpur, Nov 13: A Malaysian High Court yesterday dismissed the third bail application of Hindraf lawyer M. Manoharan, of India origin, to free himself from detention under the Internal Security Act.

Earlier, Manoharan, along with four other Hindraf leaders, R. Kengadharan, 41, P. Uthayakumar, 48, V. Ganabatirau, 35, and Hindraf coordinator K. Vasantha Kumar, 35, had filed two applications at the Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh High Court after their detention last year. But, both the applications were dismissed by the High Court and the Federal Court this year.

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 10 : Tomboys in Malaysia have denounced the fatwa forbidding their tomboyish behaviour, insisting that it will not change their lifestyle.

Malaysia’s top Islamic body had issued an edict by the National Fatwa Council banning tomboys, saying that girls who act unlady-like violate the tenets of Islam.

An increasing number of Malaysian girls behave like tomboys, and some of them engage in homosexuality.

Under the edict girls cannot sport short hair and dress, walk and act like boys.

A tomboy named Win sneered away from the edict, and said that it would not affect their lifestyle.

Kuala Lumpur  - A self-employed electrician was killed while his sibling and an employee were seriously injured when their illegally modified natural gas vehicle (NGV) exploded, a news report said Sunday.

Mohamad Hilmi Ishak, 25, was believed to have stopped at a local petrol station in the southern state of Malacca to refuel, while his brother, Rosli Ishak, 30, and their worker, Razali Zin, 31, were waiting in vehicle, when the explosion occurred on Friday, the News Straits Times newspaper said.

Investigations revealed that Hilmi had modified a cooking gas cylinder into a natural gas kit for their van and placed the tank beneath the driver's seat, covered by a sheet of canvas.

Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian court on Friday ordered the release of a popular anti-government blogger, ruling that his detention under a draconian security law was unlawful.

Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin was arrested on September 12 under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after the government said his articles incited hatred and racial discord as well as insulted Islam, the official religion.

The editor of the popular Malaysia Today website had denied the allegations and appealed against his detention, which could have been indefinite under the ISA's provisions.

Malaysia's High Court ruled that Raja Petra would be brought to court later Friday and immediately released from the detention centre in the northern Perak state.

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia has announced preparations to accommodate tens of thousands of evacuees ahead of forecast flooding in several states next month, official news reports said Friday.

A total of 4,595 flood evacuation centres have been set up after the Meteorological Department's forecast of unusually high rainfall in December and January, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said.

He said 1,775 boats and 20 helicopters have been set aside for rescue work in areas usually affected by the annual flooding, adding that 1,182 health and medical teams have been placed on standby.

Kuala Lumpur - Living in the bustling Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur can often be a lonely - and in recent years even dangerous - existence as many families lead lives far apart from those of their neighbours.

But in the past few years, a rise in crime and particularly in burglaries has forced many Malaysian neighbourhoods to resort to the benefits of a close-knit community, but with a modern twist.