Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 15 : Three Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leaders were questioned by police on Tuesday on the alleged "illegal assembly" at the Muslim ministers'' Hari Raya open house at the Putra World Trade Centre earlier this month.
According to a New Strait Times report, S. Jayathas, K. Selvam and K. Santhi, who is the wife of the movement''s chairman P. Waythamoorthy, were questioned at the Dang Wangi police headquarters.
They entered the police station about 3 p. m. local times accompanied by their lawyers N. Surendran and Latheefa Koya.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 15 : Malaysia and India will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the exchange of workers between both countries in New Delhi in December.
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia announced Tuesday it will cut retail fuel prices for the third time in three months, following a dip in world oil prices.
From Wednesday, the retail price of petrol will be reduced by 6 per cent to 2.30 ringgit (0.69 cents) and diesel will be cut by 8 per cent to 2.20 ringgit (0.73 cents), said Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
The price cut was due to a marked drop in world oil prices, Abdullah said in a statement.
The reduction in the price of gasoline and diesel is the third in three months, after the government raised pump prices by a whopping 41 per cent for petrol and 63 per cent for diesel in June.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 13 : Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) national event coordinator Kannan Ramasamy has reportedly said that the organisation looking after the interests of the Indians in Malaysia will only consider becoming a direct member of Barisan Nasional “if its leaders are released from the Internal Security Act (ISA)”.
He said the movement also wanted to negotiate with the Malaysian Government to ensure the safe return of its chairman P. Waythamoorthy from London.
Ramasamy said while responding to Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s proposal to allow direct membership into the Barisan without the need to join any of the component parties.
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday called for a major review of the country's budget for next year, saying the government was in a "state of denial" of the seriousness of the collapsing global financial system.
In his maiden speech in Parliament, Anwar said that the projected national income and economic growth as stated in the budget, which was announced in August, way off the mark of today's economic realities.
Earlier, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi denied fears that the country was slipping into a recession, saying that the Malaysian banking system was sound and not facing a liquidity crunch like banks in other countries.
Kuala Lumpur - A suspected "peeping Tom" slipped and fell to his death from the eight floor of a condominium on Friday in the northern state of Penang, a news report said Sunday.
The 20-year-old labourer was believed to be alone when he allegedly spied on a woman in a nearby high-rise through his binoculars from the balcony of his rented apartment and lost his balance, the Star daily said.
Police recovered a pair of binoculars at the scene and ruled out foul play as investigations revealed that neighbors had seen the man peeping before the incident.
Kuala Lumpur - A suspected "peeping Tom" slipped and fell to his death from the eight floor of a condominium on Friday in the northern state of Penang, a news report said Sunday.
