Kuala Lumpur, Mar 12 : Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar has said that Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) chairman P. Waythamoorthy, whose passport has been revoked by the Malaysian Government, is free to return home.

The New Strait Times quoted Albar as saying that the government had never stopped Waythamoorthy from returning to Malaysia.

"We have just sent his new passport to the Malaysian High Commission office in London but he has yet to collect it." he said.

Putrajaya, Mar 11 : Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leader P. Uthayakumar''s appeal on his second habeas corpus application to secure his release from detention under the Internal Security Act has been dismissed by a federal court.

According to the New Strait Times, Judge Nik Hashim Nik Abdul Rahman denied Uthayakumar''s appeal after he failed to fulfill the requirement under Section 95 of the Rules of the Federal Court to file a petition of appeal within the stipulated 10 days.

Kuala Lumpur  - Malaysia's new anti-corruption panel on Wednesday cleared the country's police chief and attorney general of any wrongdoing in the imprisonment of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim more than 10 years ago.

The decision was a severe setback for Anwar, who has maintained that he was framed on charges of corruption and sodomy in a political conspiracy that began with his 1988 sacking as deputy prime minister.

Putrajaya, Mar. 11 : Malaysia’s Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar has informed that the Government has cancelled the work visas of about 55,000 Bangladeshis who have not used them so far.

“This group of workers will be affected by the current freeze and we have already decided to cancel past approvals for those coming here to work in sectors other than those approved,” The Star quoted him, as saying.

Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 11: The Malaysian Government's efforts to reduce the number of foreign workers by doubling the levy on them, has caused anxiety among Malaysian Indian restaurateurs.

Malaysian Indian Restaurant Owners Association president R. Ramalingam Pillai said that the doubling of the levy on foreign workers would make them unaffordable.

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia on Tuesday unveiled a massive 60-billion-ringgit (16.12-billion-dollar) economic stimulus package to boost its ailing economy.

In announcing the package, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is also the finance minister, said all development plans would be implemented throughout 2009 and
2010.

The fund is the second economic stimulus package by the government after a 7-billion-ringgit package announced in November.