The Shah Alam High Court was told that Indonesian maid Muntik Banis death in October last year was due to back injuries caused by blunt force trauma and infection from an ulcer on her right foot, and that she had a fractured spine and other serious injuries.

The state government will negotiate with Belgian based company Fitraco NV, the owner of the Eye On Malaysia, to allow the giant ferris wheel to remain in Malacca.

A female elephant that had been on a rampage near Grik was finally captured by the Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan).

Malaysia will continue to cooperate with the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) in addressing international refugee issues although the country is not a state party to the 1951 Convention and its Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, said a Foreign Ministry statement.

A three-day-old baby girl was found abandoned in front of a police officers house in Lorong Kenari 3, Taman PKNK in Alor Setar.

Six men set fire to a schools printing room and its administration office after failing in their attempt to steal the schools laptops.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) investigated 352 cases of misuse of information on the Internet last year, Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said.

Amendments to the Internal Security Act (ISA) are expected to outline what exactly constitutes a threat to national security to address the criticism that the highly-controversial law has been used to protect political interests and quash dissent.

Penang police detained five people, including two women, believed to be members of a credit card fraud syndicate, in an operation in Prangin Mall last Thursday.

Police have sma���shed a syndicate involved in distributing pirated DVDs following the arrest of two men and the seizure of more than 19,000 DVDs worth RM150,000 during a raid in Plaza Dwi Tasik at Bandar Sri Per�maisuri near here.

Pakatan Rakyat is setting its sights on the next general election to wrest Perak back from the Barisan Nasional, the states former mentri besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will discuss on Wednesday the rationale for Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) buying 1,294 used buses for RM93mil in 2003, PAC chairman Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said.

A bill to empower the Higher Education Ministry to govern institutions of higher learning (IPTs) is being promulgated, said its minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

The upgrading work at the Klang end of the Federal Highway will be delayed again to September.

Sixty people are claiming to have suffered losses totalling some RM25mil in a gold investment scam over the last year, said Penang Commercial Crime Investigation Department head ACP Roslee Chik.

The abduction of two local seaweed farm workers around Pulau Sebangkat, near Semporna, on Monday should be a wake-up call for all concerned to beef up security in Sabahs waters.

The government is urged to take stern action against owners of vehicles parked on road or expressway shoulder to avoid accidents like that at km 252.3 of the North-South Expressway near Seremban Monday which killed six family members.

Beginning Feb 15, elderly folk aged 60 years and above will need only pay half the fare for journeys on Rapid Penang buses.

Victorious Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir has vowed to continue working for the people of Perak and promised that more progress and prosperity will come their way.

The Penang government on Tuesday ordered private hospitals and clinics in the state to conduct blood tests on patients suspected of having dengue fever.