PUCHONG, 5 Nov 2008: Two Indonesian hired killers-on-wheels linked to several contract murders in the country, rode to their death when the police gunned them down today. The duo attacked the police after they were cornered and ordered to surrender at the 20km Kampung Tengah about noon. They were then shot dead. Identified only as […]
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No double standard in issuing permits for gatherings
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Nov 2008: The police do not practise double standard in the issuing of permits for gatherings by political parties, non-governmental organisations and the public, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh said national security and public order were the main criteria for the police […]
Unravelling the DNA bill
By Khairil Anhar(© Rodolfo Clix / sxc.hu) IN 1985, Professor Alec Jeffreys of Britain’s Leicester University discovered the technique for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) profiling and storing. He had no way of knowing then that his discovery would open the door to changes in criminal prosecutions, and raise the ire of human rights and privacy advocates around the […]
