KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian economy contracted 6.2% on-year in the first quarter of 2009, the worst since the Asian financial crisis, as manufacturing output shrank sharply as exports and industrial production fell. Bank Negara said on 27 May that manufacturing contracted 17.6%, mining fell 5.2% while agriculture saw a 4.3% decline. Services also showed a […]
Surin Murugiah
Hindraf duo sent home
By Surin MurugiahKAMUNTING, 5 April 2009: The authorities at the Kamunting detention centre decided this morning to send freed Hindraf duo R Kenghadharan and V Ganabatirau [to] their respective homes. Ganabatirau’s wife B Buvaneswari was informed by an official at the centre at 10.30am of the decision to “see your husband in the house”. She said the […]
