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MUAR: What could have been a tense stand-off was averted when the family of a deceased Muslim convert was allowed to bring home his body to pay their last respects.

The conversion of Abdul Rahman Abdullah, 52, was only discovered by his family after he died of renal failure at Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital here about 5am yesterday.

He was formerly a Hindu with the name V.V. Ramakrishnan.

SSM chief executive officer Datuk Azmi Ariffin said the commission launched the Corporate Law Reform Committee on Dec 17, 2003, to oversee legislative reform.

“The goal of the committee is to conduct a review of the legislative framework as set out by the Companies Act.

“In this is in line with the government’s aspiration to ensure that the corporate law framework maintains its edge in attracting foreign and domestic investments, expanding entrepreneurship as well as easing business processes in Malaysia.”

Religion has the potential strength to contribute meaningfully to better acceptance of human rights, the two being interdependent forms of social ordering across the world.

THE relationship between religion and human rights (what I personally term human-rightism) is complicated and likely to remain controversial. To foster a better understanding between them, Ikim took the initiative to organise the seminar Religion and Human Rights: Towards a Better Understanding in June.

Fifteen papers were deliberated, including a keynote address by Mashood A. Baderin, Professor of Law and Head of the School of Law, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police investigating the Penan rape cases are frustrated by the lack of cooperation by the parties involved.

CID director Comm Datuk Seri Bakri Zinin, who voiced his frustration, said he had read about seven new cases being uncovered in the media but none of them were reported to the police.

“How do you expect us to investigate when no one is giving information like names of the victims and location of the alleged incidents?

TEMERLOH: Persatuan Anak Felda (Anak) president Mazlan Aliman has filed a RM20mil suit against four parties, including the Government, for his unlawful arrest and detention after a meeting at a settler’s house in Raub in March.

Mazlan, 44, named Lembah Klau Felda manager Awang Sulong, arresting officer Insp Mohd Azran Rahmat, Felda and the Government as defendants.

He also asked for a declaration that his 24-hour detention from March 9 until 10am the next day was wrongful imprisonment, and the remand order issued by the Raub magistrate’s court dated March 10 was null and void. The suit was filed by Mazlan’s counsel Wan Rohimi Wan Daud at the Temerloh High Court here yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: Public feedback is still being sought for the third-party motor insurance to ensure it is fair for both consumers and the industry, said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai.

He said the draft policy was expected to be finalised either by the end of the year or early next year to allow more time for the public, private sector and insurance industry players to provide feedback on the framework.

“We want to ensure that the rakyat does not face bureaucracy during the claiming process as some are experiencing now,” he told reporters yesterday after launching the book ‘Industry Elites’ at the Lexus Malaysia showroom.

KUALA LUMPUR: Mahkamah Tinggi di sini sebentar tadi menolak permohonan ketua pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim untuk membatalkan tuduhan liwat yang dihadapinya.

Hakim Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah membuat keputusan itu selepas mendapati integriti kes pendakwaan tidak terjejas berikutan dakwaan wujud hubungan intim antara Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan dengan timbalan pendakwa raya, Farah Azlina Latif.

Ini berikutan peranan Farah Azlina dalam kes pendakwaan adalah terhad dengan mencatat nota prosiding saja, tidak mempunyai akses kepada kertas siasatan, tidak mengetahui mengenai strategi pendakwaan dan tidak mengendalikan saksi, katanya.

A THREE-PRONGED approach has been put in place to ensure that the National Key Results Area for Corruption (Corruption NKRA) is achieved in line with the government's effort against corrupt practices.

The NKRA for Corruption aims to reestablish the people's confidence in regulatory and enforcement agencies, reduce leakages in government procurement and tackle grand corruption.

Various plans were launched under the initiative to wipe clean the sticky fingers. This includes the introduction and strengthening of compliance units.

This is one of the 26 initiatives by the NKRA Corruption Laboratory to tackle malpractice in the regulatory and enforcement agencies, as well as government procurement.