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Thursday, 4 August 2011

Fast rail as a metaphor for China

What began as a transport accident in the busy rail corridor of Zhejiang province is turning into a test of China's authoritarian methods of preserving stability. Should the old template of information control prevail? Is it even possible? Mastery of online media by citizens is weakening notions of governance by diktat.

Azizah, Rosmah as different as chalk and cheese

'Not many of us could claim the honour of the battles Wan Azizah has fought and survived and who remains as steadfast and elegantly looking as ever.'

Wan Azizah: God forbid I'll be like Rosmah

Is Beijing losing patience with Pakistan?

China's recent complaint that the unrest in Xinjiang was perpetrated by terrorists trained in Pakistan underscores the public manifestation of a nightmare whose origins go back to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, more than 20 years ago.

A low-trust society

A 25-year-old man surnamed Choi beat and raped his girlfriend in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, in July last year after she demanded they break up. When he faced police investigation, Choi's mother, 50, hurt his son with a stone to make it look as though his girlfriend had hit him and provoked the attack. She then made him sue his girlfriend.

An accidental death, says pathologist

KUALA LUMPUR: The lead forensic pathologist who examined Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed told the Coroner’s Court here that he died an “accidental death”.

“Ahmad Sarbaini landed on his right knee first, followed almost simultaneously by his left knee, his right forearm, left wrist, the fronto-parietal area (top front area of the head) and the facial part of the head.

Wednesday, 3 August 2011

There’s no Arroyo in documents

Former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo on Tuesday denied owning the two used helicopters sold as brand new to the Philippine National Police despite the testimony by a distributor of the choppers that he was the real owner of the aircraft.

Inocencio Ferrer Jr., Arroyo’s lawyer, said the name of his client did not appear in any of the documents presented by Archibald Po, the president of Lionair Inc., and Hilario de Vera, the president of Manila Aerospace Products Trading Corp. (Maptra), to prove that he was the beneficial owner of two preowned helicopters sold as new to the PNP.

NO SIGNATURE Former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo denies owning helicopters sold to the PNP as brand new. JESS YUSON

Boys not terrorised

PUTRAJAYA: The Prisons Department dismissed claims by 34 students who said they had been terrorised by warders at a motivational camp at Kluang Prison in Johor over the weekend.

Director-general Datuk Zulkifli Omar said the warders did give students crew cuts and handcuff them, but this was part of the programme to give them a glimpse of life behind bars.