The death of Karpal Singh is a sad, sad thing. But what’s sadder is the dearth of humanity – that there are those who can celebrate the death of a fine man, or that they can incite others to hate just because they share the same views. IT’S mid-April, the time of the year when many in the world cele …

PUTRAJAYA, April 18 (Bernama) — The Kajang Hospital has received a donation of six new haemodialysis machines to enable it to enhance the quality of service rendered to kidney patients, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. He said the donation of the machines was arranged by the …

CHELSEA L.Y. NG shares her memories of lawyer and politician Karpal Singh whom she regarded as a teacher and friend. I MET him on my first day of work as a court reporter at the old and dila­pidated Jalan Duta courthouse in 1994. I did not know who he was. I only knew that he was defending a man cha …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 (Bernama) — Selangor Police on Friday dismissed as a rumour news disseminated recently by SMS and over Facebook of a violent racial fight in Klang. Selangor Police chief Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said the news was spread with malicious intent and could spark chaos in the …

KUALA LUMPUR: Michael Cornelius was a man who did not speak much, but his unwavering attention to Karpal Singh spoke volumes about how much he cared for his boss. Court reporters first saw him several years ago as he carefully pushed the wheelchair and gently attended to the late lawyer. Michael was …

From Nik Nurfaqih Nik Wil PERTH, April 18 (Bernama) — No concrete evidence has been found as yet of a missing Malaysian Airlines (MAS) flight following four underwater search missions by an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) codenamed Bluefin-21 in the southern Indian Ocean since Monday. The …

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak described former DAP chairman and Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh as an implacable leader and a committed advocate in law. The Prime Minister said that with a career spanning five decades, Karpal’s abilities made him a formidable opponent. “In politics, he was …

Karpal Singh’s wife Gurmit Kaur had always been the rock in his life. Theirs was a love story that began when they first met when he was 16 and she was just eight. Below are excerpts from an interview with Gurmit by Chin Mui Yoon which was published in The Star on Sept 10, 2006, two years after he w …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 (Bernama) — Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) editor-in-chief, Datuk Zulkefli Salleh and Bernama TV chief executive officer, Datuk Ibrahim Yahaya were today made honorary commissioners of the Scouts Association of Malaysia. The conferment was made and letters of a …

MEXICO CITY: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-winning Colombian author who used magical realism to tell epic stories of love, family and dictatorship in Latin America, died Thursday at the age of 87. Known affectionately as “Gabo,” the author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude̶ …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Star media group’s Bahasa Malaysia portal mStar Online has been relaunched, with its website getting a fresher look. Calling the launch historical, Star Publications (M) Bhd group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai said mStar Online had come a lo …

KOTA KINABALU, April 17 (Bernama) — The oil royalty agreement Sabah signed with Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) on June 14, 1976 can be reviewed or re-negotiated in line with the current changes and needs, said Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman. Musa said all discussions could be dis …

MOKPO/JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) – Rescuers struggled with strong waves and murky waters on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people, most of them teenagers from the same school, still missing after a South Korean ferry capsized on Wednesday. Coastguard, navy and private divers scour …

GEORGE TOWN, April 17 (Bernama) — The federal government and the Barisan Nasional (BN) offered condolences to the family of DAP leader Karpal Singh who died in a road accident in Perak early Thursday. The condolences were extended by Deputy Prime Minister and BN deputy chairman Tan Sri Muhyidd …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 (Bernama) — Bilateral trade between Malaysia and the European Union (EU) was 6.0 per cent higher at RM135 billion in 2013, said Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Malaysia, Luc Vandebon. He also said last year, the EU managed to climb up a notch to become Malays …