beaten by 20 riot squad (FRU) personnel armed with batons and kicked with boots.
Chang, when met at the hospital at 12.30am, denied this as well: “We had just come back (to Kuala Lumpur) from Port Dickson and wanted to see what was going on.”
KUALA LUMPUR: Outside the bedroom, the toilet is the next likely spot for Malaysians to engage in sex, according to the 2005 Durex Global Sex Survey.Of the 5,409 Malaysians who responded to the survey, 44% claimed they have had sex in the loo. The second and third favoured spots are the car (38%) and parents' bedroom (24%).
The survey, now in its ninth year, also revealed that Malaysians are quite adventurous in pursuing their sexual escapades (see illustration).
The respondents, who also voted model Amber Chia as the sexiest Malaysian celebrity, comprised 70% males and 30% females.
Those aged 21 to 34 years made up 72% of the respondents while those below 20 made up 15%.
A total 65% of the respondents said they would encourage young people to practise safe sex, against 20% who would tell them to abstain from sex until marriage.
Malaysians are also losing their virginity at an average age of 19 years, compared with 19.3 last year and 20 in 2001.
About 67% of respondents said they only received sex education when they were 15 or older.
When they want to avoid sex, the top excuse used by Malaysians is “I'm tired” (32.6%).
One in 10 respondents also admitted to have had a homosexual experience, 29% had one-night stands, 19% “took the back door”, 14% had extra-marital affairs, and 9% had threesomes.
The survey showed that the average Malaysian has sex 83 times a year, compared with the worldwide average of 103 times.
The Greeks topped the world average with a frequency of 138 times a year, while the Japanese ranked lowest at 45 times a year.
Anwar Ibrahim says it again. Pakatan Rakyat has the numbers to take control of the federal government from the Barisan Nasional.
As for the South Ledge, the ICJ ruled that it belongs to the state in whose territorial waters it is located.
ICJ vice-president, Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh read out the judgment, which was carried live over RTM1 Friday.
Pulau Batu Putih, which Singapore calls Pedra Branca, an isle no larger than half a football field, is about 14.3km from Tanjung Penyusop in Johor and 46.3km from Singapore.
Middle Rocks is about half a nautical mile from Pulau Batu Putih and 1.7 nautical miles from South Ledge.
The 17-member bench heard oral arguments from Malaysia and Singapore between Nov 16 and 23 last year.
The judgment ends the 28-year old territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore and both countries had earlier pledged to abide by the decision of the ICJ that is final and not subject to appeal.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim described the judgment as a "win-win" situation. He said the status quo remained although Singapore has sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh and Malaysia over Middle Rocks.
The bar has been lowered. Malaysia's 40 Richest needed a net worth of only $100 million to make the list this year, down from $127 million in 2007, despite the fact that the Malaysian ringgit gained 6% against the U.S. dollar, the currency in which their fortunes are measured.
Caught up in the global equities slide, the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index was off 8% in the past year but has fallen 15% since mid-January. While 16 people still managed to add to their fortunes, another 18 saw their net worth slip.
Some tumbled considerably, with seven losing one-fourth or more of their fortune. That includes Lim Wee Chai, head of rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove, and Yaw Teck Seng, founder of forest group Samling, both worth one-third less than a year ago.
The total net worth of the top 40 is $46 billion, up $3 billion from last year. But that figure is skewed by strong gains by three tycoons who are up a combined $4.9 billion.
The year's biggest gainer was Robert Kuok, again the country's richest person; his fortune jumped $2.4 billion to $10 billion. That was on top of a $2 billion gain the previous year. Lee Shin Cheng, ranked third, adding $1.9 billion. Both businessmen got boosts from their valuable holdings in palm oil producers Wilmar International and IOI, respectively.
Vincent Tan's fortune has more than tripled in just a year, thanks mostly to gains in the share price of his Berjaya Land and flagship Berjaya Corp., pushing him into the billionaire ranks and bringing the country's total number of billionaires up to 10.
Lee Swee Eng is up in part because we added in the value of the shares held by his wife, Gan Siew Liat, who works with him at oil services company KNM. But even without her, his fortune would have increased, as KNM's stock price almost doubled in the past year.
Three newcomers made the cut. The richest is Lee Kim Hua, widow of renowned gaming tycoon Lim Goh Tong, who died in 2007. David Law Tien Seng makes his debut thanks to his stake in Australian iron ore company Midwest.
Grabbing the No. 40 spot is Nazir Razak, son of the nation's second prime minister, who heads financial services firm CIMB. Kasi K.L. Palaniappan and Mustapha Kamal Abu Bakar lost their spots on the list, as shares in real estate developer MK Land Holdings, which makes up most of their wealth, are trading at just a third of their price, compared with last year.
Although we don't usually put royalty on the list, U.K.-trained lawyer Seri Eleena Raja Azlan Shah, whose father is a sultan, returns, thanks to her chunk of infrastructure company Gamuda, on whose board she sits.
For people with publicly traded fortunes, net worths were calculated using share prices and exchange rates from May 9. For privately held fortunes, we used database company BRIS and other sources to estimate what companies and assets were worth if public.
Uthayakumar is also claiming that the camp authorities refused to admit him into the National Heart Institute (IJN) despite being told by doctors to do so.
Habeas corpus is a writ ordering prisoners to be brought before a court or judge to ascertain if there are any procedural defects which could render their detention unlawful.
The hearing is set for June 25.
Uthayakumar is among the five Hindraf leaders currently detained in Kamunting under the Internal Security Act for alleged terrorist links.
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"...and since it is now time to work, it is only fair that we ask him to fulfil the pledges," he said.
In a brief judgment this morning, Chief Judge of Malaya and panel chair Alauddin Mohd Sheriff said the detention order issued by the Internal Security Minister on Dec 13 last year was valid and met all the requirements under the ISA.
He said the three-member panel of the country's highest court agreed with the findings of 
Kuala Lumpur High Court judicial commissioner Zainal Azman Abdul Aziz who held that the minister could order a person to be detained under Section 8 of the ISA on Feb 26.
Alauddin added that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in his capacity as the then Internal Security Minister had rightly issued the detention order and had complied with the procedural requirements under the Act.
This was unanimously agreed by two other judges - Arifin Zakaria and Hashim Mohd Yusoff when the judgment was delivered at around 11am this morning.
Review application on Monday
The ruling means the five have almost exhausted their legal battle nd will have to remain detained under the security law, which allows for detention without trial.
In their habeas corpus applications, the five stated that their detention was unlawful because of the vague grounds given for their arrest.
The detainees' counsel Gobind Singh Deo said he was disappointment with the ruling, adding that they will file for the Federal Court to review its own decision on Monday.
"We are disappointed with the decision that was brief and it did not address the issues we raised on the points of law for consideration.
"We intend to apply for a review and we'll submit that application on Monday," he told Malaysiakini.
The detainees were also represented by Karpal Singh and his son Ram Karpal. Also present, representing the government, was attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail.
"The judges did not address the arguments we submitted," said prominent lawyer and opposition lawmaker Karpal.
"This is a very important case with far-reaching consequences. How can they detain someone without a police investigation?" Karpal told AFP.
During a hearing last month, Abdul Gani urged the court not to release the activists as they were a threat to national security and that the prime minister had ordered their detention after a thorough investigation.
But Karpal had argued that their detention was illegal and tantamount to an abuse of power by the government because there had been no 60-day investigation period beforehand.
MPs urged to stage one-day walkout
The five are P Uthayakumar, V Ganabatirau, R Kenghadharan, T Vasantha Kumar and M Manoharan.
They were detained under Section 8(1) ISA on Dec 13 last year under Abdullah's orders.
They were immediately sent to under a two-year detention to the Kamunting detention centre without first having to undergo a 60-day investigative period.
The five rose to fame after organising an illegal assembly on Nov 25 which drew 30,000 ethnic Indians out of their homes to protest on the streets against unfair treatment and marginalisation.
The law enforcers responded with water cannons, tear gas and arrests soon after. While the Hindraf lawyers were charged for making seditious statements against the government, several protesters were charged with illegal assembly and attempted murder.
Their supporters however argued that the five - four of whom are lawyers - were merely raising issues concerning the community.
Numerous quarters, including Barisan Nasional component parties such as MIC, MCA and Gerakan, have called for their release.
In an immediate reaction, Hindraf urged opposition parliamentarians to protest against the ruling.
"We are calling on all 82 opposition MPs to stage a one-day walkout of Parliament to show the people's anger at the decision and the government's attempt to stop any discussion of the ISA in the parliament," group coordinator R Thanenthiran told AFP, adding they would organise more demonstrations if they were not freed.
"We now have no choice but to demonstrate in order to get justice."
Prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today launched a fund for cyclone-hit Burma after Kuala Lumpur's aid team landed in Rangoon.
Cyclone Nagris left about 62,000 dead or missing in Burma, ravaging parts of the southern Irrawaddy delta and leaving millions homeless after sweeping through the country on May 3.
Abdullah asked Malaysians to donate to the fund being overseen by the Foreign Ministry.
"We help them on humanitarian grounds, there is no politics in this matter. When there are people suffering, we Malaysians always offer assistance," Abdullah told state news agency Bernama.
Meanwhile, a Malaysian aid team landed at Rangoon's International Airport on Monday, carrying RM500,000 worth of aid, Bernama reported.
The 32-member team included military, government aid workers and Malaysian Red Crescent Society members who brought blankets, instant food, medicines, clothes, water purification tablets and tents.
Malaysia's state media were also allowed to accompany the aid workers.
YANGON, Myanmar:The death toll in a powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar three days ago rose to 22,500 Tuesday and foreign governments and aid organizations began mobilizing for a major relief operation. The death toll is the latest in a steadily escalating official count since the Cyclone Nargis struck early Saturday, devastating much of the fertile Irrawaddy River delta and the nation's major city, Yangon.
At a news conference in Yangon, the minister for relief and resettlement, Maung Maung Swe, said 41,000 people were still missing in the cyclone, which triggered a surge of water inland from the sea.
"More deaths were caused by the tidal wave than the storm itself," he said, in the first official description of the destruction. "The wave was up to 12 fee (3.5 meters) high and it swept away and inundated half the houses in low-lying villages. They did not have anywhere to flee."
A spokesman for the United Nations World Food Program said that as many as one million people might have lost their homes and that some villages were almost totally destroyed.
These areas are centers of repressed opposition to the junta, and now potential centers of anger over what is described by both residents and foreign diplomats as an ineffectual government response to the cyclone.
Residents have described a mood of anger and a grim resignation at the junta's power since the military shot into crowds last September to quell a huge non-violent pro-democracy uprising led by Buddhist monks.
At least 31 people, and possibly many more, were killed during that uprising, and thousands were detained, including large numbers of monks.
International aid groups were assessing the country's needs and preparing shipments of food and materials that included roofing materials, plastic tarpaulins, mosquito nets, water purifying tablets and medication to prevent outbreaks of cholera and malaria.
"We hope to fly in more assistance within the next 48 hours," said the World Food Program spokesman, Paul Risley, speaking in Bangkok. "The challenge will be getting to the affected areas with road blockages everywhere."
A military transport plane was scheduled to arrive Tuesday with emergency aid from Thailand.
A number of other nations and organizations, including the United Nations, the European Commission and Myanmar's powerful neighbor China, said they were prepared to deliver aid.
The United States, which has led a drive for economic sanctions against Myanmar's repressive regime, said it would also provide aid, but only if an American disaster team was invited into the country.
The policy was presented by Laura Bush, along with a lecture to the junta about human rights and disaster relief.
"This is a cheap shot," said Aung Nain Oo, a Burmese political analyst who is based in Thailand. "The people are dying. This is no time for a political message to be aired. This is a time for relief. No one is asking for anything like this except the United States."
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KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is now a blogger.
He is blogging through his website www.chedet.com, which is named after the pseudonym he used when he wrote articles for the newspapers.
In his profile, Dr Mahathir lists himself simply as the "Prime Minister of Malaysia 1981 – 2003".
Dr Mahathir wrote that the site was dedicated to publishing his writings as and when he was able to pen his thoughts and opinions.
He added that interested parties, including the media, were allowed to reproduce or quote materials published in his site but to credit them to chedet.com.
Comments and feedbacks accompanied by names or pseudonyms were welcome, while anonymous ones and those containing profanities and obscenities would be rejected, he wrote.
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The veteran politician was previously a popular leader in MIC who commanded strong grassroots support from the Indian working class. He later rose up the ranks to become vice-president.
However, his ties with MIC president S Samy Vellu became strained when he backed a faction opposed to the president.In 1988, he was slapped with a show-cause letter for allegedly practising caste-oriented politics.
Coffin protest
In June that year, Pandithan embarked on a hunger strike in front of the MIC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. He brought along a coffin to signify that democracy was dead in the party in a protest which made headlines.
This led to his expulsion on July 16 together with 13 of his loyalists.
Two years later, he formed IPF and since then the party has been trying to gain entry into the Barisan Nasional ruling coalition but Samy Vellu remained opposed to this.
However during the Ijok by-election last April, the two sworn enemies buried the hatchet and hugged each other on
stage.During the IPF congress in July last year, a frail-looking Pandithan heaped praises on Samy Vellu and described him as a "hero of the Indians." He also likened him to the Hindu god, Lord Krishna.
This reunion did not go down well with some members in IPF who viewed it as an act of betrayal by their president.
In a statement today, Samy Vellu said he is deeply sad over Pandithan’s demise.
"We are shocked by his death and wish to extend our condolences to his family. Pandithan was a great leader who had the people in his heart.
"He worked tirelessly for the Indian community and had achieved many successes. He is looked upon as a people’s leader with the qualities of a statesman," he added.
The MIC president said Pandithan will be remembered for his sacrifices and deeds as a leader of the people.
"I will miss him a lot because he’s not only a leader of a mass-based party, but he was also my friend," he added.
Meanwhile. Gerakan vice-president Dr S Vijayaratnam said Pandithan had been a great help to BN, including during general elections.
"We will never forget his untiring efforts to help Malaysians of all walks of life, not only from the Indian community, but from other races as well," said Vijayaratnam.
"He had an almost Gandhian image of being kind to all, never losing his temper, but being firm and resolute when the need arose."
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi paid his last respects to Pandithan at his residence in Seri Kembangan in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.
"He had always shown deep concern on issues concerning low-income earners and poor Indians," he told Bernama.
"That was his struggle all along and he showed seriousness and dedication. His followers loved him dearly."
The Malaysian Hindu Sangam described Pandithan's death as a great loss to the Indian community.
In a statement, its president A Vaithilingam said he knew the late politician as a young journalist in the late sixties.
"He was then very popular with the San Peng Road Indian community who were mostly in the poverty group.
"I came to know him better in the seventies when we met at various seminars and youth training programmes. Though we had some differences in opinion, we were then together in the field of youth development.."
Vaithilingam said to Pandithan was a dynamic leader of thousands until his illness.
"He was a brave leader, a 'Makkal Thondan' (one who serves the people) and respected with love by his followers."
