Again, with the news

From The Star:

BALI: Malaysians must brace themselves for a worsening haze situation in the
years to come as the world climate heats up.

No shit. Really? Would never have guessed.

From The Star:

KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Rights Day march is off.

The Bar Council reached the decision yesterday after discussing the controversy surrounding the walk, scheduled for Dec 9, from Sogo to Central Market here, in conjunction with World Human Rights Day.

She also said that one of the reasons the walk was called off was the need to get a police permit.

“The police asked the council to apply for a permit for the walk, and, apart from the circumstances that we have taken into account, we believe this is an unlawful fetter on our constitutional right to assemble peacefully,” she said.

The walk was to have demonstrated complete racial harmony and that people could walk peaceably in unity for human rights.

“It would have been an opportunity for the authorities to show to the world that we subscribe to these values. It is a missed opportunity.”

Loves it. I actually wanted to go, too.

From The Star:

KUALA LUMPUR: If you download material illegally from the Internet, be prepared to fork out a minimum fine of RM250,000.

This is the warning from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry to Malaysians who continue to illegally download songs, videos and the like.

Veerasingam said that the maximum fine for downloading material illegally from the Internet was a whopping RM500,000.

Crap. Just when I'm sorting out my internet situation, too.