PETALING JAYA: Seventeen NGOs have called on the Government to have a nationwide consultation with the transgender community as soon as possible in order to better understand their issues.

PETALING JAYA: Hundreds of illegal foreign workers were seen milling helplessly at the Immigration Department here on the first day of the biometric registration process under the amnesty programme.

Restaurant helper Horsiyah Sali, 32, from Indonesia, said she had waited since 7am but was informed by an agent for the amnesty programme that there were problems with the online system.

IPOH: The wife of detained Sungai Siput MP Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj has appealed to the police to let family members visit those held under the Emergency Ordinance.

R. Mohana Rani said the families had yet to be permitted to visit the six PSM activists since they were detained on July 2.

KUALA LUMPUR: A society unwillingly to accept them and strict laws preventing them from leading a normal life here. These are among the factors which cause "soft" men to consider leaving the country.

DESPITE a Government announcement that 1% of public sector jobs will be set aside for the disabled, the ruling has yet to be implemented, reported Tamil Nesan.