The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah today said he has yet to make a decision on whether to head the proposed oil royalty caucus in Parliament.

“It is a good proposal and I am considering it, but I have yet to decide on it.

“I am waiting to establish clear terms of reference and participation from all sides, especially of BN representatives from oil producing states,” he said today.

MELBOURNE, Nov 25 — A Sri Lankan refugee has revealed to a newspaper here how a professional people-smuggler in Malaysia gave him false travel documents that enabled him to get a protection visa after arriving by air in Australia.

The 23-year-old Tamil man, who asked to be identified only as "Sanjay", told The Australian newspaper that he fled his home on Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula in 2007 at the height of the conflict between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

LOS ANGELES, Nov 25 — The Los Angeles Lakers dominated the New York Knicks for three quarters of yesterday’s game before squandering much of their lead and holding on for a 100-90 victory.

Kobe Bryant scored 34 points as last season’s NBA champions cruised to a fourth successive win despite a poor fourth quarter.

“Depending on the matchup, we have to go our advantages, and we have so many it’s hard to focus on one or two,” Pau Gasol, who grabbed 16 rebounds, told reporters.