November 2005 in Malaysia and Singapore - 2 November 2005 (Wednesday)

2 November 2005 (Wednesday)

• Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo has written to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Labor Minister Kevin Rudd reinforcing and explaining the decision not to grant clemency to Nguyen Tuong Van who was sentenced to the death penalty for drug trafficking. (news.com.au)(CNA)

• In his traditional Hari Raya message, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, emphasised that the Singapore Muslim community rejected any individual or group that subscribed or supported the terrorist ideology. (CNA)

• A robber posing as a postman robs RM90,000 from a bank in Kajang. (The Star)