KUALA LUMPUR: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi agreed with a deputy public prosecutor in the High Court that the rule of law must be applied equally regardless of one’s position in society. The Bagan Datuk MP said this in his corruption trial when deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Raja Rozela Raja…
PETALING JAYA: Home minister Hamzah Zainudin seemed to have missed the mark with his comments on deaths in immigration detention centres yesterday, said Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh. Downplaying a report on deaths in such centres in Sabah released by a group of Indonesian NGOs, Hamzah had said he could…
PETALING JAYA: Law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has defended the appointment of former attorney-general Apandi Ali as chairman of the panel reviewing legal issues regarding sovereignty over Batu Puteh. This comes a day after Dr Mahathir Mohamad walked out 15 minutes into an interview with the panel on the…
PETALING JAYA: Some 5,000 delegates are expected to attend this year’s Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) convention on Saturday, says the coalition’s state chief Bung Moktar Radin. He said the convention would act as a platform to help the coalition, which is part of the Sabah government, close ranks ahead of…
TAWAU: Tawau MP Datuk Christina Liew said she has been consistently pushing for the expansion of the Tawau Airport and for its status to be upgraded to that of an international airport since 2018. As the second largest airport in Sabah after Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA), it had recorded…
PETALING JAYA: Tanpa menamakan mana-mana parti politik, bekas perdana menteri, Dr Mahathir Mohamad membidas pakatan yang cuba menukar perdana menteri bukannya hendak mentadbir negara. Beliau berkata demikian susulan pendedahan bekas ahli Majlis Kerja Tertinggi Umno, Tajuddin Abdul Rahman semalam yang mendakwa beliau ialah saksi Umno menghantar akuan berkanun (SD) menyokong…
PETALING JAYA: Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi claims that Tajuddin Abdul Rahman held a press conference yesterday because he was “scared” of being probed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Tajuddin, who was removed as an Umno Supreme Council member last week, claimed yesterday that he was a “living…
PETALING JAYA: A DAP MP has urged Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to scrap controversial MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman’s appointment as Malaysia’s ambassador to Indonesia, saying he lacks the necessary diplomatic skills needed for the job. Bukit Bendera MP Wong Hon Wai said Tajuddin had proven he was unfit for…
PETALING JAYA: AirAsia X Bhd has announced the resignation of Rafidah Aziz from the posts of chairman as well as independent non-executive director after more than a decade of service. According to a Berita Harian report, the group, in its filing to Bursa Malaysia, said Rafidah’s resignation would take effect…
KOTA KINABALU: Parti Bersatu Sabah’s (PBS) elections, which start today, will see 164 candidates vying for various positions from the youth and women’s wings to its top leadership. With Maximus Ongkili retaining the president’s post unchallenged, the focus is on who will serve as his deputy as two party heavyweights…
KUALA LUMPUR: Diving queen Pandelela Rinong continued to bring glory to Malaysia by winning bronze in the women’s 10m platform at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, today. The success sees Pandelela equal her achievement at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia, and better her performance at the 2019…
PETALING JAYA: The Court of Appeal has reinstated a Mongolian woman’s civil suit seeking declarations that she was unlawfully detained and sexually assaulted by a former police inspector. This comes after the Kuala Lumpur High Court had on Jan 22, 2021, struck out the suit against Hazrul Hizham Ghazali as…
PETALING JAYA: Lahad Datu MP Mohamaddin Ketapi has quit Bersatu less than a year after joining the Muhyiddin Yassin-led party. Mohamaddin, formerly of Warisan, said he will be an independent MP backing the current federal and Sabah state governments. The former tourism minister, who is also the assemblyman for Segama,…
PETALING JAYA: Former inspector-general of police Musa Hassan has denied claims that he is being paid by a syndicate to cover up their operations, and demanded proof of the allegation. Anonymous account Edisi Siasat had said that one “PJ Ming” syndicate with a network of nightclubs had paid Musa to…
PETALING JAYA: FGV Holdings Bhd (FGV) says its non-executive chairman Dzulkifli Abd Wahab will be provided with a company car instead of an annual RM180,000 car allowance. It said this followed the appointment of an independent consultant to review Dzulkifli’s remuneration. FGV said Dzulkifli will get to retain his RM480,000…
PETALING JAYA: Economists fear that government subsidies on consumer necessities are “dangerously high” at a projected RM77.3 billion this year, and are not sustainable in the long run. The high subsidies would increase the country’s financial burden at a time when Malaysia faces the problem of staggering debts and an…
PETALING JAYA: A DAP man has asked if the government is threatened by a TikTok video uploaded by a former senator on the issue of subsidies, which led to her being questioned by the police yesterday. Lawyer Syahredzan Johan asked if the action taken against Siti Aishah Shaik Ismail was…
PETALING JAYA: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been vindicated after being ridiculed in 2020 for an attempt to form a new government, PKR’s information chief said today. Shamsul Iskandar Akin said the statement by former Umno Supreme Council member Tajuddin Abdul Rahman proved that Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Anwar did…
PETALING JAYA: An Umno Supreme Council member has described as “old news” an exposé by Tajuddin Abdul Rahman of Umno MPs signing declarations backing opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to be prime minister. Razlan Muhammad Rafii said the revelation by Tajuddin were similar to the one made by former Barisan Nasional…
PETALING JAYA: The government is considering delaying mega projects as a means of footing an estimated subsidy bill of RM77.3 billion this year, according to economic affairs minister Mustapa Mohamed. He said a delay could help to ensure that Malaysia’s financial position remained secure as there was still a need…