PETALING JAYA: Voters who contract Covid-19 may have provisions in place to help them exercise their right to vote in the 15th general election. Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the ministry was discussing with the Election Commission to prepare a safe voting protocol for Covid-19 patients. According to Khairy, Covid-19…
SEREMBAN: The first meeting of the fifth session of the Negeri Sembilan state assembly scheduled to start today has been postponed to a date to be announced after the speaker and his deputy tested positive for Covid-19. Negeri Sembilan menteri besar Aminuddin Harun said he and state secretary Razali Ab…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, has called for a “free and fair” election process. He said while voting is the responsibility of the public, they must be assisted by the Election Commission (EC). “The EC must maintain its impartiality and transparency whenever an election is conducted.…
KUALA LUMPUR: M Kula Segaran (PH-Ipoh Barat) claims that former home minister Muhyiddin Yassin had been against amending a section of the Employment Act on the intake of foreign workers when he was in the Pakatan Harapan government. Debating the Employment Amendment Bill 2021, Kula, the former human resources minister,…
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have recorded statements from 37 individuals over the murder of a female school bookshop supervisor allegedly involving a security guard. Cheras police chief Idzam Jaafar said police had also obtained an extension to the remand order against a 34-year-old suspect to facilitate the investigation. “So far, police…
KUALA LUMPUR: The national debt is at RM979.8 billion as of the end of last December, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy finance minister Shahar Abdullah said the national debt amounted to 63.4% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Replying to a question by Ahmad Maslan (BN-Pontian) during ministers’…
ALOR SETAR: Four people were killed, including one who was burnt to death, in a road crash involving two cars at Km58.2 of the North-South Expressway (northbound) near Pendang early today. Kedah fire and rescue department director Sayani Saidon said a fire team from the Pendang and Jalan Raja fire…
PETALING JAYA: Damansara MP Tony Pua is surprised he failed to make the cut for a seat in DAP’s central executive committee (CEC), saying he did not expect to miss out on a place in the top leadership as a whole. In a statement, Pua said he was disappointed by…
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has asked for more time to decide whether it is amenable to mediation in response to a suit filed by retired judges and dependents on their pensions. High Court judge Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh, who proposed an out-of-court settlement last month, has now fixed another…
PETALING JAYA: An opposition MP has urged Putrajaya to review the bill to amend the Employment Act 1955 (Act 265), describing it as a “half-hearted” attempt at amending the law. Klang MP Charles Santiago said the Employment Amendment Bill 2021 failed to remove a RM2,000 monthly wage cut-off for those…
PETALING JAYA: Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) has urged Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Pakatan Harapan to honour the memorandum of understanding (MoU) they signed in September. TI-M president Muhammad Mohan said Ismail and the signatory parties needed to prioritise economic and political stability, and ensure that Malaysia could “get…
KUALA TERENGGANU: PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has tested positive for Covid-19. This was announced by his son, Batu Buruk assemblyman Muhammad Khalil, via his Facebook page. Khalil said his father, who is the Marang MP, was experiencing mild symptoms. “I pray that my father will recover soon. He has…
HANOI: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today that his government’s political pact with the opposition has led to political stability, which gave confidence that more foreign investments would flow into Malaysia. He said that since he took over the government, the opposition and ruling parties could, for the first…
SHAH ALAM: This is the new leadership lineup of DAP following today’s elections to the 30-member central executive committee at the party congress held here. National chairmanLim Guan Eng Deputy national chairmanGobind Singh Deo Vice-national chairmanNga Kor Ming, Chow Kon Yeow, Chong Chieng Jen, M Kulasegaran, Teresa Kok Secretary-generalLoke Siew…
SHAH ALAM: Lim Guan Eng was his usual fiery self when he started his final address as DAP secretary-general to the party’s national congress here. In an uncompromising tone, he took the government of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to task for not pushing through the anti-hopping bill as promised…
HANOI: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today the economy is projected to achieve growth targets set for this year, and denied that his government had failed to revive the economy following the Covid-19 pandemic. He said official statistics showed that Malaysia’s economy grew by 3.1% in 2021 compared to…
TAWAU: Warisan has voiced its support for a proposal for Sabah and Sarawak to have one-third of the 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, bringing the total for the two states to at least 70 seats. Warisan president Shafie Apdal, who is the Sabah opposition leader, said the proposal was…
SHAH ALAM: Loke Siew Fook has been elected DAP’s new secretary-general, drawing the curtains on Lim Guan Eng’s 18 years at the post. Guan Eng, who turned 61 in December, has reached the three-term limit and was voted the party’s chairman at today’s congress at the Ideal Convention Centre here.…
SHAH ALAM: High-profile MPs Tony Pua and Ong Kian Ming, who had backed a political cooperation with the Muhyiddin Yassin government last year, failed to defend their seats in the DAP leadership at the party elections today. Pua, who is DAP national publicity chief, drew 744 votes while Ong, who…
PETALING JAYA: Najib Razak has urged the government to protect Sapura Energy Bhd from bankruptcy by providing loans or instructing Petronas or Khazanah Nasional to take over ownership from Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB). The former prime minister was critical of PNB for failing to take action during the tenure of…