KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has dismissed a widow’s application for constitutional compensation after her husband died in police custody in Tampin, Negeri Sembilan, nine years ago. Judicial commissioner John Lee said in an oral judgment that such compensation is not provided for in the Federal Constitution. He said…
PETALING JAYA: The unilateral conversion of children is not just unconstitutional but also unethical, says a sociology professor following the recent case involving single mother Loh Siew Hong and her three children. Islamic intellectual Syed Farid Alatas, a sociology professor at the National University of Singapore, said he believed many…
PETALING JAYA: A human rights group for foreign workers has welcomed the call for an open market policy in the recruitment of workers to Malaysia, saying it is a “good practice to avoid monopolisation”. Malaysia International Humanitarian Organisation (MHO) secretary-general Hishamuddin Hashim said an open market policy could promote transparent…
PETALING JAYA: The government is delaying implementation of a new minimum wage to appease business owners, claims former human resources minister M Kula Segaran. He said the minimum wage of RM1,200 had been set by the previous Pakatan Harapan administration two years ago and should have been increased to at…
PETALING JAYA: Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) is looking into contesting the Stulang and Maharani state seats in next month’s Johor elections, according to a party insider. The source also said the party was confident it could win the seats based on the work done by the Penggerak Komuniti Negara (PKN)…
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PETALING JAYA: Penang mufti Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor has apologised over comments he made yesterday on the conversion of a single mother’s children to Islam. Wan Salim said he did not wish for his comments to be interpreted as one-sided or in favour of the mother, Loh Siew Hong.…
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) has questioned the education ministry’s silence on the issue of heavy school bags after almost a month since the matter was raised. The coalition’s education committee said the ministry had yet to act on resolving the matter and demanded it do so immediately before the…
PETALING JAYA: DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang has urged the Election Commission (EC) to extend the postal voter registration for Johoreans in Singapore if it was true that only a small number had signed up so far. Lim said if the claims by Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman…
PETALING JAYA: Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has warned of clashes with PKR in the Johor state elections if seat negotiations with the party fail. Syed Saddiq said Muda had informed DAP and Amanah of its intention to avoid any seat clashes with PKR, adding that it was…
PETALING JAYA: Police have confirmed that a motorist who brandished a handcuff at the driver of another vehicle over a misunderstanding is a policeman. Wangsa Maju police chief Ashari Abu Samah said the individual is a lance corporal with the district police headquarters. “An inquiry paper has been opened to…
PETALING JAYA: A DAP leader has rubbished the claim by law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar that a lack of consensus on the definition of “anti-hopping” makes it difficult to draft a law against it. “His point is invalid,” said DAP central committee member Ronnie Liu. “There may be different…
KUALA LUMPUR: Graphic artist and activist Fahmi Reza pleaded not guilty in the sessions court today to a new charge of insulting PAS on Facebook by linking the party with a picture showing beer. Fahmi was slapped with the charge under Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA),…
PETALING JAYA: The passage of an anti-hopping law in Parliament will restore public confidence in the electoral system and give voters a reason to come out in full force at the 15th general election, electoral reform group Bersih said. It said law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar and Prime Minister…
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Bar has filed a review application to set aside a Federal Court judgment over a breach of its statutory duty under the Legal Profession Act (LPA). The judgment, delivered on Oct 21, 2021, also found senior lawyers Tommy Thomas and VC George liable for attempts to discuss…
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will struggle to emulate Sarawak in being as “aggressive” in pushing Putrajaya to restore its rights since the state government involves peninsula-based parties. Tony Paridi Bagang of Universiti Teknologi Mara believed that Sabah wanted to be like Sarawak in demanding for its rights and to ensure the…
PETALING JAYA: Two academics have urged parties in the peninsula to support the call to ensure that a third of parliamentary seats are in Sabah and Sarawak. Council of Professors fellow Jeniri Amir and Universiti Malaysia Sabah lecturer Lee Kuok Tiung said the two territories had the right to a…
PETALING JAYA: A coalition of medical groups has urged the health ministry to table its proposed white paper to reform the health system at the coming Dewan Rakyat session. The Malaysian Health Coalition (MHC) also welcomed the medium-term solutions for contract doctors announced by Putrajaya recently and thanked the ministry…
PETALING JAYA: An academic has advised opposition supporters against reading too much into the absence of PKR leaders at Muda’s launch last week. Asked if it meant that PKR could one day withdraw from Pakatan Harapan, Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid of Universiti Sains Malaysia said such an assumption would be…
Harga runcit petrol RON97 naik enam sen seliter manakala harga bagi RON95 dan diesel kekal bagi tempoh 17 hingga 23 Feb ini.Kementerian Kewangan dalam kenyataan hari ini memaklumkan harga runcit petrol RON97 naik daripada RM3.21 kepada RM3.27 seliter manakala RON95 dan diesel masing-masing kekal pada RM2.05 dan RM2.15 seliter.“Bagi melindungi…