PETALING JAYA: It is up to the police now to probe top graft buster Azam Baki after the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) concluded that it had not been able to determine if there was a breach of share trading rules, an opposition MP said today. Sungai Buloh MP Sivarasa Rasiah…
PETALING JAYA: Veteran newsman A Kadir Jasin wants the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) to clarify whether an individual is allowed to “borrow or lend” the Central Depository System (CDS) trading account. The SC said today that it could not “conclusively establish” if Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki broke…
PETALING JAYA: Sabah deputy chief minister Jeffrey Kitingan said the state is expected to earn RM2.2 billion to RM5.6 billion annually from carbon trading as well as other natural asset monetising deals. Speaking at the Sabah International Business and Economic Summit (Sibes) 2022, Jeffrey, who is also the state agriculture…
PETALING JAYA: An anti-corruption watchdog has urged the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) to explain how it could not “conclusively establish” if Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki broke the law over his ownership of shares. “We urge the SC to make public their inquiry findings and how it arrived…
PETALING JAYA: DAP’s Lim Guan Eng says that the Securities Commission Malaysia’s (SC) inability to determine if Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki had committed a securities offence was “upsetting”. He said the laws are clear about proxy share trading, yet SC had yet to reveal if Azam’s brother…
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has backed calls for the authorities to impose the full force of the law against those issuing and selling fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates. Over the past two weeks, there have been numerous arrests made in different parts of the country involving those hawking…
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah local government and housing minister Masidi Manjun said yet another school had sparked a Covid-19 cluster in the state. The index case for the Puri Ranau Cluster was a 19-year-old girl at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Ranau. She tested positive when she underwent a self-test after showing…
KUALA LUMPUR: National unity minister Halimah Sadique is satisfied with the level of compliance by the public on the SOPs for the Thaipusam celebration this year. She also praised efforts by the management committees of temples, including the Sri Subramaniar Temple in Batu Caves and the volunteers for their ability…
PETALING JAYA: A lawyer wants the Malaysian Bar to seek legal power to allow it to prosecute Tengku Adnan Mansor over a RM2 million corruption case at the Federal Court. Syed Iskandar Syed Jaafar al-Mahdzar said the Bar could file a judicial review to direct the attorney-general (AG) to give…
GOMBAK: Former prime minister Najib Razak has echoed a federal minister’s sentiments on Covid-19 rules for Thaipusam, saying they were “too tight”. “I see the Indian community is very disappointed that such tight restrictions have been placed on them,” Najib told reporters at Batu Caves this afternoon. “Certain allowances, which…
GEORGE TOWN: Former DAP strongman Danny Law Heng Kiang has left the party after 35 years, in search of a “new purpose”. The party announced his departure in a statement this morning, bidding the three-term assemblyman farewell. State DAP secretary Lim Hui Ying said Law sent in his resignation letter…
GOMBAK: The Thaipusam SOPs have further eroded the trust of the Indian community in the government, said human resources minister M Saravanan. In a fiery speech at Batu Caves today, the MIC deputy president said the dissatisfaction was emblematic of a larger trend, which contributed to Barisan Nasional’s election defeat in…
HONG KONG: Genting Hong Kong Ltd may file for provisional liquidation as soon as Tuesday after it wasn’t able to secure funds to help it stay afloat following an insolvency of its German shipbuilding subsidiary. The troubled cruise operator plans to file for provisional liquidation with courts in Bermuda unless…
PETALING JAYA: Forty-four students at a boarding school at Jalan Telipot in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, have tested positive for Covid-19. Kelantan health director Dr Zaini Hussin said the cluster involving the students was declared as the Embi Telipot cluster on Jan 14. “Based on investigations, a total of 256 close…
PETALING JAYA: Four members of a parliamentary select committee (PSC) that was to grill Azam Baki tomorrow say the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief cannot override Parliament and must show up when summoned by the PSC. At a press conference, Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong also urged the chairman…
PETALING JAYA: DAP’s Gobind Singh Deo has questioned if former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin had lodged a report over alleged demands to interfere with the judiciary while he was in office. “Did Muhyiddin Yassin lodge a report with the police or MACC over allegations he made that certain quarters had…
NIBONG TEBAL: Ten schools located near the Pulau Burung landfill here have been ordered to close for three days from tomorrow, after a fire that started last Wednesday continues to burn. They are SJK (T) Ladang Byram, SJK (T) Ladang Changkat, SJK (T) Nibong Tebal, SJK (C) Pai Teik, SK…
PETALING JAYA: PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) says it will immediately put in place measures to mitigate the massive traffic congestion at certain toll plazas due to problems arising from the use of the RFID payment system. The highway concessionaire said it has taken into consideration the public’s feedback on the…
PETALING JAYA: Civil society organisations and political youth wings will take to the streets in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to protest against the conduct of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki and call for his arrest. The Tangkap Azam Baki Committee, a loose coalition of 25 groups, will gather…
PETALING JAYA: PAS must make public the reasons for dropping party stalwart Khairuddin Aman Razali as an appointed central committee member as he is not only a key figure in the party but also a former federal minister, says Bachok MP Nik Abduh Nik Aziz. “If it is an internal…