PETALING JAYA: The complaints of Taman Melawati residents will be heeded, environment and water minister Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said. In a Facebook post today, he said he had received a copy of the complaint from the Taman Melawati Residents’ Association yesterday. “This will be given attention and action will…
PETALING JAYA: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) “overpaid” for a piece of government land it did not plan to buy, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said today. In its report on the purchase of the land known as Lot 41, the PAC said the proceeds from the RM2.07bil sale to BNM…
KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in Najib Razak’s 1MDB trial has suggested that the High Court proceed with the case through an online hearing. Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib told trial judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah that an amendment to Section 15A of the Courts of Judicature Act allowed court hearings…
PETALING JAYA: Helping middle-income wage earners who lost their job to find work again is a key goal and an important strategy under Budget 2022 to help the country’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, it is no surprise that Budget 2022 unveiled a host of employment measures targeting…
KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya said today it will not regulate cryptocurrencies for now because of their decentralised nature. Deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Eddin Syazlee Shith said new laws to control cryptocurrency trade were also difficult because there was no decentralised body. “The nature of cryptocurrency or Bitcoin is…
PETALING JAYA: The government’s credibility will erode if it keeps breaching its own Covid-19 rules, says health minister Khairy Jamaluddin in the wake of the recent controversy over crowds at an event marking the first 100 days of the current administration. The government’s credibility was an important factor in managing…
KOTA KINABALU: The new Muda party is to await a court decision on its registration before deciding on a Warisan offer to use its logo for the Sabah elections, party founder Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said yesterday. He said the court hearing will be held next week. Muda is…
PETALING JAYA: PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has denied that his criticisms revolving around Muafakat Nasional (MN) was directed at Umno, but were instead meant as a broadside against certain individuals in the party. However Hadi did not identify the Umno leaders with whom he had issues. Speaking at a…
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Najib Razak was turned away from the High Court for his 1MDB corruption trial here over his MySejahtera status. His lawyer, Hariharan Singh, told trial judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah that Najib and fellow counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah had been flagged as “casual contacts” on MySejahtera…
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) promised to institute a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into the 1MDB scandal within 100 days of taking over power in May 2018 but failed to keep its pledge, says an Umno leader. Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi said it was therefore odd that…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s decision not to take part in a US democracy summit was a short-sighted move, a DAP man said. Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming said Malaysia’s absence from the Summit for Democracy, organised by the office of the US president last week, was a lost opportunity and sent…
PETALING JAYA: DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has hit out at former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s use of chopsticks as an analogy to describe the Chinese community’s failure to assimilate itself in Malaysia. Yesterday, Mahathir remarked that the Chinese had maintained their culture and way of life in Malaysia,…
ASAJAYA: It is not impossible for the parties in Gabungan Parti Sarawak to repeat the big 2016 victory — where they won nearly 90% of state assembly seats — in the state elections, says a leader of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), the mainstay of GPS. PBB vice-president Abdul Karim…
KOTA KINABALU: A reforestation programme in Sabah’s east coast has received a boost, with the British government contributing financially to the initiative known as Regrow Borneo. With the charity status, Regrow Borneo can claim from the British government an additional 25% of every donation made in the UK. The reforestation…
KUCHING: The ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak could be in for some surprises in the coming state elections especially in Iban seats, says a political analyst. Dick Lembang Dugun of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak said newcomers Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) will pose the biggest threat to GPS in these areas. “There are…
KUCHING: Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen has denied claims he is “running away” from his Kota Sentosa seat which he served for 15 years to contest another seat in the Sarawak state elections. He said the decision to change seats was part of DAP’s election strategy. The claim of…
PETALING JAYA: Those close to Najib Razak withheld information from him about the true feelings of the people on the ground, a factor that led to Barisan Nasional’s upset loss at the 14th general election in 2018, according to a former aide. Najib’s former communications consultant Romen Bose writes in…
PETALING JAYA: Fatal errors from a software change caused Barisan Nasional election teams to ferry droves of opposition supporters to the polls in 2018 at the general election where a seemingly invincible coalition fell from power. Alleged internal sabotage of election software and a signal jamming attack caused chaos in…
PETALING JAYA: Interpol Red Notices have been issued for fugitives Nicky Liow and Low Taek Jho but they are only for law enforcement agencies and not meant to be displayed for the general public, police said yesterday. Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said there were two types of…
SEREMBAN: The Umno party elections for the 2021/2023 term may be held in November next year, says deputy president Mohamad Hasan. He said the elections had to be held before the expiry of the current term, which is in December 2022. The elections at the branch level, therefore, have to…