PETALING JAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he decided to work with Anwar Ibrahim despite knowing that “the man had no idea how to govern the country” because their common goal was to oust Najib Razak, according to his latest book. In a section of his book, titled My Friend Anwar,…
PETALING JAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad has highlighted “persistent fault lines” in Malaysia, referring to the divide between the Malay and Chinese communities. The country was also seeing growing racial divisions, he warned in his latest book. Mahathir said that as urban areas grew and prospered, Malays found themselves retreating farther…
PETALING JAYA: Lim Kit Siang has hit back at an Umno Supreme Council member for labelling him a “hypocrite” over the DAP supremo’s supposed selective calls in pushing for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI). In a strongly worded statement, the DAP supremo called Puad Zarkarshi a “national fraud” and…
KUCHING: An Umno leader has lashed out at DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang, accusing him of being “selective” in pushing for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI). Calling Lim the “most hypocritical politician”, Puad Zarkashi said the Iskandar Puteri MP was silent on calls for an RCI into other matters,…
GEORGE TOWN: Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM), a party that once dominated local government in Penang, hopes to make a political comeback. It is collaborating with a group of environmental activists in the Social Progressive Front (SPF), led by former DAP assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu. PRM signed a memorandum of understanding…
PETALING JAYA: Lim Guan Eng has listed five big failures that he claims Ismail Sabri Yaakob has ignored and criticised him for his self-assessed 90% score for the Cabinet’s key performance indicators it had set for the first 100 days of government. Lim, who is DAP secretary-general, said the first…
PETALING JAYA: Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president Voon Lee Shan was not arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) this morning, clarified law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. “This is not true. He was never arrested,” he told FMT. FMT has been made to understand that Voon was merely called…
BERA: Prices of goods are expected to stabilise early next year when countries open up their economic sectors, said Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said movement restrictions by countries that export food products to Malaysia had resulted in a shortage of their supplies in the country. “We breed chickens…
PETALING JAYA: The targeted 92% for 4G coverage in Sarawak by the third quarter of next year is realistic and achievable, communications and multimedia minister Annuar Musa said. This was not empty talk to fish for votes in the 12th Sarawak state elections, he said. Annuar said efforts to improve…
KUCHING: Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president Voon Lee Shan has claimed he was “arrested” by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) this morning in two videos posted on his Facebook account. In the first video, Voon claimed that he was stopped by the enforcement officers while he was driving, with his…
PETALING JAYA: A spy was discovered among Najib Razak’s household staff just weeks before the 2018 general election, a former adviser to the then prime minister has revealed. Romen Bose, who served as Najib’s political communications consultant, said he found out about the situation when security was suddenly tightened at…
PETALING JAYA: Dealing with a civil service that had lost its professionalism was among the biggest challenges Dr Mahathir Mohamad faced after becoming prime minister a second time, according to his latest book. He wrote that one of the immediate obstacles was to find ways of dealing with the large…
PETALING JAYA: If former prime minister Najib Razak really was the mastermind behind the theft of 1MDB-linked billions, why has only a miniscule fraction of the stolen money been linked to him? That’s the question asked by Najib’s former political communications consultant Romen Bose in a forthcoming book. He writes…
ASAJAYA: Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB), which is making its debut in the Sarawak elections, may be able to make some inroads but poses no threat to the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak, says a senior coalition leader. Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, a vice-president of coalition mainstay Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB),…
PETALING JAYA: Two suspects, including a former officer from an enforcement agency, have been detained for robbing RM1 million in cash from a businessman on Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, two days ago. According to Harian Metro, three men, claiming to be enforcement personnel, entered the businessman’s residence on the pretext…
ASAJAYA (Sarawak): People who seek independence for Sarawak cannot be blamed for holding such sentiments, says a leader of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition, pointing to a record of lost state rights. The federal government and West Malaysian leaders should address the unhappiness of Sarawakians, said Abdul Karim…
KUALA LUMPUR: The MIC has pleaded to be given a fighting chance in the next general election (GE15) by being offered winnable seats. In his policy address at MIC’s 75th annual general meeting this morning, party president SA Vigneswaran asked Barisan Nasional (BN) president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to allocate winnable…
KUALA LUMPUR: Dr Mahathir Mohamad failed to counter Umno’s relentless attacks on him for appointing Lim Guan Eng as finance minister in 2018. This move led Umno to claim that he had come under the control of DAP, according to the former prime minister’s latest book. Mahathir said the appointment…
KUCHING: Pakatan Harapan will not pursue ‘white elephant’ megaprojects if it takes over as the state government, says Sarawak PH chief Chong Chieng Jen. This includes the Autonomous Rapid Transit (ART), a Sarawak telecommunications company, and a new boutique airline operated by Hornbill Skyways, the state-owned carrier. Instead, the Sarawak…
PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has reported 4,626 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from the 5,058 cases reported yesterday. In a statement, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the total number of infections now stands at 2,688,149. He said 4,690 patients had recovered, while 396 patients…