Let’s put it this way, it simply is not done. Having been put firmly in his place by the Court of Appeal last week after he tried to further delay their ruling on his client’s case (the client being Najib) Malaysia’s most controversial lawyer took to the public soap box…
KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd Shafie Apdal (Warisan-Senallang) memohon kerajaan Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) memberi penjelasan mengenai ‘penjualan’ 2 juta hektar tanah yang dijual kepada syarikat asing bagi tujuan ‘carbon credit’. Presiden Parti Warisan itu berkata, kerajaan negeri harus lebih telus dalam mendedahkan tentang ‘penjualan’ tanah kepada sebuah syarikat…
PETALING JAYA: Former attorney-general Tommy Thomas, who is facing a suit by Najib Razak, said he did not defame the former prime minister in his memoir “My Story: Justice in the Wilderness”. Thomas, who is back in legal practice, said he was relying on the defence of fair comment, justification…
KOTA BHARU: Kelantan menteri besar Ahmad Yakob today tabled the 2022 Budget with a projected deficit of RM90.49 million, an increase from the RM66.02 million deficit of last year. He also announced a special assistance of RM1,000 for state civil servants, and RM500 each for political appointees. Ahmad said that…
PETALING JAYA: Two women have been arrested for throwing objects at a crawling baby at a nursery in Bayan Baru, Penang yesterday. The nursery workers, both in their 20s, were arrested after a video showing their actions went viral on social media. The 44-second video was uploaded on the Facebook…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia needs to step up efforts to enforce laws on human trafficking and labour abuse, a top US diplomat said. “We believe Malaysia needs to do more… to protect victims and crack down on traffickers,” US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink…
PETALING JAYA: India is likely to buy more Malaysian palm oil after export taxes imposed by top producer Indonesia hit record highs this year, said India’s Solvent Extractors’ Association. According to Reuters, Indonesia had imposed higher export taxes in the past year, making the price of palm oil more costly…
PETALING JAYA: The government needs to monitor the immigrant communities in the country, including the Rohingya, as the groups are vulnerable to recruitment by terror organisations. According to The Diplomat, some of them are also supporters of either Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State. In an article on Al-Qaeda’s relevance in…
PETALING JAYA: All travel documents and the passport of Rosmah Mansor must be withheld and restricted once she returns to the country, says Pejuang information chief Ulya Aqamah Husamudin. It was reported today that the wife of former prime minister Najib Razak was supposed to return from her trip to…
PETALING JAYA: Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub has quashed talk of a merger with PKR, saying his party will not entertain any such proposal. The Pulai MP told FMT that the matter had not been raised or discussed in Pakatan Harapan, adding that the proposal was also not the official…
KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has called for several other ministries to answer questions on the rising prices of food, describing it as an issue that requires immediate action from the relevant ministers. Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Mohd Rashid Hasnon had earlier this week accepted a special motion from…
KOTA KINABALU: A PKR leader has demanded that the Sabah government disclose full details of a controversial carbon deal it provisionally agreed with a little-known Singaporean firm. Subang MP Wong Chen said the deal, which is known as the Nature Conservation Agreement (NCA), essentially covers up to two million hectares…
KUALA LUMPUR: Only 10.83% of Malaysians have taken a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and most of them are in Sarawak, deputy health minister Aaron Ago Dagang told the Dewan Rakyat today. He said the government cannot make it compulsory to take the boosters. “It depends on the individual.”…
PETALING JAYA: Days before the Court of Appeal is set to announce the outcome of Najib Razak’s appeal in the RM42 million SRC International case, the former prime minister has filed an application to adduce fresh evidence. Najib filed a notice of motion in the Court of Appeal to take…
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is to get yet another “special adviser” to assist him, with the appointment of a health adviser. This was revealed by special functions minister Abdul Latiff Ahmad in a parliamentary written reply to Kubang Pasu MP Amiruddin Hamzah. Latiff added that there are…
KUALA LUMPUR: Youth and sports minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu today told the Dewan Rakyat that his ministry could do more to address the issue of child marriages, expressing dissatisfaction with the prevalence of the issue. He was responding to a question from Kasthuri Patto (PH-Batu Kawan), who asked about the…
PUTRAJAYA: Rosmah Mansor has been ordered to be present in the Court of Appeal on Monday to follow her appeal proceeding to disqualify Gopal Sri Ram as senior deputy public prosecutor and declare her ongoing corruption trial a nullity. However, a three-member bench chaired by Hanipah Farikullah fell short of…
PETALING JAYA: Legal amendments needed to decriminalise suicide attempts could be tabled before the end of the year, law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said. In a parliamentary written reply to Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii, Wan Junaidi said the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) is in the process of examining…
KOTA KINABALU: Another Sabah DAP assemblyman has begun contemplating his future in the party, less than two weeks after former state chief Jimmy Wong called it quits. Elopura assemblyman Calvin Chong cited internal issues and the recent party polls, in which he and several other DAP elected representatives were not…
KUALA LUMPUR: Efforts to eradicate child marriages in the country is expected to be the focus of the Dewan Rakyat today. According to the Order Paper, the matter will be raised in a question by Kasthuriraani Patto (PH-Batu Kawan) to the youth and sports ministry during the Ministers Question Time.…