KUALA LUMPUR: Former minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering cases in connection with Bersatu election funds totalling RM1.2 million will be tried before the High Court. High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan today granted Syed Saddiq’s application to transfer his CBT and…
PETALING JAYA: Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi has questioned the role of former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz in the 1MDB scandal. This comes after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) recently revealed that some RM65 million in 1MDB funds were returned from Cutting Edge Industries Ltd,…
PETALING JAYA: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) needs to be officially registered in the interest of putting the political coalition on a strong footing, former Sabah chief minister Salleh Said Keruak said. He added that the GRS coalition was effective because it involved the cooperation of national and local parties with…
KUALA LUMPUR: As a psychiatrist and drug addiction specialist, Dr Rusdi Abd Rashid has seen the adverse effects of marijuana on patients and how it can induce psychosis in those with schizophrenia and other mental disorders. So he was surprised to see how it calmed down the severely autistic son…
GEORGE TOWN: Tommy Thomas says he was “surprised” that people did not want him as attorney-general just because he was a non-Malay. He said he thought there would be enough support, particularly from the Pakatan Harapan side, as he was their “traveller AG”. Thomas said a traveller AG was obliged…
KOTA KINABALU: After the heavy beating it suffered in Melaka months after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the federal government, will Pakatan Harapan face another setback in Sabah, where it has proposed the Sabah Reform Agenda (SRA)? Very likely, says political analyst Oh Ei Sun of the Singapore…
PETALING JAYA: Education activists have rejected the idea of setting up unity schools to get Malaysians of all races to study together, saying it will be like reinventing the wheel. Commenting on a proposal by Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin, spokesmen for the Parent Action Group for Education (PAGE) and…
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan’s poor performance in Melaka is down to its failure to offer voters anything new and its continued reliance on “the same old script” against its opponents, says a former deputy minister. Loga Bala Mohan, of myPPP, a former Barisan Nasional component, said the opposition should play…
GEORGE TOWN: Former attorney-general Tommy Thomas said he was not happy that Najib Razak was allowed to travel abroad despite being convicted of abuse of power, money laundering and criminal breach of trust (CBT). He said everyone must be treated equally under the law, including liberties accorded to an average…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has set licensing conditions on Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) over 5G access pricing to ensure the cost of services offered is reasonable, according to the communications and multimedia ministry (KKMM). In a reply posted on the Parliament website today, the ministry…
KUALA LUMPUR: Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd has announced the resignation of its chairman and independent director to comply with Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad’s requirements. Meanwhile, another current independent director has been promoted to chairman. In separate filings to Bursa Malaysia today, Serba Dinamik said Mohamed Farid Abu Hassan has been…
PETALING JAYA: There is no need to hold the next general election (GE15) anytime soon, Umno vice-president Mahdzir Khalid said today, contradicting his party deputy president Mohamad Hasan. Mahdzir said the government must instead prioritise the management of the Covid-19 pandemic and the country’s economic recovery instead. He said that…
KUALA LUMPUR: Several MPs have brought up the issue of the rising prices of vegetables, fertilisers and pesticides and wanted to know what steps the government was taking to resolve the issue. Wong Hon Wai (PH-Bukit Bendera) said he had received many complaints about the drastic rise in prices of…
GEORGE TOWN: Former attorney-general Tommy Thomas said he would only charge an individual in court if he felt he could “win the case”. Defending his decision to drop some charges when he was in office, Thomas also said that when it came to prosecuting someone, his decisions were based on…
PETALING JAYA: A human rights group has urged the government to pardon a man who has been on death row for 29 years. Chong Yun Fak, now 60, was arrested on July 23, 1987. He was charged for trafficking in 47.4gm of heroin at Taman Seri Pelangi, Johor Bahru, and…
PETALING JAYA: Sarawak’s ruling coalition Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will announce its candidates for the 12th state elections on Dec 4. GPS chairman Abang Johari Openg told Utusan Malaysia the coalition did not have any problems with Dec 18 set as the polling day as it had expected the elections…
KUALA LUMPUR: Finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz was put in the spotlight at the Dewan Rakyat today over unanswered questions concerning infrastructure projects such as the takeover of Subang Airport. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said with “billions” at stake in the airport project, the minister had not answered his questions.…
KUALA LUMPUR: Plantation industries and commodities minister Zuraida Kamaruddin has refused to comment on speculation that she will join Malaysia’s newest political party, Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM). Speculation is rife that Zuraida, a Bersatu Supreme Council member, will join several former PKR MPs who have established PBM. Zuraida is a…
KOTA KINABALU: A group of Sarawak civil society organisations (CSOs) has proposed several recommendations to the Election Commission (EC) for the upcoming state polls, including allowing ceramahs and house visits. They said political gatherings and house visits should be permitted under strict SOPs, and should apply to both urban and…
KUALA LUMPUR: The defence in Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s corruption trial today said the prosecution’s arguments in its closing submissions were prejudicial. Lawyer Hamidi Mohd Noh told the High Court the defence team was offended by the prosecution’s remarks, saying they included arguments that were not relevant to Zahid’s corruption, money…