PETALING JAYA: The announcement that 31 out of 42 Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs will continue to support Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s administration has shown that it no longer has majority support, say political analysts. They pointed out that the government now only has 104 MPs on its side, with 11…
KUALA LUMPUR: The owner of welfare home Rumah Bonda, which was implicated in the alleged abuse of a Down Syndrome child, has sought to set aside a court order granting temporary custody of her five adopted children to the welfare department (JKM). Siti Bainun Ahd Razali contended that she was…
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin claims he was under pressure from “certain parties” to intervene in the matters of the court in order to set several individuals free from criminal charges. In a national address, he said these individuals were uneasy over his strict stand in refusing to entertain…
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is not quitting despite the pressure by Umno and other opposition parties for him to do so. He said today that the issue of him resigning does not arise as he still enjoys sufficient support in the Dewan Rakyat. Surrounded by a phalanx of…
PETALING JAYA: An Amanah MP has dismissed a suggestion by a lawyer that the Sosma security law be used against those involved in the alleged revocation of the emergency ordinances (EOs). Hanipa Maidin said he “totally disagreed” with Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla to use Sosma even “against our rivals”. “I…
Naib Presiden Umno Mohamed Khaled Nordin akan meletakkan jawatan sebagai pengerusi Boustead Holding Berhad, esok.Ia dipercayai mempunyai kaitan dengan penarikan sokongan Umno terhadap Muhyiddin Yassin sebagai perdana menteri.“Saya memang akan letak jawatan esok, esok (juga) saya hantar surat peletakan jawatan,” katanya seperti dilaporkan Utusan Malaysia.Semalam Menteri Tenaga dan Sumber Asli…
KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition MPs have started arriving to give their statements at the Dang Wangi district police station over Monday’s Dataran Merdeka gathering. Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng was first to arrive at 10am and is expected to be followed by former education minister Maszlee Malik and Lembah Pantai MP…
PETALING JAYA: A total of 22,152,367 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered since the start of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Of the total, 14,711,532 people have received their first dose while 7,440,835 have been fully vaccinated. In a Facebook post, the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special…
PETALING JAYA: Umno members maintaining their support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin after the party’s decision to withdraw its support for the Perikatan Nasional-led government are “looking for a disaster”, Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi has warned. However, Puad stressed that the number of Umno MPs who still backed the…
PETALING JAYA: Police have opened an investigation into Monday’s gathering by opposition MPs at Dataran Merdeka, inspector-general of police (IGP) Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said tonight. He added that 206 police reports were lodged nationwide on the matter. According to Acryl Sani, the police will be investigating the matter under…
PETALING JAYA: The post of health director-general requires that the holder be guided by science in the performance of his duties, according to one who has served in the position before. The comment from Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman comes at a time when current director-general, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, faces…
PETALING JAYA: Bersatu will lose power if party president Muhyiddin Yassin resigns as prime minister. Several analysts agree on this, noting that the party’s grassroots support is not strong enough for it to depend on. Sivamurugan Pandian of Universiti Sains Malaysia said Bersatu would survive only as long as the…
PETALING JAYA: Amanah has slammed Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the Cabinet over their response to a rare royal rebuke, saying it smacked of arrogance. Amanah president Mohamad Sabu demanded that Muhyiddin seek the King’s forgiveness and that he resign immediately. Mohamad was commenting on the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)…
PETALING JAYA: The government is highlighting the credibility and legitimacy issues it faces by refusing to disclose whether the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has consented to the revocation of the emergency ordinances (EOs), two analysts have observed. Speaking to FMT, Oh Ei Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and…
KOTA KINABALU: Labuan’s business community is hoping that more economic activities will be allowed now that the island has become the first among states and federal territories to achieve herd immunity. At the same time, they are cautious about reopening too quickly, fearing that this may cause infections to spiral…
PUTRAJAYA: Kerajaan menetapkan harga runcit maksimum bagi minyak masak sawit tulen dalam kemasan botol berkuat kuasa 1 Ogos ini, dengan jaminan pengguna akan mendapat minyak masak di bawah harga RM30 untuk botol lima kilogram (kg). Dalam pengumumannya hari ini, Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDNHEP) menyenaraikan harga runcit maksimum bagi…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s 907,065 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are living in very uncertain times – from day to day it seems almost impossible for them to predict what will come next. Businesses across the country have barely hung on after the arrival and persistence of Covid-19. In this regard,…
PETALING JAYA: Two former deputy ministers have urged Putrajaya to allow fully vaccinated foreigners who are under the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme to enter the country. In a joint statement, Hannah Yeoh and Azis Jamman said MM2H had contributed billions to the economy but remained suspended for about…
Seorang remaja lelaki warga asing didapati memandu kereta curi ketika ditahan untuk pemeriksaan di Kampung Lok Buani, Tanjung Labian, di sini,semalam. Remaja berusia 16 tahun terbabit ditahan selepas terserempak dengan anggota dan pegawai Pasukan Gerakan Am (PGA) yang melakukan rondaan di kawasan itu kira-kira jam 10 malam. Rondaan Op Benteng…
PUTRAJAYA: Former Federal Territories minister Tengku Adnan Mansor, better known as Ku Nan, was today acquitted of allegedly accepting RM2 million from a businessman five years ago. The Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 majority decision in allowing the Putrajaya MP’s appeal against his conviction and sentence, said prosecution witnesses…