PUTRAJAYA: A Federal Court judgment today declaring that the Selangor state legislature cannot pass a shariah law that makes it an offence to engage in unnatural sex is one of great constitutional importance, lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar says. He said the decision by the nine-member bench, chaired by Chief Justice…
GEORGE TOWN: Starting March 1, MY30 Mutiara pass holders can enjoy unlimited free Rapid bus rides for the rest of 2021. Penang Infrastructure and Transport Committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari today said the current pass holders would not need to pay a monthly renewal fee of RM30 starting next month.…
PETALING JAYA: Klang MP Charles Santiago has been summoned to Bukit Aman by the police next week after a report was lodged against him for comments he made on the Federal Court’s decision on Malaysiakini. In a tweet, Santiago said he would meet the police at 10.30am on March 1…
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was indeed vaccinated and there was no sleight of hand for a different needle, the health ministry said, silencing claims on social media that there had been a switch in needles. Instead, it said, different needles may be used during an injection procedure, including…
KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and a developer have gone to the Federal Court to challenge a lower court’s ruling that quashed their plan to develop Taman Rimba Kiara, a green lung in the city. The Court of Appeal had on Jan 27 ruled in favour of Taman…
PETALING JAYA: Serdang Hospital has no plans to vaccinate “influencers” to boost morale among frontliners there. Instead, it will be giving priority to the heads of its clinical departments, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. In denying a news portal report, Noor Hisham said checks with the hospital found…
KUALA LUMPUR: Rosmah Mansor’s money laundering and tax evasion trial involving nearly RM7.1 million will begin after the High Court has heard her defence in the corruption case in relation to the Sarawak schools’ solar hybrid project. Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan has set 17 days beginning Nov 15 for the…
KUALA LUMPUR: The European Union today joined the US in expressing concern over Malaysia’s deportation of Myanmar nationals in defiance of a court order halting the plan. Malaysia sent 1,086 Myanmar nationals back on three navy ships sent by Myanmar on Tuesday, a move rights groups said could endanger the…
PETALING JAYA: Umno member and former deputy minister Aziz Kaprawi has told the Muhyiddin Yassin administration that it can no longer do “as it pleases” after the Yang di-Pertuan Agong said yesterday that Parliament can reconvene during the emergency period which lasts until August. Aziz said the King’s decree gave…
PUTRAJAYA: States can enact laws on offences against the precepts of Islam for Muslims, but not when it is already on the Federal List, the Federal Court has declared. If such an offence falls within any of the matters in the Federal List, including criminal law, then the states cannot…
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah received its first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine today, with a consignment of 16,380 doses arriving on a Raya Airways flight from Kuala Lumpur at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport, terminal 2 at 12.40pm. State local government and housing minister Masidi Manjun said this was the…
KUALA LUMPUR: The airline industry is expected to remain cash negative throughout 2021, with estimated cash burn ranging from US$75 billion to US$95 billion from a previously anticipated US$48 billion, according to the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest analysis. IATA said the previous analysis in November 2020 indicated that…
PETALING JAYA: Two public health experts have raised a number of concerns over a proposal to issue so-called “vaccine passports” to travellers who have been inoculated against Covid-19. The fear that the passport could be viewed as discriminatory was among the issues raised by Dr Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud of…
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has ruled that the Selangor state legislature is incompetent to pass a shariah law that makes it an offence to engage in unnatural sex. Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who chaired a nine-member bench, said the primary power to enact criminal laws lies with Parliament.…
PETALING JAYA: UOA Development Bhd’s net profit for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2020 dropped 69% to RM34.96 million from RM112.61 million a year ago mainly due to higher progressive recognition from United Point Residence in the previous year. UOA registered a revenue of RM194.11 million in the quarter,…
Keluarga seorang warga Pakistan, Rafi Ullah mahu satu inkues dijalankan bagi menentukan punca kematian lelaki yang berusia 63 tahun itu semasa dalam tahanan di Penjara Sungai Buloh, pada 17 Februari lalu.Peguam M Visvanathan yang mewakili keluarga itu berkata, siasatan menyeluruh perlu memandangkan pihak keluarga telah melemparkan pelbagai pertuduhan termasuk mempersoalkan…
PETALING JAYA: A prominent tycoon has urged banks to provide loan moratoriums to businesses in three sectors that are in dire straits because of Covid-19. The sectors are tourism, retail, and events. Ameer Ali Mydin, the managing director of the Mydin chain of hypermarkets, said if the banks, which were…
PETALING JAYA: Political analysts have dismissed a PPBM leader’s remark that Umno is no longer a major force in politics. Universiti Malaya socio-political analyst Awang Azman Awang Pawi said though there might be divisions within Umno’s leadership, the party was far from weak as it had the backing of the…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has further clarified and reiterated the information shared at the recent analyst briefing with regard to the purpose of the government’s Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for 5G which will be regulated by the commission. In a statement today, MCMC said it…
WASHINGTON: Group of 20 (G20) countries should take strong policy actions to reverse a “dangerous divergence” that threatens to leave most developing economies languishing for years, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a blog on Wednesday. IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said “much stronger international collaboration”…