KUALA LUMPUR: A top Pakatan Harapan (PH) leader has dismissed the need for the coalition to comment on a government panel’s findings about the memoir of former attorney-general (AG) Tommy Thomas. Several Umno leaders including caretaker Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob have questioned the silence of PH leaders on the…
KUALA LUMPUR: Environmental activist Wong Tack has refused DAP’s offer to contest the Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat in the 15th general election (GE15). The party’s secretary-general Loke Siew Fook said this following his announcement that Young Syefura Othman will be contesting in Bentong, where Wong Tack was the incumbent. Young…
KUALA LUMPUR: DAP has named former Ketari assemblyman Young Syefura Othman as its candidate for the Bentong parliamentary seat in the 15th general election (GE15). This means that former Bentong MP Wong Tack will not get to defend his seat, after beating former MCA president Liow Tiong Lai for the…
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has affirmed the conviction and one-month jail sentence imposed by the High Court on Lokman Noor Adam for contempt of court in Najib Razak’s 1MDB trial. Lokman, a former Umno Supreme Council member, was said to have intimidated Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin, a key witness in…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia aims to cut prison occupancy rate by two-thirds in the next eight years and rely more on community corrections, prisons department commissioner-general Nordin Muhamad said. He said greater focus on community corrections was aimed at reducing the prison population and improve rehabilitation of those convicted of non-serious…
PETALING JAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad has questioned why the authorities are probing former attorney-general (AG) Tommy Thomas over his book but not his predecessor Apandi Ali over alleged offences when he was AG. He said Apandi had cleared former prime minister Najib Razak of any wrongdoing in the 1MDB scandal,…
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah PAS will go solo in Sabah in the Nov 19 general election even as three other Perikatan Nasional (PN) partners contest under the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) logo. Bersatu Youth vice-chief Ceasar Mandela Malakun told FMT: “This is a normal democratic process. If Sabah PAS, which is…
PETALING JAYA: A DAP leader has backed Muda’s bid to join Pakatan Harapan (PH), saying there is enough room for it and other like-minded parties in the coalition. Hannah Yeoh, DAP’s assistant publicity secretary, said it was good that PH and Muda were on the verge of sealing an electoral…
SUNGAI SIPUT: MIC has finalised the list of candidates for the 15th general election (GE15), said its president SA Vigneswaran. He said the candidates had passed the screening at the party level, and the final decision would be made by the Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership. “Hopefully (these candidates) will be…
PETALING JAYA: An academic said those in Sabah and Sarawak would prefer Putrajaya to demonstrate political will in resolving issues plaguing them rather than giving someone from the Borneo states the post of deputy prime minister. Rahezzal Shah Abdul Karim of UiTM Sabah said while the post of deputy prime…
PETALING JAYA: A DAP Youth leader has hit out at a former political aide for claiming Warisan had laid the groundwork to implement the terms in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). Kaven Lee regretted that Ben Mansul had disregarded Pakatan Harapan’s “sweat and tears” in the process. Lee, who is…
PETALING JAYA: Former deputy prime minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will be contesting the Bandar Tun Razak seat in the upcoming general election (GE15). A source from PKR’s Bandar Tun Razak division told FMT the matter was confirmed last week. “It was either her or Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman…
PETALING JAYA: A coalition of 12 Indian NGOs, known as i-25, has invited Selangor DAP chairman Gobind Singh Deo to a meeting to clarify claims that three-term Klang MP Charles Santiago would be dropped as a candidate in the 15th general election (GE15). “We humbly invite Gobind and members of…
PETALING JAYA: Tommy Thomas was appointed attorney-general (AG) during the Pakatan Harapan government as he was known to be “impartial” and followed the “rule of law”, said former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. However, Mahathir said, this was before Thomas’ controversial memoir – which has seen him being investigated for…
PETALING JAYA: The Kuala Lumpur High Court has allowed 1MDB and its four subsidiaries to serve a writ of summons for a US$3.78 billion (RM16.82 billion) claim on Low May Lin, the sister of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, through substituted service. Siva Kumar Kanagasabai,…
OIL prices rose on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar eased against major peers but gains were limited by worries of slowing global fuel demand growth amid bearish economic data from key oil importing economies such as China. International benchmark Brent crude futures gained 3 cents to $93.29 per barrel by…
BEIJING, 25 Okt (Bernama) -- Ekonomi China terus menyaksikan pemulihan dan mempamerkan prestasi semakin baik pada tiga suku pertama tahun ini, menurut Biro Statistik Negara (NBS). Data NBS menunjukkan Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK) China merekodkan sebanyak RMB87.02 trilion (RM56.79 trilion) pada tiga suku pertama meningkat tiga peratus berbanding tempoh sama tahun lalu. Antaranya,…
PETALING JAYA: Widad Business Group Sdn Bhd (WBG), through its wholly owned subsidiary Langkasuka Land Sdn Bhd, has commenced works on Langkasuka Village, phase 1 of the Widad Langkasuka project. The ground-breaking ceremony on Sunday marked the start of the earthwork package worth RM40 million, which is targeted to be…
PETALING JAYA: The five-day leave for university students to cast their votes in the general election (GE15) is pointless with the surge in flight ticket prices to East Malaysia, say two student groups in Sabah. Markas Siswa Siswi Islam Sabah (Marsis) and Gabungan Mahasiswa Islam SeMalaysia Sabah (Gamis) said university…
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has rejected Anwar Ibrahim’s proposal for a debate among the prime minister candidates from Barisan Nasional (BN), Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) ahead of the 15th general election (GE15). Ismail said debates were not a part of Malaysia’s political culture. “If…