PETALING JAYA: Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) should field former inspector-general of police Abdul Hamid Bador if it wants to win the Rembau parliamentary seat in the 15th general election (GE15), says a Negeri Sembilan Pejuang leader. The state’s Pejuang deputy chairman, Jani Ismail, said he has raised the matter with…
PETALING JAYA: A group of 10 voters have failed in their bid to sue Gombak MP Azmin Ali for alleged breach of fiduciary duties after the Federal Court dismissed their application for leave to appeal. The apex court found the group had failed to raise questions of law which were…
PETALING JAYA: A Kelantan executive councillor has defended Bachok MP Nik Abduh Nik Aziz for requesting the Kota Bharu municipal council’s (MPKB) services for the weddings of his children, which were held simultaneously. Housing, health and local government committee chairman Dr Izani Husin said Nik Abduh did not commit any…
PETALING JAYA: A member of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Agencies under the Prime Minister’s Department has called for the committee to be dissolved upon its expiry on Nov 10, saying it has failed to scrutinise and hold the government accountable on key public interest issues. “It has been…
PETALING JAYA: A lawyer representing eight Kuala Lumpur residents planning to sue federal territories minister Shahidan Kassim and Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) over the lack of information on flood mitigation measures in the capital has welcomed the minister’s willingness to meet with them. In a letter to Shahidan today,…
PETALING JAYA: DAP leaders have remained reticent over a party central executive committee (CEC) member’s criticism of DAP’s move to amend its constitution. On Sunday, DAP approved a motion to amend its party constitution so that elected representatives who do not toe the party line on fundamental issues would automatically…
PETALING JAYA: Plans by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to use flood walls in place of sandbags at flash flood hotspots is a good starting point to combat flooding, says an expert. Universiti Putra Malaysia’s civil engineering senior lecturer Balqis Mohamed Rehan agreed flood walls would be far more effective…
PETALING JAYA: The government has been urged to set aside budget funds for healthcare equivalent to about 6.5% of gross domestic product. Gopeng MP Dr Lee Boon Chye, a former deputy health minister, said previous budget allocations for health had been insufficient. The allocations for the public and private sectors…
PETALING JAYA: Coalition politics is better for Malaysia instead of a single multiracial party which, as a dominant party, would not be good for any democracy, according to Subang MP Wong Chen. He said coalitions had always been part of Malaysia’s political history, as they provided the public with the…
PETALING JAYA: The integrity of PAS leaders remains intact despite claims that the party had received funds from Umno before the 2018 general election, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said today. Hadi said PAS had cooperated with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in its investigations of the state governments of Kelantan,…
KOTA KINABALU: Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan (FSSK) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) dengan kerjasama Persatuan Ekonomi Pengguna dan Keluarga Malaysia (MACFEA) dan Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) menganjurkan Program Peningkatan Pendayaupayaan Pengguna: Klinik CPR (Cegah, Pantau dan Rawat) Zon Sabah, baru-baru ini. Program yang memperoleh geran daripada MACFEA itu…
BEAUFORT: Confucius Institute @ Universiti Malaysia Sabah (CI@UMS) merancang untuk menawarkan kursus bahasa Cina (HSK Tahap 1) secara percuma kepada guru dan pelajar Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Gadong di sini bagi yang berminat. Perkara itu disuarakan ketika rombongan CI@UMS yang diketuai Profesor Madya Deng Rong (Pengarah China) dan Profesor Dr.…
PETALING JAYA: The Attorney-General’s Chambers has filed a notice of appeal to challenge former home minister Ahmad Zahid Hamdi’s acquittal of 40 charges of receiving bribes from a company to extend its foreign visa system contract. According to a source, the notice was filed at the High Court in Shah…
PUTRAJAYA: Umno vice-president Mahdzir Khalid has rubbished claims that the party is placing its president, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, as the prime ministerial candidate for the next general election (GE15). Mahdzir, who is also rural development minister, said a previous Umno meeting had already decided that Ismail Sabri Yaakob would remain…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was told today that RM80 million in jewellery, watches and handbags seized from an apartment at Pavilion Residences, were the result of the misappropriation of funds from 1MDB. There were 2,435 pieces of jewellery, seven watches and 29 handbags seized in a raid at the…
PETALING JAYA: Bersih has launched an online petition, calling on Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and all MPs to separate the role of the public prosecutor from that of the attorney-general (AG) before the next general election (GE15). The AG is appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the advice…
PETALING JAYA: A businessman in Johor has won RM4.5 million in the Magnum 4D Jackpot game after picking out two of the top three numbers in the draw on Sept 21. The man, 51, said he just spent RM2 on a single Magnum 4D Jackpot ticket. He added that the…
PETALING JAYA: PKR’s Fahmi Fadzil has urged the government to establish an anti-scam centre to effectively combat scammers and their activity online. He said while he welcomed Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) efforts to curb online scams, more was needed to be done by the government. “The national anti-scam centre should…
PETALING JAYA: A DAP leader has lamented the party’s move to amend its constitution so that elected representatives who do not toe the party line on fundamental issues would automatically lose their membership. DAP central executive committee (CEC) member Ronnie Liu said the decision suggests that DAP may no longer…
PETALING JAYA: Three DAP politicians have condemned MIC deputy president M Saravanan for implying that DAP will run the country if Pakatan Harapan (PH) wins the 15th general election (GE15). Describing it as “preposterous”, Klang MP Charles Santiago told FMT that Malaysians would vote for PH over Barisan Nasional (BN)…