Archive - 8 August 2013

'I'm very grateful that the celebration is such a success and happy to see guests from all walks of life,' says the premier.

A person was killed in Jalan Anson in a hail of gunfire while a businessman's mansion was shot at six times.

Khairy Jamaluddin says that he has not read the new book about his father-in-law Abdullah Badawi, thus he can't say much.

Don't ask Umno to declare their assets until DAP shows transparency and holds fresh CEC polls, says the Penang Umno deputy chief.

Wisma Putra is working with Filipino authorities to ascertain the status of Tung Wei Fei, who allegedly died in the custody of Filipino gunmen.

UPDATED 7.05PM Najib Abdul Razak believes that this 'gargantuan task' may take more than a generation to happen.

An art exhibition called 'Deadly Detention' hopes to raise public awareness about state violence and custodial human rights.

COMMENT When it comes to race, there is a decided limit to the vision of Lee Kuan Yew who likes to think that certain supposed givens are unalterable.

When two scholars asked Dr Mohd Khir Toyo about Pak Lah's leadership as PM, he could only reply: 'Frankly, I see nothing'.

UPDATED 7PM Former MIC president S Samy Vellu denies  that Abdullah Ahmad Badawi asked him to retire in 2007. [VIDEO]

UPDATED 6PM Dr M says he needs to study what his successor had actually said in a new book before responding. [VIDEO]

The Malaysiakini team is taking a short break to celebrate the festival and visit our Muslim friends and colleagues.

Compared with other Muslim communities around the world, Malaysians celebrate Aidilfitri in peace and harmony, says the Regent of Perak.

FREE YOURSAY Yes, we paid the price for race-based policies. But he's wrong about Pakatan, which has performed in some states.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Mahathir is the Pied Piper of Malaysia and he will lead Umno and the nation to the grave if we do not wake up from his tune.'