
Young man with ties to the ulama is PAS' choice
PAS Jerai division Youth chief Mohd Azam Samat was tonight named the candidate to defend the party’s Sungai Limau state seat.
PAS Jerai division Youth chief Mohd Azam Samat was tonight named the candidate to defend the party’s Sungai Limau state seat.





Minister Idris Jala says financial mischief will be minimised as businesses will have to keep complete records at every stage.

‘My view is that we should adapt to a country’s local situation and not expect them to adapt to us,’ says Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.







UPDATED 6PM PARLIAMENT Bung Moktar Radin and Azalina Othman argue the provisions could victimise 'innocent people'.




UPDATED 7.40PM Muhyiddin makes the announcement at the coalition’s operations centre in Bernas, near Sungai Lentang.

Money was used for campaign workers, not vote buying, says former Umno supreme council member Nur Jazlan Mohamed.

That's roughly RM250,000 a year or almost RM21,000 a month for each trainer, when locals could do the job for less says Bukit Bendera's MP.

INTERVIEW Constitutional expert Abdul Aziz Bari says the key is to give wide opportunities for people to speak up.
FREE VOXPOP 'Non-Catholics don't read The Herald, what more Muslims. So what public order or security is the AG talking about?'


The former Malacca CM lost badly in the recent party polls. Only his own division supported him in his state, while the five others did not.

UPDATED 3.10PM PARLIAMENT Nancy Shukri says it's 'very sad' that no action can be taken against those who flew the flag.



UPDATED 1.45PM Pakatan Rakyat's shadow budget for 2014 also proposes to postpone the implementation of the GST.

UPDATED 1.40PM PARLIAMENT Doubts on the commission’s integrity cannot be substantiated, says the minister.





UPDATED 12.38PM PARLIAMENT The PM’s Dept assures that settlers’ welfare is prioritised in the proposed sale of KPF shares.
FREE VOXPOP ‘Trouble will begin with Mahathir finding fault over Najib's ‘betrayal' of purportedly supporting Hisham.'
Archbishop Murphy Pakiam says the Court of Appeal judgment last week raised serious concerns to many Malaysians.
The ruling on ‘Allah’ allows religion to be used to threaten Muslims into remaining Umno’s power base.
ANALYSIS The internal Umno elections confirmed Najib had seen off challenges from rival factions - including the son of ex-PM Mahathir.
FREE YOURSAY ‘PAS leaders Haron Din and Harun Taib are apt to come out with statements not congruent with the rest of the party.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Without his father, Mukhriz is nothing. He would not be the MB of Kedah if his father did not provide him...'
COMMENT Umno has rendered positionless a man probably more loyal to the PM’s 'transformation' call than the party's hardliners.