Archive - 1 August 2015

PM rewards 50,000 turnout in Malacca rally with promises of projects.

The embattled PM says he will not step down as Umno president or bow to demands.

Malaysian officials were headed to Reunion to look for more debris.

He says gov't has a plan to reduce 1MDB's debt, but needs six months.

IGP says Bank Negara officials and officers from commercial banks were also questioned.

The 29 nabbed at rally may face up to 20 years in jail if charged and convicted.

He says this after Najib blamed DAP for blocking reforms in political funding.

Umno leader accuses ex-DPM of deliberately arranging for video be recorded and leaked.

Was the minister in charge of governance, integrity aware of the arrests, asks Lim.

Hesitation on joining ICC boomeranging on us, says DAP's Kulasegaran.

'Donations to Umno from the past up to now have nothing to do with public funds.'

Youth chief Sivarraajh reminds Mohd Hasan Umno can't win GE14 all by itself.

Wan Azizah says the series of arrests appear to be a threat to the MACC.

UPDATED 11.30PM Police have gone to DPP's office, seized laptop, documents.

UPDATED 6.12PM PM also accused DAP of not wanting transparency.

UPDATED 4.58PM Jasa director says the state is used to their leaders resigning.

UPDATED 4.20PM Najib said this when asked at Umno Seremban division AGM.

UPDATED 5.54PM The rally in downtown KL stillborn as organisers are carted off.

UPDATED 5.20PM Najib whips up anti-Sarawak Report sentiment over 1MDB.

UPDATED 4.29PM Dr M sarcastically asks if Muhyiddin had done a 'great crime'.

UPDATED 3.37PM Dr M says those who used to complain to him have stopped coming.

UPDATED 3.14PM 'I might be invited by the police to be questioned.'

UPDATE 3.07PM Negri MB says enemies are out to topple elected leader.

UPDATE 2.52PM The Negri Sembilan MB also lauds Muhyiddin's ouster as DPM.

NGO says it will discuss with the natives a response to the moratorium.

Cops say rumours about Gani's arrest last night and house raid are untrue.

UPDATE 2.22PM The NS MB says all Malay-majority seats should be given to Umno.

UPDATED 4.38PM Alor Setar MP says ex-DPM's claims serious and warrants probe.

COMMENT Can 20 Umno MPs and 20 BN MPs from East M'sia step up?

UPDATED 3.49PM The two remanded in relation to the special task force's probe on 1MDB.

Glossy 50-page FAQs are handed out at Seremban Umno's AGM, blaming Dr M.

US will instead press Putrajaya on combating human trafficking.

COMMENT Politicians, including the PM, do not rule us but rule on our behalf.

Mr Paul Low
Malaysian Minister of Integrity and Good  governance
Putrajaya
Malaysia

Dear Sir

Law don says the gov’t principal legal officer should be in Parliament.

YOURSAY ‘Najib, are you not embarrassed to stand beside the British PM?’

YOURSAY ‘If Abdul Gani had succeeded, it would have been a landmark case.’

COMMENT To urge Najib to resign has nothing to do with toppling the gov’t.

My fellow dear Malaysians, and the leaders of my Malaysia,

YOURSAY ‘Has he committed a crime? Why take action to stymie investigations?’

YOURSAY ‘Clever moves, but it makes the accused appear all the more guilty.’

This is over the purchase of a Melbourne property by Mara.

Mujahid says party takeover will be done in an EGM which will be held soon.

Practise mature politics, not emotional politics, says Umno Youth leader.