Archive - 5 August 2015

MH370 Malaysian officials are due to witness the inspection of the part.

Based on phone calls received by families, the victims were in a safe condition.

Bahri says he will track down who is ordering the police to go after his men.

UPDATED 8.56PM The raid follows questioning of three MACC officers.

UPDATED 8.04PM MACC claims new AG Mohamad Apandi Ali has advised this.

UPDATED 7.50PM It says the PM will be asked to explain the amount.

UPDATED 7.55PM MACC says it has obtained an explanation.

UPDATED 12.15AM Khalid’s rebuttal was met with yet another rebuttal from MACC.

MH370 An expert says air pressure, ocean currents and the wind brought it there.

Amidst dissent in Johor Umno, Simpang Renggam says to seek grassroots' voice.

There were 'hidden hands' interfering with its probe, claims Penang PKR.

Swiss NGO urges the police organisation not to fall for attempt to abuse it.

He wants Dr M and Lim Kit Siang to stand on the same stage to 'save Malaysia'.

Our democracy is bereft of ideas.

Move now, act under Section 48 of MACC Act, PKR No 2 tells anti-graft body.

Adnan Yaakob says it not wrong as Shafie is still an Umno vice-president.

UPDATED 6.30PM Because he does not wish to be part of an 'elaborate facade'.

So the saga continues. What baffles me is the reality of the disclosures that the ordinary man is required to make even if he sends or receives US$12,000. Try this at a bank or money changer and you will see the controls in place. The source and reasons for remitting or receiving are needed. Is there one requirement for the ordinary Malaysian and another for Umno politicians?

UPDATED 6.08PM This in response to Semporna Umno retracting Najib invite.

The roofs of houses in Permyjaya were ripped off by the thunderstorm.

From regular updates to silence, what has become of the multi-agency task force?

This was vital to ensure the well-being of the people and country, he says.

Highly possible, says an analyst, who notes politicians stick to those wielding power.

UPDATED 4.51PM It was a last ditch effort to meet Perak MB Zambry Abdul Kadir.

Bersih has made a bold announcement urging the people to rally to urge the PM Najib Abdul Razak to resign.

It has established a dedicated enforcement team to tackle social media content.

The PM and his wife Rosmah are suing Rafizi over the oil subsidy issue.

MP SPEAKS All agencies and institutions must be reminded of this.

The three DAP lawmakers therefore reject invitation to dialogue with YPNM.

Come and learn how we raise money from the people, says Lim Lip Eng.

He says Najib must react because 'when he kept quiet, you said he had no balls'.

Malaysia's Exports unexpectedly increased 5% from a year earlier as shipments to China surged.

LSE prof also pens comment piece explaining how M'sia has 'gone rogue'.

It is time to regulate political funding in Malaysia and stop ignoring the elephant in the room. Political funding is an integral part of the country’s political process and historically has been spared from any form of regulations. Politicians from both sides of the divide have also been reluctant to push for regulated political funding.

COMMENT Party schisms flare when transgressive leaders are loath to leave.

Opposition lawmaker poses a pertinent question on the massive 'donation'.

PAS leader reminds Najib and Rahman Dahlan that the people are their boss.

CPF hopes all Malaysians can join rally over Edge suspension on Aug 8.

Umno Youth leader slammed for defending deposit into Najib’s private accounts.

MH370 Initial models had incorrectly identified Indonesia as the most likely location.

PM's brother says this as he poses with Zeti and IMF's Christine Lagarde. 

UPDATED 2.36PM C hallenge to order allowed, but not stay of suspension.

Malaysia's currency declines 0.6pct to 3.8775 against the greenback.

It drops to RM3.87 against the US dollar, from RM3.85 yesterday.

Kit Siang says the PM should listen to the genuine voices on the ground.

Tuan Ibrahim says a total change in government and system necessary.

COMMENT A strategy is needed for real change to all the nonsense.

YOURSAY ‘As a Malaysian, I have the right to speak. Same goes to you.’

Umno will oust Najib if the RM2.6b in his account is the rakyat’s money.

YOURSAY ‘Lack of answers, alleged billions in accounts most troubling.’

UPDATED 10.35AM This is the response from PM's lawyer when asked.

YOURSAY ‘We don't care if it is a donation. We want answers - who, why, for what?’

UPDATED 12PM Report emerges that its chief Abu Kassim has also gone on leave.

YOURSAY ‘Why could this not have been stated unequivocally in the first place?’

When the 1MDB story unravelled, it was made to look like this scandal would be a nail in the coffin for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak. Malaysians collectively took to social media and made various assumptions to the outcome of Najib’s premiership.

YOURSAY ‘Indeed, such entities cannot donate our money to a political party.’

COMMENT We also want the trustee to give an account of the money received.

Tajuddin Rahman says it may also have gone for party activities and other expenses.

'We rely on donations. Umno is dead without donations,' supreme council member says.

Since Bersih 4 was announced on the July 29, 2015 with the urging for PM Najib Abdul Razak’s resignation over the 1MDB mega-scandal, some commentators and Facebookers have misunderstood this as an urging to overthrow Najib’s administration à la Arab Spring-style with phrases like regime change, Occupy, overthrow of a democratically-elected government, etc, being used.

Abdul Rahman says such questions are asked only for misleading the public.