
Haze nationwide draws varied reactions
Parents want more timely announcements on closure of schools, while schools want the authority to close.

Parents want more timely announcements on closure of schools, while schools want the authority to close.

The red shirt rally is poised for tomorrow but tonight it’s as crowded and colourful as ever.

Malaysia’s AG Apandi Ali proposed this to the Swiss AG in Zurich today after receiving request.

Minister Wahid Omar says gov’t investment arm will create value by propping up undervalued stocks.

Rather to his surprise, the new party has registered more than 7,000 members from the PAS state.

In a message from prison, the PKR de facto leader says the act was uncultured.

[UPDATED 8.32PM] The Umno deputy president speaks out against the Sept 16 rally and the use of 'racial sentiments'.

The city will see its second major rally within a month tomorrow with the 'red-shirts' gathering in KL. Here's a rundown of who's involved.

Info chief Nasrudin says as a big and experienced political party, PAS is prepared to face any situation.


Bona Fide Friends of Umno sends out a list of do's and don'ts, including no weapons.

Kemaman in Terengganu recorded the most unhealthy API reading at 190.

The firm says there was no corporate development that was yet to be announced.

IGP urges all those involved to come forward to help in police investigations.

UPDATED 7.33PM 'At no time during this exhaustive legal process did the name of the PM come up in any culpable manner.'

Responding to the IGP’s warning, it’ll now send 500 to keep watch, down from 2,500.


He says they will start arriving tonight and spring into action if need be at the 'red shirts rally'.

An X-Ray technician and an interior designer pleaded not guilty to the charge.

LFL’s Michelle Yesudas urges this after a LGBT activist and student leader were attacked.

Universiti Malaya’s ranking has climbed from 151 in 2015 and 167 in 2013, but NUS, NTU leapfrog Yale.

High Court Judge Hue Siew Kheng dismisses their application in chambers today.

The ‘Ultras Malaya’ is a group of hardcore supporters of Harimau Malaya.

‘We have to have respect for each other,’ says DPM Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

It says this is in order for the water operators to provide a better service.

Mustafar Ali appears unhappy with Mkini readers’ views and says he was only explaining terms in MACC Act.

He was scheduled to launch works on a package of the Pan Borneo Highway.

UPDATED 4.55PM Merdeka Centre says only 24 percent of Malay respondents support the rally.

Its spokesperson says it is an annual event where settlers will gather at one particular region.


Rally participant thanks him on Facebook, forcing P Kamalanathan to explain the issue.

The event is to support a leader, unlike a brave gathering that goes against the ruler, he says.


From a 'Malay pride' rally to a unity' rally, from illegal to legal, from Bukit Bintang to Padang Merbok...

The roads include main arteries Jalan Tun Razak, Jalan Ampang and Jalan Sultan Ismail.

“Anang Malaysia sebaka tebu, manis di pohon, tawal di hujung.” (Malaysia should not be like the sugar cane, sweet at the head and getting less and less sweet towards the end.)
- Jugah anak Barieng @ Temenggong Jugah

This is pending a permanent stay application for all proceedings until court hears Najib's application to strike out suit.


O’ brothers in Islam,
You call yourself brothers
Yet, kill your brethren most mercilessly
In the name of contrasting beliefs.
Even the women don’t escape your tyranny,
In the name of what you think is right.

The Penang chief minister says the incident by the the 'red shirts' was 'dangerous religious provocation'.

[UPDATED 4.04PM] PKR's Rafizi Ramli says he has tabled a private member's bill seeking to make it illegal for the PM to hold the finance portfolio as well.

Mujahid warns the Kelantan mufti who declared Bersih 4 as haram to make a stand on tomorrow’s rally.

It condemns organisers for not respecting significance of Sept 16 in Malaysia history.


[UPDATED 4.50PM] ACCCIM does not agree with any rally that causes racial disharmony.

The three-hour gauge of Singapore’s PSI hit a high of 249 late last night.

UPDATED 2PM Anwar's family insists the imprisoned PKR leader needs shoulder surgery but Health Ministry says no.

MP SPEAKS In brief, the steps taken represent ill-conceived panic measures.

Anti-corruption commission says media should not speculate on the ongoing investigations into SRC International.

Authorities say the man fled using a Chinese passport on his way to Istanbul.

A total 67 percent of businesses said margins shrunk due to GST, and most still don’t know how it works.

COMMENT Nothing substantive emerges after opposition unity meeting, as expected.

[UPDATED 12.25AM] Education ministry orders schools in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya, Malacca and Negri Sembilan to close temporarily.

News organisation describes ‘Murder in Malaysia’ as a detailed and thorough report.

Amanah Penang’s pro-tem chief Mujahid Yusof is confident that more in the state will follow suit.

Party sec-gen Takiyuddin says this practice is barbaric, unlike the culture of Malaysian society.

COMMENT The truth is that real democrats don't brag about their democracy.


In memorium of Dr Tan Chee Khoon.

NGO tells IGP their volunteers will merely keep an eye on the situation on Sept 16.

COMMENT Incendiary remarks of red shirts have given rise to a multiracial platform espousing good governance, tolerance...

YOURSAY ‘Why waste taxpayers’ money by going overseas to interview them?’

UPDATED 10.55AM The former PM adds that Bersih 4 was not racist as 'all races were there'.

UPDATED 10.25PM Either that, or ban it, says Kit Siang in rubbishing coalition’s ‘agree to disagree’ position.

YOURSAY ‘Remember, we the rakyat pay your salary, not Umno.’

Political agenda crucial to push for local government polls in all levels, says Liew Chin Tong.

However, they should come out to to promote racial integration, says NGO leader Lim Chee En.

YOURSAY ‘Mustafar Ali has forgotten to mention the RM42m from SRC.’

Two years ago, a businessman disappeared, under mysterious circumstances. A burnt-out car was found. No news of him since.

YOURSAY ‘Salleh Said Keruak, which part of Al Jazeera report is fictitious and malicious?’

YOURSAY ‘MACC no 2, please stop recycling your reply on the RM2.6 billion.’

This is to make gov’t performance the last two-and-half years known to the people, says PM.

The decision is inconsistent with Malaysia’s commitment to human rights, says ICJ.

He says their rally should only be held in the designated area and not at Bukit Bintang, Petaling Street or Low Yat Plaza.