Archive - 9 October 2015

The struggle by farmers and Umno are intertwined, says the PM, to rousing applause.

UPDATED 11.40PM | It says the funds have been spent or earmarked for debt transfer.

They were found safe today, under the roots of trees by the river, near the body of another girl.

A witness said he heard gunshots before rushing to take a closer look.

As a BN component party, it could not afford to have strained ties with Najib.

Called Bait Al Amanah, it will be headed by veteran Shahrir Samad.

UPDATED 7.54PM | He refers to the arrests under Sosma and AG's decision to clear 1MDB officials.

PKR is disappointed that the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) was recently concluded without proper transparency nor real engagement with the public, businesses and lawmakers. Lawmakers have not been given the new economic cost benefit studies and the TPPA texts will only be released 30 days later.

UPDATED 7.15PM | Tok Him says he is more interested in DAP and wants to know their stand.

UPDATED 7.03PM | He goes against Rafidah Aziz, saying the trade agreement is a political consideration.

According to Fifa statutes, Issa Hayatou of Cameroon is the acting Fifa president.

They demonstrate six new reactions: ‘angry’, ‘sad’, ‘wow’, ‘haha’, ‘yay’ and ‘love’.

UPDATED 6.15PM | The sovereign wealth fund hopes its critics will stop reporting on alleged frayed ties.

Cops says incident occurred at his house in Marang.

The three Kuantan residents lost both their judicial reviews against Mosti, Lynas M'sia and Australia.

His lawyer Hanif Khatri says they plan to file the application in court on Monday.

UPDATED 5.05PM | Salleh Said Keruak is annoyed that many think the rulers only issued a decree on 1MDB.

Zulqarnain Ghaz Ab Ghani, 31, is to serve his sentence from July 7 last year.

UPDATED 6PM | He says like the rulers, the gov't also wants the 1MDB issue to be resolved.

Penang CM hands over RM200 to each worker for their 'bravery, courage and professional' attitude. 

UPDATED 6.26PM | The deputy minister won't apologise for saying the Chinese should be slapped if they seek foreign help.

The 62-year-old man is currently in quarantine and being tested.

UPDATED 6.14PM | The lawyer objects Najib's stay application, fearing he may destroy documents related to 1MDB.

The veteran newsman says it would be delusional if the attorney-general were to assume otherwise.

The Singapore team is the first to arrive today, says President Joko Widodo.

The PKR No 2 urges all quarters to refrain from speculation and slander.

The currency rose 2pct to 4.1550 a dollar as of 8.33am in Kuala Lumpur.

UPDATED 6.10PM | Chong says the ex-chief is still respected, but won't say if MCA agrees Najib should go.

UPDATED 4.18PM | MB says this in response to Jamal's plan to hold a rally this Sunday to save Selangor gov't.

UPDATED 5.50PM | Miksudiar Alui, 11, and Norieen Yaakob, 10, were found at around noon

But PAS veep Mohd Amar says it was just psychological warfare.

Mukhriz says this would allow about RM41m a year to be used to help farmers.

The test flight took five minutes and carried a letter and a T-shirt for 2km.

Friends of the Earth files freedom of information request for disclosure on how M’sia moved up to Tier 2.

Jamal says there is no reason for 1MDB issue to be discussed by the Conference of Rulers.

COMMENT | The gov’t can’t continue to operate without having the people’s confidence.

He glibly claims that BN and Umno have never once played the racial card.

UPDATED 1.36PM | The PAS leaders says he won't be joining Amanah but that doesn't mean he rejects its formation.

Deputy minister claims authorities had boots to the ground from Day One and had never stopped looking.

With this, sacked Langkawi division member has to file reply to Umno’s bid to strike out her suit.

ADUN SPEAKS | One worrying trend is the increase in number of bankruptcies since 2007.

Penang CM announces today he has ordered a stop as the incidence of rabies is low.

UPDATED 11.42AM | Never in history has rulers' keeper issued statement of concern, says Mat Sabu.

UPDATED 4.35PM | Lawyer says former MCA chief has already responded to Najib's demand letter officially.

These are for payments due for two US$1.75b bonds issued to 1MDB subsidiaries.

He queries whether Najib's administration understood the decree, as their actions say otherwise.

Human Rights Watch urges gov’t to repeal anti-transgender laws for sake of justice.

YOURSAY | ‘The 1MDB investigation is a red herring. What happened to the SRC probe?’

All you ever wanted to know about TPPA but was too confused to ask.

COMMENT | Rulers won’t say what they want to directly; it’s impolite to do so.

An evaluation of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s speech at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Oct 1, 2015

YOURSAY | ‘This is what happens when the authorities free a man for ‘lack of evidence’.’

VP Shamsul Iskandar says with or without formal meeting, all are being kept in the loop.

YOURSAY | 'Kausikan shouldn't be meddling in Malaysia's internal affairs, should he?'

YOURSAY | ‘Anybody wants to take a bet? I say Najib will not file the lawsuit.’

Ali Omar praised Najib for speaking up, during a courtesy call at Seri Perdana.

The skeletal remains arrived at the Gua Musang hospital morgue at around 8.50pm yesterday.