Archive - 30 January 2016

The 15-year socio-economic transformation project kicks off this year.

Its election director says party did not discuss with DAP as the two have severed ties.

The minister says only a selected few will be sent abroad, the rest will go to local universities.

Zahid says this at the closing of a programme organised by Home Ministry and Adenan's office.

A few Bangladeshis handed him over to the cops, allegedly for taking their cash and belongings.

It will severely affect contributors’ retirement plan and livelihood, says state party chief.

Zahid says this is because they had members throughout the country.

He says the ministry is scrutinising posts which belittle and instill hatred towards gov’t institutions.

Two Uzbek citizens and a Thai national were stopped at Bukit Kayu Hitam.

No amount of spin from Umno's propaganda machines can fix Najib's credibility deficit, says the PKR leader.

He says this is because they were allegedly obtained through undemocratic means.

He was responding to insinuations that he had done so from some opposition politicians.

The ex-minister warns this will continue unless their minds are liberated from the current 'privileged' mentality.

Investigations into 1MDB were separate from probes into the bank deposits, says Apandi.

It says the tax had assisted in lessening the impact from the drop in oil and gas revenue.

Some ministries had their operating expenditure reduced by between 2 and 5pct.

Naib had proposed three names to the Regency Council, and Bashah was not among them.

Customs director-general Khazali Ahmad says they would be subjected to a maximum penalty of 25pct of the tax amount.

He says this in a 55-second clip, the third video purportedly of the ex-police commando convicted of the murder.

Shah Fareed says banning vape would also lead to a vape black market.

UPDATED 1.39PM | WSJ reports AG Michael Lauber claiming his office has found evidence.

UPDATED 1.50PM | The ex-minister says the gov’t must give all the information to the Swiss authorities.

We do not want to give the impression that the S'wak CM dictates the EC on what it needs to do, the MP notes.

MP SPEAKS | We urge the AG to cooperate fully with foreign investigating agencies.

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PKR veep Nurul Izzah says the CM should try to 'allow a level playing field' with the S'wak polls coming soon.

YOURSAY | ‘The message is, ‘Why waste your money by keeping it for the future’?’

Saving for the future is better than having more disposable income, they say.

YOURSAY | ‘Not questioning Apandi's decision is being disloyal to our country.’

UPDATED 3.25PM | The Swiss AG’s office says it had identified four cases of alleged criminal conduct.

I was starting to doze off in the middle of class while the gentleman in front of me was passionately explaining how we detect proteins. The room was cold, most of us still had our jackets on and we stared blankly at the board in front us. I then decided to go to the Malaysiakini website, and have a quick look as to what the headlines were.

YOURSAY | ‘The AG revealed, though unintentionally, smoking gun secrets to the media.’

COMMENT | Is it a simple case of honest officers or is the answer more complex?

YOURSAY | ‘Are there no righteous and brave men left in our country?’