Archive - 14 June 2016

It's for police and security forces personnel to discharge their responsibility as voters.

UPDATED 12.34AM | He said Indonesian President Jokowi had signed pardons for both men

He is unsure of its existance as he had not seen it, said the Selangor MB.

Fomema has had the concession for the medical examination and screening of all foreign workers in Malaysia since 1998. Since then, the scope and complexity of the examination needed has been greatly expanded, resulting in an increased workload per patient for the doctors. The doctors have been carrying out all these additional tests and examinations without any additional payments over the years.

SG BESAR POLLS | S'gor MB is all for Azhar Shukur, but has good words for Dr Rani Osman.

Umno information chief says they are pragmatic, and realise BN supports their aspirations.

The minister says something's not right as the CM has yet to take legal action.

The officers will be remanded for four days to assist in investigations under Section 17(a) of the MACC Act 2009.

K KANGSAR POLLS | There’s a limit in making jokes, the Umno veep points out.

State BN sec-gen Dr Stephen Rundi says it must be settled which parties the nine belong to.

Mohd Irwan says the remaining sum would be released in stages and as per request.

Hi-tech method will continue to be used to combat the menace, he adds.

He and two others had introduced themselves as police to an Indonesian woman.

Amanah different on the outside, but same in the inside, says party leader.

She urges organisations and individuals to help them reach greater heights.

Asia Rugby set the date of the match as June 25 which falls during Ramadan, says MRU.

Its vice-chancellor apologises for the incident.

Section 9(1) forbids threats that can cause 'temporal or spiritual injury'.

BN is the worst offender, followed by Pakatan Harapan and PAS.

Former opposition leader seeks to expunge three paragraphs.

Ti Lian Ker says such episodes cast Muslims in a negative light.

UPDATED 6.35PM | It concerns failure by 1MDB, MoF to perform their contractual obligations, says disclosure sent by IPIC. 

Shahidan rubbishes opposition’s defence of rulers with regard to NSC Bill.

Geraksikh also lodges a police report and demands a public apology.

Some Malaysians do not understand similes, metaphors and figures of speech, says Lim Kit Siang.

Since the end of March, the number of cases had risen above 20 cases a week.

Dr S Subramaniam says soul-searching is required to find the root cause of this.

Fauzee Ahmad, 48, Fauzee was arrested by anti-terrorist police in October 2014.

Syed Ali describes it as a serious issue which affects nation's security.

Kuasa chief Praba Ganesan says Shah Alam's score in pledges was double than Ipoh.

He says seven of 12 highways due for toll hikes are from Selangor, thus Sg Besar voters can play an important role. 

Malaysians are divided in reacting towards the Sharia law issue which has become headline news for the past few weeks. Even the Muslim Malaysian majority is split as not all Muslims supports the notion of giving more power to the Sharia Court and the Malaysian Sharia legal system.

The DAP leader wants the Umno minister to give daily examples of his racist behaviour.

MyKMU claims the opposition does the same as BN with goodies.

The company says it was unable to reach acceptable agreement terms.

He's making baseless, slanderous allegations, says CM political secretary.

Magistrate says prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against the Indian national.

No reason given for the stop order, says the company.

An NGO says this is because of the level of development in the two constituencies.

SG BESAR POLLS | Tony Pua wants Sungai Besar Umno chief to apologise over his statements.

K KANGSAR POLLS | PKR to unveil replica of the plane during special ceramah.

PSM disputes MEF who said Nepali workers’ requested to work 12 hour shifts.

COMMENT | This time around the BN is more desperate than ever to win.

But negotiations between the concession companies and government still ongoing.

UTM urged to apologise to all Hindu Malaysians.

The Scorpion Wildlife Trade Monitoring Group asks for all zoos and safari parks across Indonesia to totally stop as soon as possible all elephant ridings because this attraction is one of 10 cruellest wildlife attractions in the world. Scorpion sees that elephant riding has no educational value, but it will only make elephants suffer for the sake of amusement.

UPDATED 3.05PM | This is after his estimation of RM1.44m was disputed by Rosmah's aide Rizal Mansor.

Many people I spoke to are gravely concerned with the current leadership crisis and ‘trust deficit’ in our beloved nation. Leaders with the required competence and high moral intelligence are becoming scarcer, not only at the national level but also at the organisational level, including academia.

UPDATED 1.45PM | Rafizi is not convinced that Permata Seni group's performance gear took up the space.

SG BESAR POLLS | He prefers to talk about local issues and feels people are accepting his brand.

UPDATED 1.20PM| Ex-PM says he would not be with Kit Siang if this was the same Umno founded in 1946.

The PM says there will no longer be political interference, as per Mahathir's time.

UPDATED 5.14PM | Jahara claims the Penang government had organised meeting 'in a haste'.

ANALYSIS | K Kangsar will be a litmus test for both gov’t and the splintered opposition.

UPDATED 2.20PM | The prime minister also denies influencing the attorney-general to clear him.

Vell Paari says the IGP has often warned those who trample upon religious and racial sensitivities would not be tolerated.

UPDATED 11.10AM | K KANGSAR POLLS | Police warn politicians not to utter the word 'bomb' even in a joking manner.

LIVE BLOG DAY 10 | Perak DAP urges both MCA and Gerakan to take part in the Save Malaysia event.

UPDATED 11.24AM | K KANGSAR POLLS | Similarly, it has no issue with MCA and Gerakan giving out rice.

Kit Siang says this shows not only disrespect but contempt for the rulers.

EURO 2016 | Pique headed in Iniesta’s ‘incredible’ cross to give Cech no chance.

EURO 2016 | Ireland were the better team and Sweden were fortunate to grab an equaliser.

EURO 2016 | Italy extends their unbeaten competitive run against the Belgians to 44 years.

It was commenting on the number of Nepali workers who died of heart attacks.

He says they were entering the country and ‘trying to take over our children’.

The combination could enable Microsoft to add a suite of services to its core business products.

YOURSAY | Why spend rakyat's money when they claimed to have RM2.6b?

Imagine one night, you were hanging out with your friends and in another second you saw your friend get shot; you are unalarmed, not ready and wasn’t expecting it to happen.

YOURSAY | ‘If Umno stop announcing such 'grant' during elections, they can't win.’

Are the twin by-elections a referendum on Najib?

Malaysia has the unenviable reputation of recording the highest number of deaths among the Nepali migrants working abroad.

The PAS chief explains that there were reasons why PAS wants to be cordial with Umno.

YOURSAY | ‘Rosmah should not have chartered an aircraft solely for receiving an award.’

COMMENT | The police’s time should be better spent on investigating the rape cases.

Allan Perera’s satirical take on current affairs and the rise of Dr Mahathir.

There are no Najib posters as it will remind folk of 1MDB, GST and RM2.6b, Salahuddin says.

KINIGUIDE | In this instalment of KiniGuide, we will dwell on these thorny issues and more.

KINI ROUNDUP | Headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

In Part II, the writer argues the bill is unconstitutional.

He was one of the victims in the storm-hit village.