Archive - 16 June 2016

Earlier statement about aid given out by political parties misinterpreted, it adds.

The court also suspended his licence for two years.

The MB says it should not be dragged into the public domain.

UPDATED 10.02PM | Ex-DPM hits out at the blogger for linking him to an alleged affair with a married woman.

The construction of the houses will take place under the first phase.

It will be developed over five years.

PKR wants Manikavasagam to clear the air over the bribery allegation.

The agreement was reported by The Wall Street Journal.

They include 10-year income tax exemption and eight years of exemption from stamp duty.

It will gather signatures to be submitted to Agong and BN, PAS leaders.

Tengku Sariffuddin files his defence to Mukhriz’s defamation lawsuit.

This is after Rafizi calls Rizal 'Rosmah Mansor's bag handler'.

It jumped out of a truck transporting it to a farm in Semenyih, says an eyewitness.

SENATE | This is one of the strategies to control food-related diseases, it tells the Dewan Negara.

DAP veteran leader says it is as good as an international vote of no confidence in Najib as prime minister.

Tunku Ismail says those asking him to do this are the same people who say nobody is above the law.

Khalid Samad however claims reporter may have provoked the Amanah Youth member.

SG BESAR POLLS | Kampung Tunku rep questions whether the BN candidate can actually fight for farmers, fishermen in the Dewan Rakyat.

Kota Baru (KB) is in dire need of many infrastructure projects. The capital of Kelantan state has been deprived of much development and is thus lacking in many areas.

Wahid Omar makes this pledge after a meeting with Sikh leaders.

They want the Selangor gov’t to withdraw the proposal, which they described as ‘illogical’.

Ambiga Sreenevasan pens an open letter to Wahid Omar on the controversy surrounding UTM’s teaching modules.

The healthcare industry is supported by an array of disciplines each with its own training curriculum, standards and job descriptions - be it nursing, physiotherapy, dietetics, pharmacy or medicine. Each discipline supports the other and it is the seamless integration of the various disciplines that leads to optimal health care support for consumers and patients.

He says it is not for ransom, and the body is not linked to terrorists or criminals.

The large bird causes a commotion as it sprints past traffic.

After being told Rosmah used a chartered jet as government plane is under maintenance, PKR leader embarks on search mission.

UPDATED 5.05PM | K KANGSAR POLLS | He defends 1983 constitutional amendment, which led to NSC Act being gazetted without assent.

One would think that the twin by-elections in the country would provide a platform to debate critical issues affecting the country, including livelihoods of impoverished communities.

Just last month the jailed leader was rushed to hospital due to high blood pressure.

UPDATED 4.15PM | K KANGSAR POLLS | He also lashes out at Najib, calling him ‘makhluk perosak negara’.

‘Hasan had bought the land for 61pct below market value,’ says Lee Chen Chung.

An approval from the federal gov’t will enable Penang to cancel the tunnel plan.

K KANGSAR POLLS | The Pandan MP says this after giving his statement at the K Kangsar police headquarters this afternoon.

Gerakan Media Marah (Geramm) regrets the incident between Perak Amanah Youth vice-chief Hasnul Zulkarnain and a group of journalists outside its office in Kuala Kangsar yesterday.

The farmers have worked the land for 50 years but the land is now leased to miners.

K KANGSAR POLLS | Some are doubtful that the new university announced by the prime minister would even accept their children.

Philippine media report Tawi-Tawi police as saying the captives were brought to Sitankai.

Vice-president Tian Chua says party won't defend wrongdoing, but will not prejudge the case.

He says this was important to curb abuse and sexual exploitation of children.

The matter was still under discussion and it would be created ‘in the near future’.

MP SPEAKS | 'I had been accused of all sorts of dastardly and evil deeds'.

This is due to high voter discontent, particularly among the Malay community, says its research centre director.

This involves the findings of a group of UM's faculty of medicine researchers.

UPDATED 3.40PM | Acting Youth chief Jason Loo claims state exco Lim Hock Seng treated him unfairly.

LIVE BLOG DAY 12 | PKR student activist Fahmi Zainol says Rafizi is not feeling well.

‘Whenever I think he cannot go any lower than he already has, he surprises me’.

UPDATED 12.18PM | Former lawmaker is also accused of cheating disabled persons of their EPF deposits.

PSM Youth leader Nik Aziz Afiq Abdul slams silence over gay bar shooting compared to Gaza, Paris incidents.

UPDATED 11.59AM | This is after families of the four hostages say they passed RM12 million in ransom to two police special branch officers.

I refer to the statement by Ridhuan Tee wherein as reported in Free Malaysia Today (June 10, 2016) that he said that it is the right of the Muslim community for the government to spend MCA members’ tax money to build mosques and suraus as it is provided in the Federal Constitution.

COMMENT | Good men deserve to be rewarded but crooks will have to pay a hefty price.

SG BESAR POLLS | Zulkarnain Mahdar says this allegation was a disgusting and evil act.

The US daily says it is grateful peers recognise its work on the 1MDB exposes.

YOURSAY | 'Let's see if EC makes any noise or whether there will be police reports lodged.'

Noor Rashid says the focus now was to ensure such incidents did not recur.

SG BESAR POLLS | Irmohizam says the matter was evidence of democracy.

The new methodology is more transparent and better reflects underlying trades during the day.

Law firm Mossack Fonseca is at the centre of the international Panama Papers tax scandal.

K KANGSAR POLLS | The Chinese here, described as the kingmakers, find the choice is not an easy one.

EURO 2016 | Switzerland dominated possession and had more chances, yet fell behind.

EURO 2016 | For the second game in a row, the Russians managed only two attempts on target.

EURO 2016 | France had struggled to make any impression on a determined Albanian defence.

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines that you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

In Part III, human nature in governance is examined.

YOURSAY | ‘Surely selecting a candidate to represent us has nothing to do with hell and damnation.’

YOURSAY | ‘Eventually, like all Malaysians, I will need to shoulder some of the debts.’

An interactive timeline of the year that has been since we bade goodbye to the opposition pact.

We compare arrangements for wives of leaders of five countries with Malaysia’s.