Archive - 23 July 2016

Public have been urged not to speculate on the health condition of Ghapur Salleh.

Minister says this showed double standard adopted by opposition when such urging was not made on Guan Eng who is charged with corruption.

'I am confident that we will soon find a closure on this 1MDB debacle,' says DPM.

'We were informed that he took a short rest while waiting for the train, which was operating on semi-auto, to arrive at a station.'

Graphic television footage from the site of the blasts shows many dead bodies lying on the bloodied road.

Its president Hadi says although the party was not part of Pakatan Harapan, it would contest on a stand-alone basis.

It’s nothing to jump or speculate about, says the agriculture minister.

Bersih chief says Najib has to resign and domestically, there are now reasons for the court case against the PM to be re-opened.

The PM celebrates his 63rd birthday today, a momentous occasion as it is also his 40th year in politics.

UPDATED 8.45PM | The CM's counsel Gobind Singh tells off Apandi for 'threatening' his client.

The epicentre of the quake was 960km south-west of Pontian, Johor.

UPDATED 8.10PM | 'We will make KL red. We will do our protest on the same day and hour as theirs,' says Jamal Md Yunos.

One has admitted receiving instructions for plans for an attack in the Klang Valley, says Khalid.

She reiterates that Wanita Umno stands firmly behind Najib's leadership.

Its deputy chief says they are willing to offer help in mobilising as many youths and citizens as possible. 

‘Here in Malaysia, we don’t have suffering or war,’ the tourism minister says.

Wisma Putra also conveys its deepest condolences to the families of the victims.

After more than 50 years of silence in the routinised world of diplomacy, the International Tribunal at the Hague has found Indonesia guilty of crimes against humanity in the 1965 genocide and the US, UK and Australia complicit in these heinous crimes.

It is about who we are as a anation - our institutions, sovereignty, reputation, dignity, and democracy.

I did a mental outlining for this article on a Friday morning, during my morning walk. There was not enough time to start drafting because I have to get prepared for the Friday prayers.

Deputy chief Andy Yong believes Najib has been 'misled' on 1MDB, and urges the PM to name the culprits.

UPDATED 5.42PM | The Penang chief minister says they will announce the decision once a consensus is reached.

This comes amid the inconsistent global oil prices and commodity prices.

Senator Kaine is a self-described ‘boring’ Virginian with a reputation for low-key competence.

The US forfeiture suits raise the urgency for the 1MDB probe to be reopened, says the NGO.

Police say he was among 14 nabbed for alleged involvement in the fraud.

The bus got stuck at an underpass in Pudu at around 7.15am today.

This follows emergency repair work on the water distribution system, says Syabas.

Salleh Said Keruak says this in a blog post, in a birthday wish for Najib.

‘How difficult is it for these execs to figure out if the money is missing or otherwise,’ he asks.

UPDATED 5.55PM | ‘His latest comments are tantamount to an assault on my integrity,’ says AG Apandi.

A businessman is up in arms over the claim, saying TNB had given his meter thumbs up earlier.

ANALYSIS | In the event of snap polls in Penang, analysts say yes, it will give him an edge.

Migrant workers share their experience on relationships, celebrating Raya, and facing harassment.

COMMENT | ‘I could not help but succumb to the seduction of the progeny of the Goddess of Art.’

‘I decided that if Mahathir were to go, I would not allow him to go alone.’

He is found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head.

COMMENT | The 1MDB asset seizure is likely to have minimal impact on Malaysian politics.

This too late self-admission by Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi of his sighting of the transfer documents and his meeting with the representative of PM Najib Abdul Razak’s ‘donor’, as his interpretation of solid evidences of Najib’s innocence, speaks volume of an allegedly untrustworthy and incapable Umno leader, wishing to dutifully show loyalty to Najib and good leadership to Malaysians.

KINIGUIDE | What is the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative and what happens to the money?

Haven’t we heard this before, “we are taking action, protecting democracy by suspending it”. Every dictator and zealot in waiting gushes out the same mantra.

Three days ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) in US alleged that more than US$1 billion worth of assets owned by three individuals: Najib’s stepson Riza Aziz, Jho Low, a Malaysian business tycoon (based in the US) and Khadem Al-Qubaisy, former managing director of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), could be from the money stolen from 1MDB.

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

COMMENT | It is such hypocrisy that has to be exposed so that the truth can prevail.

The 1MDB debacle is no more an internal concern. It has spilled suspicions, allegations and drastic actions across the world map from Singapore to Sweden to the Middle East to the USA and several other destinations where questionable money is suspected to have been laundered.

YOURSAY | ‘You made one mistake. You can't control the institutions of governance overseas.’

YOURSAY | ‘Of course, we are not jumping to conclusions, but you cannot ignore the facts.’

The entire gang has to be got rid of.

YOURSAY | ‘Salleh, if this is not criminal, I wonder what really is your benchmark.’

The shooting started at a McDonald's in the Olympia shopping centre.