
Accused bolts from courtroom after hearing sentence
Saiful Anuar Abdul Halim, 24, who was in the dock, appeared to have panicked.

Saiful Anuar Abdul Halim, 24, who was in the dock, appeared to have panicked.

The decision comes after hosts Penang ‘encountered difficulties’ and withdrew.

Police will check with the Customs Dept and JPJ on the status of the vehicles, valued at RM3.4m.

Some participants tells APM they want to go through the camp again.

Hence, the rise of hatred hasn’t subsided years after the Sept 11 incident, he says.

Bersih chief's 'right to express anger in different ways' remark draws flak.

He is charged with driving Volkswagon Vento out of police headquarter’s car park.

Ex-Bank Negara governor will advise new competitor to World Bank.

Wanted for drugs, car thefts and break-ins, he was killed after shooting at cops.

The Altantuya Shaariibuu murder that took place in Malaysia 10 years ago remains shrouded till today in a layers of injustice. Affecting the hearts of Malaysians, Mongolians and even Australians, we now need to ask ourselves: are we so busy with our own pursuits that seeing justice done to this slain woman, mother and daughter matters not any more?

I refer to a Parliamentary reply given by the Education Ministry on Oct 18, 2016 towards my question on the building of the first Tamil secondary school on Malaysian soil after 59 years of independence. The reply stated that in accordance with the provisions of Section 30 (1) of the Education Act 1996 (Act 550) only allows for the establishment of a Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) to cater for the educational needs of children of all ethnicities.

On the change in education policy in Sarawak, at last there is someone from the BN who has the guts to say it as it is. Stupid. Everyone has known it for the longest time, and that is why we started asking a few years ago that the government take back autonomy over education.

Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan says the action was taken by the Sabah Education Dept.

Press associations urge for immediate lifting of travel restriction.

It's a very serious scandal so why can't MPs be allowed to discuss it? he asks.

Allocation for the Health Ministry has reduced since 2015, but has increased for the PM's department, says Teo Nie Ching.

In Selangor, Kapar is close to four times bigger than Sabak Bernam.

UPDATED 5.52PM | With anti-graft measures, public money lost to corruption can be cut by 30 percent.

Encouraging, says home minister, but he wants other crimes like rampant snatch thefts curbed.

UPDATED 9.30PM | Putrajaya's fat trimming continues, a kilo bag of cooking oil up by 16pct.

Johari brushes off rumours that government would increase the GST by two percent.

Jamal's two-day remand has dashed his plan to visit The Star's office today and apologise himself.

Recently the Menteri Besar of Terengganu, Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman, denied the National Health and Morbidity Survey report that one in four residents of Terengganu are mentally ill. He clarified that mental illness refers to crazy (‘gila’) and that the statistics refers to the prevalence of mental health problem such as stress and worry that stems from stressors such as the high cost of living.

PM is too busy to manage the football association, says ex-national coach.

Its sec-gen Liang Teck Meng challenges Penang Institute CEO to answer 'as a true professional'.

UPDATED 5.01PM | It wants EC to publish a new notice with new recommendations that truly follow the constitution.

They are also responsible for acts of provocation, Armand Azha claims.

Muslims won't be confused by the word 'hot dog', insist leaders from both parties.

Sim Tze Tzin questions the secrecy in the written parliamentary reply.

The issue concerning child neglect in this country is not new as there as been many similar incidents involving parental or guardian neglect.

UPDATED 5PM | 'If government has no money, how will we run the country next year?'

It had used sulphur mustard agent in the months before Monday's launch of Mosul offensive.

The sorry state of our public infrastructures (schools, elevators, roads, bridges) which were reported recently indeed embarrasses us.

The Bersih chairperson says being angry does not mean causing physical violence to anyone.

'I will only state (my stance) if the (motion) is actually table,' says the Bersatu president.

Authorities say they searched 110,000 square km to date.

He was to facilitate probes involving projects worth RM3.3 billion.

Suspending bullies for 'one year' means suspension until 'year end', says Mahdzir Khalid.

UPDATED 3.30PM I This comes after IS-styled death threats issued to Bersih trio yesterday.

Video shows one of the suspects charging with a hoe.

The Higher Education Ministry will investigate such claims at the medical centres under its purview.

UPDATE 1.90PM | This comes after lawmaker Chong Chieng Jen was granted leave to appeal against a decision by the Court of Appeal.

UPDATED 3.30PM | We hand it to PM Najib to announce this, says Gerakan sec-gen.

It says TV3 reported Hadi said GST is effective, but left out he also said it caused inflation, suffering.

The original awards ceremony five months ago faced an empty stage due to the travel ban.

He claims the government does not spend money for the people, but rather to boost the PM's popularity.

This is on the proposed one-year suspension for school students involved in bullying cases.

Almost a third of pro-Trump tweets were by online bots, according to Oxford University study.

This is the actor’s first comment on the multinational probe into the fund.

A court found him guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi.

UPDATED 11.15PM I Guan Eng will also file striking-out application if he fails to set it aside.

MP SPEAKS | It contributes more than 30pct to national trade, but gets a mere 0.07pct from the federal budget.

YOURSAY | ‘I don't think Ibrahim Ali fully understands what he said.’

UPDATED 6.25PM | The red-shirts leader was arrested about 8.30am, soon after arriving at KLIA.

YOURSAY | ‘Or are such acts against certain individuals condoned by the authorities?’

Talking about religion is always problematic.

The figures that went viral were for mental health issues such as depression and stress, says Ahmad Razif.

COMMENT | It is the responsibility of both the school and the parents to stop bullies.

Today is the 10th anniversary of the grisly murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu.

ADUN SPEAKS | Nobody needs to be a genius to know that it is all for political expediency.

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

YOURSAY | 'If the money is invested in our forests, how many trees can be preserved?'

On Oct 11, 2016, the UM Students’ Representative Council (MPPUM) and Department of Special Affairs (Jasa) organised a 1MDB town hall forum in Universiti Malaya. The speaker was Arul Kanda Kandasamy, the president and executive director of 1MDB. The forum was scheduled to be held at 8pm, but started at 9pm instead.