Archive - 1 November 2016

‘The government can transfer the subsidy to other programmes,’ says Shamsul Anuar Nasarah.

The enforcement team found 61 bottles of 5kg cooking oil and 388 packets of 1kg oil hidden.

‘We have to check whether they are still studying or have graduated,’ says Idris Jusoh.

Offending factories located at Nilai 7 industrial area and the Arab Malaysian Industrial Park.

A 5kg bottle of Red Eagle cooking oil is up by RM9.

The city-state claims the road charge 'is discriminatory against Singapore-registered vehicles'.

The survey finds it was the 30th most confident country globally.

“In the early 70s, Malaysia had faced the exodus of Vietnamese boat people into the country and finally they were successfully resettled in third countries with the assistance of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).” - Deputy prime minister of Malaysia, High Level Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants 2016

Madinah Charter is important in history of Islam, says Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail.

Former DPM says the exact date has not yet been finalised but believes it will be sometime next week.

MP SPEAKS | The speaker should reaffirm MPs enjoy parliamentary privileges and immunity.

BSI suffered net new money outflows of 17.8 billion Swiss francs (US$18 billion) in the first 10 months of 2016.

Umno info chief says if this is not done, it may lead to foreign meddling. 

This is because Sarawak is actively promoting incoming tourists from China, says DCM.

Union says this is part of a restructuring move the Malay daily must go through to return to profitability.

PARLIAMENT | Parliament officers are forced to intervene to keep BN and PKR MPs apart.

The licence is the first under the Financial Services Act 2013.

Ministry claims awarding damages in judicial review applications will open floodgates.

Simply moving teachers from one school to another does not keep children safe, says DAP's Teo Nie Ching.

They want action to be taken against those who received funding from Open Society Foundation.

Wong is urging for Paya Terubong to be halved (into two seats) due to its large number of voters at 41,707.

This in response to a question that Malaysia seems to have a 'warmer' relationship with China than the US.

Yeo JiaWei's former supervisor tells Singapore court how pair made secret profits via BSI Bank's clients.

UPDATED 5.21PM | Sessions Court orders them to pay the RM1,950 fine each before 3pm tomorrow, or face two months' jail.

The DPM says this time, Malaysia doesn't have the experience.

This year, there has been an unprecedented spate of multiple water disruptions due to various reasons by our water supply company, Syabas, causing much suffering to consumers beholden to their abysmal services.

UPDATED 5.35PM | This is over allegations that it is sponsored by American billionaire George Soros.

Najib felt that the original 20 sen per litre hike should be reduced, says the second finance minister.

This is 'an act detrimental to parliamentary democracy', says Haniff Khatri.

Everybody, including the international press, is now keenly looking at PM Najib Abdul Razak’s visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

The state is yet to receive the official notice from the EC on this, says the chief minister.

He projects that Tabung Haji will fall short of RM3 billion in funds if there was a complete withdrawal.

UPDATED 3.50PM | Most of SRC's money that has been invested are parked under BSI Bank which is under investigation, says Johari.

High Court gives five reasons in accepting Malaysiakini's defence and award RM50,000 in cost.

The government should also subsidise additional cost beyond the ceiling price, says Nasrudin Hassan.

Najib says it will be the first significant defence deal between Malaysia and China.

OSA and Sedition Act cannot apply on raising 1MDB issue in the House, she says.

Ahmad Zahid is one of the dialogue's keynote speakers.

MP SPEAKS | My only concern is that one day China will bite Malaysia real hard.

This is according to his authorised biography, by journalist Wong Sulong.

It was a closed-door dinner event that Jawi raided and refused to answer questions, says Siti Zabedah Kasim.

China emphasises strong personal and family ties, says Rizal Mansor.

UPDATED 2.02PM | 'Riza shouldn't be given special treatment using the people's funds. He should be arrested and questioned.'

Australian foreign minister says any operation would be in accordance with international law.

UPDATED 3.25PM | Protesters will be converging at Dataran Merdeka for a rally expected to last for eight hours.

NYT claims a 'miffed' Najib is turning to China after US DOJ suit.

Sim and Ong Kian Ming have previously listed several discrepancies in the Budget speech.

China invested US$2 billion (RM8.4 billion) in Malaysia last year.

Four of Jho Low's family members, including his brother and father, have initiated claims for assets in the US. 

The recent flash floods that hit Penang were indeed a natural catastrophe that took most of us by surprise. As usual, BN component parties such as Umno, MCA and Gerakan wasted no time to politicise the entire ordeal - which is not unusual and highly expected of them.

'This is a classic case of giving with the right hand but taking back much more with the left hand.'

The annual Southeast Asia E-Commerce Conference 2016 (#SEAEC2016) was held last Saturday, October 22, featuring industry experts from leading companies such as Lazada, Google, DHL e-Commerce, Zilzar, and many others, with the theme this year being “Unleashing the Power of Cross-border Trade”.

As the United States of America walks to the polling stations next week, the third world citizens hold their hopes high, despite being pregnant with fears.

Protesters throw empty buckets at the Selangor secretariat building in Shah Alam.

UPDATED 12.30PM | Bersih chief's lawyer says Justice Zaki wanted to clear the air over this issue following media reports.

UPDATED 2.20PM | At RM4/kg for cooking oil, it will just be a RM2.25 increase in expenses per person, says Hamzah.

No official statement yet from the multi-agency task force investigating the actual cause of the fires.

The report is based on proceedings held in 2015 when Pulai MP Nur Jazlan was still the PAC chief.

They also criticise the state government's excuse that logging is the main income for Kelantan.

Mohamad Hasan says the state has never put political differences above public interest.

Penang Forum will publish these hill clearing reports and share them with the authorities.

COMMENT | Running away from reality will not solve the problems that we are now facing.

Castellan is the former CEO of mega shipbuilder DCN International, say NGOs Suaram and C4.

YOURSAY | ‘Do you think BN MPs get a free hand when it comes to the election of the speaker?’

Shafie Apdal questions what prompted the Dewan Rakyat speaker to claim 'breach of secrecy'.

YOURSAY | ‘Chef Wan, you should not stand next to them if you don't want to get burnt.’

YOURSAY | ‘Where Chin Peng failed to get a small plot for his burial, the Chinese have done it in style…’

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

Is it unreasonable for activists to mobilise Bersih?