Archive - 15 December 2016

A child born following the procedure would have DNA from two women and one man.

MRT Corp had estimated the total cost of the SSP MRT line at between RM35 billion and RM40 billion.

16-hour TNB maintenance works from 8am to 12am will affect Petaling, Klang, Shah Alam, Gombak, Kuala Langat, Hulu Selangor, Kuala Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

Anything but a straight fight would be PAS' undoing, so it has to avoid BN at the polls.

We, members of civil society (represented by the organisations listed below) are greatly concerned by the recent developments pertaining to the arrest of Maria Chin Abdullah under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma), the summoning of activists from Suaram, Lawyers for Liberty and Empower for investigations, the police raid and seizure of the offices of Bersih and Empower and the numerous news reports making allegations against various organisations in respect of foreign funding, including the Malaysian Bar Council.

Anthony Loke says this does not mean DAP will stop criticising PAS.

Bid by four policemen to set aside ruling obtained by widow of prisoner who died in police custody.

SENATE | The loans total RM32.07 billion, deputy higher education minister tells Dewan Negara sitting today.

The unemployed widow's lawyer told the court that Tan was emotionally unstable due to anemia.

UPDATED 6.45PM | 'This is intimidation by the university against its students,' the final-year student says.

COMMENT | New political realignment foils Najib Abdul Razak's attempt to win GE14 by default.

CM says proposal to increase the fine to RM5,000 will be for those who throw rubbish into the river.
 

UPDATED 6.20PM | Najib also announces one month of free rides for commuters.

Rizam is also accused of misappropriating the property of Dinamik Gabungan Wilayah JB Sdn Bhd involving RM1,249,286 in sand production royalty.

Federal Court dismisses bid by firm to get move by Felda settlers for it to account for RM11.3m it received dropped.

Its Federal Court orders ANZ Bank and the Macquarie Group to pay A$9m and A$6m.

Premature, says PKR sec-gen Saifuddin Nasution to suggestion by party’s Youth deputy Dr Afif Bahardin.

New York police say Yasmin Seweid had made up her story about the train harassment incident.

The 74-year-old replaces Tunku Abdul Malik Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, 86, who passed away last year.

UPDATED 5.50PM | Court sets Dec 30 for remention of Vida's case involving 16 other charges of failing to pay GST amounting to RM4.2 million.

Such a move, says Afif Bahardin, will strengthen the opposition block.

SENATE | Out of the total, only three involved government contracts worth RM885m.

CEO of an aircraft fuel supplier Anuar Ghazali claims trial to the charge.

Step in, NGO  tells the gov’t, as 2,000 families have stateless children due to late marriage registration.

Penang believes that 'historic' joint motion, with BN's participation, would put pressure on Putrajaya.

The trapped Malaysian climbers included one person who suffered hypothermia.

This is in his capacity as International Union of Muslim Scholars veep.

COMMENT | Politicians and political parties should be fighting for justice for the rakyat.

Criminalisation of consensual sexual activity is against human rights, it adds.

ANALYSIS | Trump's talk on 1China policy may be provoking Beijing retaliation.

Two senators say Rodrigo Duterte's admission he killed criminals is an impeachable offence.

'Not all Chinese people are rich. About seven in 10 Chinese are workers, just like the bumiputera.'

COMMENT | Troubles in the Rakhine state are no longer an 'internal affair' but a matter of regional consequences.

A group called Harakah al-Yakin claims responsibility for the attacks on police.

Weighed by poor sentiment in the market, the ringgit trades at 4.46 to US$1 this morning.

Sad there's no further action from Putrajaya and PAS Youth chief after solidarity rally, says Amanah Youth.

An MP says the Umno state's ruling on child conversion shows the PM's lack of conviction.

The US Federal Reserve raises interest rates between 0.50 percent and 0.75 percent.

With Firdaus 2050, where does that leave me?’

R Vikneswaran pleads guilty to getting bribes amounting to RM12,600.

COMMENT | There is no reason why Anwar’s kin should not make a second attempt to appeal.

YOURSAY | ‘Pragmatism dictates Pakatan cannot handle PAS and Umno at the same time.’

Minister Ongkili says this is for peninsula, Sabah, Labuan for January to June 2017.

It reveals a breach of its computer systems in 2013 affected over 1 billion users' data.

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

‘PAS is preying on the weakness of the opposition front.’

YOURSAY | ‘Please, Tuanku, stop these groups from doing further damage to the nation.’

KINIGUIDE | Find out why the tussle, and why it has become confrontational.