Archive - 16 December 2016

Survey finds 29 percent of Malays favouring the former PM, followed by Anwar and Hadi at 25 percent.

The deputy home minister expects more NGOs to come under the microscope as police have no plans halt the probe.

Earlier today, the PM and Maithripala Sirisena witnessed the signing of five memoranda of understanding.

The former Army Field Commander West was officially installed as Malaysia's 26th Army Chief today.

UPDATED 10PM | NGO Aman Palestin will send a humanitarian mission to the war-torn country by the end of this month.

Deputy Minister Jailani Johari says the new Yang Di-Pertuan Agong did shake Najib's hand.

Kamal Hisham Jaafar’s lawyer says more time is needed to prepare documents to file with the Court of Appeal.

Signs that Umno/BN’s Steel Law is getting rusty.

Organised by the Selangor Humanitarian Fund, it will be held at Dataran Kemerdekaan Shah Alam on Dec 23.

If they cannot come up with a shadow cabinet, how do they expect to form a cabinet if they win the polls, he asks.

'In fact, it is in line with Article 8 of the constitution (which touches on) the right to equality and non-discrimination.'

The purpose of MRT is to offload traffic from the roads, says Prasarana group MD Azmi Abdul Aziz.

Pas sec-gen is quoted saying the letter was served on editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown in London on Tuesday.

PDC only recorded a net profit of RM147 million from the land sales of RM1.94 billion, Lim Guan Eng adds.

'We may be a race-based party, but all our efforts are for multiracial/religious Malaysians.'

After five years of inactivity, now is the time for solving the conflict in Syria, says Ahmad Zahid.

DPM tells those unhappy about Mahathir not being invited to seek an explanation from the palace.

Immigration Department not satisfied with the services of vendors to fix biometric system, says Ahmad Zahid.

Idris Jusoh says government did not interfere in UM's decision to suspend and fine the students.

CM's aide describes this as criminal defamation, demands action against those behind it.

UPDATED 5.40PM | The stay will be in effect until the full trial in court on Jan 20 next year.

UPDATED 5.15PM | Yvonne Seah, 45, was sentenced to two weeks' jail and fined S$10,000 after pleading guilty to three charges.

While the hacking benefited Trump, Obama was not suggesting Trump's campaign played a role in it, NPR reports.

The Perlis government’s amendment to its enactment in allowing the unilateral conversion of a non-Muslim child by a newly-converted Muslim parent without the consent of the non-Muslim spouse is clearly against the federal government’s proposed Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act which was tabled just recently, on Dec 21, 2016 aiming to put an end to the unilateral conversion of minors.

Its deputy chief argues that present-day Malays no longer needed the provision as a crutch.

Raja Bahrin slams Putrajaya and state gov'ts for just talking Islamic but not acting accordingly.

"Ia hampir satu perempat daripada AS$22.1 bilion yang ditarik keluar dari pasaran membangun di rantau ini termasuk China."

'Why is the size 850 acres and not 891 acres as previously mentioned by CM Lim Guan Eng?' 

The Malaysia Consumers Movement (MCM) congratulates the prime minister and MRT Corp for successfully completing and launching Phase One of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) line which covers 12 stations and spans 23km from Sungai Buloh to Semantan.

The daily says M'sia is one of Asia's worst hit and vulnerable as US$ rises.

Difficult to determine an exact figure as not all those who claimed to be cheated lodged reports over the matter.

'The dollar's strength could become a key theme in 2017 as the improving sentiment towards the US entices bullish investors to propel the greenback higher.'

He defends allegations Russian hacked in the presidential election.

UPDATED 11.50AM | EC has agreed to conduct a local enquiry for the parliamentary constituency of Setiawangsa, says Fahmi Fadzil.

YEARENDER | Beginning 2016, courts have enhanced substantively the sentences of people aiding militant groups.

Another being tested is the flagging of stories as disputed after being identified as fake by fact-checking organisations.

Efforts are now under way to bring the climbers off the mountain say rescuers.

PM Lee Hsien Loong congratulates the new Agong taking office.

YOURSAY | ‘This woman's behaviour is totally unacceptable. It shows how arrogant one can be when driving 'big' cars.’

COMMENT | This is one of the most positive signs of political maturity in this country.

MALAYSIANS KINI | Robin Food is a mobile app that connects food surplus to NGOs feeding the homeless.

They fear Trump will slash their budgets and sideline global warming research.

YOURSAY | ‘Indonesia is now going down the same slippery road that Malaysia is going.

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