Archive - 9 January 2017

Tension between the South-East Asian neighbours has risen over the fate of stateless Rohingya Muslim minority.

He is believed to have accepted a bribe in the form of a 'loan' worth RM150,000 in a land deal.

Kemas kindergartens in Besut were the worst affected.  

This is his final appeal against university disciplinary action to suspend him over the "TangkapMO1" rally.

Heartiest congratulations to Cardinal Soter Fernandes on his appointment as the first Malaysian Catholic to be appointed as a cardinal by the Pope. This is indeed a great honour to the Roman Catholic Church of Malaysia.

Last week, I had express shock that the Penang Chief Minister YAB Lim Guan Eng had denied that the total accumulated surplus of RM574 million for the DAP Penang state government since 2008 was due to the sale of state land. I had provided various figures to prove that it was and had asked him to teach me his special maths.

Recovery will take place in stages beginning 9am on Wednesday.

Annuar Musa declines to reveal which of the four was sold nor how much money did Mara Inc make.

They plead guilty in court to operating a demo flight from KL to Langkawi.

She says Mahathir encouraged her by saying he was once sacked by Umno, but he still became a PM.

It was homecoming of sorts for Anwar Ibrahim in Penang today, albeit a brief one.

UPDATED 10.25PM | 'It is not worth it to sacrifice your integrity,' says former minister.

PM Malcolm Turnbull says he had asked for a thorough investigation into her travel claims.

As such, the Miri High Court postpones the case mention of the four accused.

The rally can proceed if organisers comply with Peaceful Assembly Act, says Khalid Abu Bakar.

'This is to ensure that Malaysia takes into consideration our response whenever they raise their toll or introduce a new levy.'

Kamal Hisham is requesting the sultan assist with the proceedings in which the lawyer has been charged with CBT.

The affairs of all opposition parties are of no interest to Umno, says its secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.

The man had taken the milk, amounting to over RM500, to feed his two children, with another on the way, the court heard. 

The disaster operations room, however, will be on standby on weekdays until the end of the monsoon season in March.  

History lends credence to Dr M's concern over flood of immigrants in Forest City, says ex-info minister.

Defaming ulama is akin to defaming religion, says one mufti. But ex-PM continues to open fire.

Shuhaimi Baba suggests that Umno produces short films to put its messages across to youths.

Selangor police chief says the threat to spray-paint female devotees is unlawful and police would not tolerate any lawbreakers during Thaipusam.

Lawyer Ranjit Singh apologises to Anwar and the late Karpal Singh for his statements published in the NST.

UPDATED 4.40PM | Judge takes police to task over their failure to accord medical help to heart patient P Chandran.

Once again Malaysia is in the news for the wrong reasons. This time 254 units worth of ivory costing US$7.2 million have made it into the KLIA, believed to be smuggled in from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Magazine notes Malaysian doctors are highly trained, and hospitals highly accredited.

Practise what you preach, C4 tells Najib in response to his call to civil servants not to take what belongs to the people.

Padang Serai MP claims S Prabagaran did not get a fair trial and urges M'sia to intervene.

Employers paying foreign workers' levy will encourage the latter to run away, says builders association. 

During an argument over a Chinese cemetery, MCA member whips out a 'demon-exposing mirror'.

The Malaysian Bar welcomes the two recent landmark decisions of the Court of Appeal that have dealt a critical blow to the Sedition Act 1948.

Report says police looking at whether ill-obtained gains from 1MDB made the way to Australia.

UPDATED 8.55PM | Among others, the four name Minister Jamil Khir Baharom as a respondent.

Ti Lian Ker responds to minister's argument that it is PAS' right to hold the Feb 18 rally.

This is the second time Abdul Rahim has been charged with graft, after the first two charges were dropped.

MP challenges Liow Tiong Lai to contest in urban areas instead of 'safe' rural areas.

Court will hold case management next month over Maria Chin's suit against the reds leader.

Fahmi Reza says he 'fought the law' and won with regard to being blacklisted by the immigration.

MP SPEAKS | Hadi's not bothered about the floods and socio-economic woes of K'tan and the nation.

Students from SK Bandar Teknologi Kajang participate in the first school assembly for the year.

Trump's populist approach to trade has the world's carmakers on the edge of their seats.

Iran's increased exports undermine efforts by other oil producers to curb a global fuel supply.

'Don't take away the rights of the rakyat. It belongs to them', says PM on spate of MACC arrests.

PM is confident that the measures taken by Bank Negara will ensure this.

The PAS splinter party will present its own suggestions to strengthen Syariah Courts when the Act is presented in Parliament. 

It is quoted at 4.4760/4820 versus the greenback at 9.13am today, compared with 4.4710/4740 last Friday.

I attended the Dayak Native Customary Rights (NCR) Land Forum organised by the Dayak Intellectual Group on Jan 7, 2017 in Kuching. There was encouraging attendance, with enlightening speeches and papers presented by the panellists and followed by a question-and-answer session.

PM went to the ground on Saturday to see for himself the situation of flood victims in Kelantan and Terengganu.

The PKR members show solidarity for their chief's defamation suit, chanting 'Free Anwar'.

A ‘rags to riches, and back to rags’ story.

The president tells his successor there's a difference between governing and campaigning.

Founder of 'Thaipusam Spraying Group' says this is to protect the sanctity of Hindu religious activities.

He says the deadly truck ramming in East Jerusalem is linked to IS.

FACT CHECK | Malaysiakini wades through the noise, tries to make sense of arguments and checks the facts.

YOURSAY | 'They can go to the moon for all we care, if they use their own money.'

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

YOURSAY | ‘We all know why. The whole world knows why. Ask MO1.’

Education is something that we should never compromise. Pertubuhan Aduan Rakyat (PAR) Malaysia welcomes the decision made by Kedah state instructing schools to accept the intake of children without birth certificates.