Archive - 10 January 2017

Decision made after meeting between second finance minister, IRB and religious bodies.

‘We in the civil service hate corruption. Integrity is of utmost importance,’ he says

"We urge the two to surrender before we go after them," says Terengganu police chief Rosli Ab Rahman

It will serve 8,072 children staying at public housing projects in Kuala Lumpur.

His office says that the former education minister was merely laying out the conditions for recognising UEC.

COMMENT | Congrats Faiz, but what happened to the text of your acceptance speech?

The accused used foul language and acted aggressively when stopped at the road block, resulting in a scuffle.

Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS), a company wholly owned by the Higher Education Ministry which is responsible for the global promotion of the Education Malaysia brand and the provision of international student services which includes the management of applications for a student visa to Malaysia, would like to make clarifications in response to recent media reports quoting a statement made by Deputy Home Minister YB Nur Jazlan Mohamed, who said, “The EMGS screening is done by the Higher Education Ministry without the involvement of the police or the Immigration Department.”

Jagdeep Singh extinguishes worries by residents who voiced out against being housed too close to foreign workers.

James Bond isn’t the only one with a licence to kill.

They claim they only knew about the projects after the contractor brought in heavy machinery into the village on Nov 14.

They are remanded until Jan 15 to facilitate further investigations into the case under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.

Pakatan Harapan will, however, accept the analyses at face value and try to make improvements, says the coalition's sec-gen Saifuddin Abdullah.

UPDATED 5.29PM | No escape for corrupt under tax laws, MACC chief warns. 

UPDATED 5.15PM | Minister jogs former DPM's memory on trade trips to the west.

Critics will cite the high costs of Singapore land should he make comparisons between the two MRT projects.

Many wives allow themselves to be abused, citing religion, says state mufti.

'So Felda is in a situation where delisting is bad, and not delisting is also bad,' says PKR veep. 

A worker does the final touch up to a rooster replica ahead of the Chinese New Year celebrations.

People ran out of multi-storey buildings in Kota Kinabalu following tremors at 2.13pm.

Amanah MP says news portal used three-month old pictures of his London trip, way before the Dec floods in T'ganu. 

'It was not to investigate me. If that was the case, their approach would have been different,' says Idris Haron.

AFP say they are working with foreign law enforcers in probes into the scandal-hit sovereign wealth fund.

'1MDB has legitimate business operations, formerly in energy production and more recently, in real estate development.'

'This would make him an international fugitive; he has to be brought home...'

It will restore some pride in Malaysian football, which has suffered a decline over the past four decades.

'As an Umno veteran, Nazri does not seem to know how to respect the BN coalition but instead, has repeatedly joined forces with DAP to slam MCA.'

Minister describes The Star’s report suggesting otherwise as ‘unfair’.

A few days ago, I received a WhatsApp with a long heading. It dealt with the education woes of the Malay community and was titled:

'We never acknowledge the real problem and address the issue to make this country better.'

The money put aside for the studies may not be enough as ringgit slides.

The Panama Papers, the world’s biggest leak, highlighted the complex ways used by companies and individuals to conceal who actually were beneficiaries of a certain company. Some of them put their money into offshore accounts such as in Labuan, which is also an offshore financial centre and tax haven.

COMMENT | By assuming dual roles, the attorney-general jeopardises his independence and impartiality, which come with the job.

Malaysians also have the tendency of believing only those they hate are capable of corruption, says graftbuster. 

It is just a way for Muslims to show commitment to Islam, PAS veep Iskandar says.

Abdul Shukor says when they are put together, everyone becomes embroiled. 

UPDATED 1.40PM | Mustafar Ali says the department has zero tolerance policy against corruption.

At 9.13am, the ringgit was quoted at 4.4730/4770 versus the greenback compared with 4.4750/4790 on Monday.

UPDATED 2.10PM | Rafizi Ramli’s claim Mara overpaid for its Melbourne properties is rubbished by its chairperson.

UPDATED 12.35PM | Commission quizzes Idris Haron in probe on an officer with links to his office.

Foreign workers tend to run because they are not assigned to the promised job prior to arriving here, says Gopal Kishnam.

UPDATED 12.58PM | There's no law in Malaysia which allows for this, Court of Appeal rules.

‘Separating Islam from politics is crucial...’

The annual colourful and vibrant Hindu religious festival Thaipusam is around the corner. This festival is not only one of the major Hindu festivals in the country but it is also a major annual tourist attraction event in Selangor (Batu Caves Sri Subramaniam Temple), Penang (Waterfalls Murugan Temple) and Ipoh (Gunong Cheroh Murugan Temple) and lately Murugan temples in Sungai Petani, Kedah and Johor Baru are also getting popular among devotees and tourist alike.

UPDATED 3.40PM | Will swimmers and bodybuilders next be spray-painted, asks Wanita MCA chief Heng Seai Kie.

COMMENT | It takes a clean leader to change the corrupt culture in this country.

ADUN SPEAKS | The place is like a fish market, but staff try to do their best.

PKR wants KL ratepayers to elect the City Hall's advisory board members.

The police officer helped to secure my passage to Taiwan, the artist says on his Facebook page.

YOURSAY | ‘…By echoing the official line that everything is hunky-dory when nothing is.'

Police are still looking for those who claimed the boy molested a schoolmate.

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

He creates history as the first Asian to bag the award, first won by Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.

The 'no plastic bag' charge imposed by the state won't burden consumers, exco member Elizabeth Wong's aide insists.

YOURSAY | ‘A kleptocrat, if MO1 is one, will have other sources of revenue.’

A truthful question to all moderate middle Malaysians.