Archive - 15 March 2017

Four suspects, including the two-year-old's mother and her boyfriend, are in police custody.

The deceased was the son of the 34-year-old male accused. 

This is to ensure the safety of pedestrians and the motorcyclists, says KL mayor.

The Umno man also accuses DAP's Lim Kit Siang of not respecting Islam, for opposing Act 355. 

Rabidin Satir to hang for the brutal murder of a man five years ago.

PM lauds the 'improvements' to the newly-redeveloped project, initially launched by his father 50 years ago.

The 10, including six women, purportedly took bribes from undocumented workers and migrants in Sarawak.

The party will comprise of former Bersatu members Ezam Mohd Noor and Khairuddin Abu Hassan.

Rizal Mansor responds to a DAP lawmaker asking Rosmah to quit as Permata patron.

This is over Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng's crude comments in Parliament.

MCMC is probing the two men for claiming the DPM has resigned, and that the Malaysian army was involved in a war in Yemen.

It doesn't benefit the country at all when UEC graduates leave the country, he adds.

Jagdeep Singh says this is part of an ongoing campaign launched to oppose attempts to federalise the state.

The PM says beginning this year, the quota has been increased to 30,200.

PAS says it rather walk alone if Bersatu joins the coalition comprising DAP and Amanah.

The part-time Uber driver claims trial to allegedly trying to extort RM30k from abducted pastor Raymond Koh's family.

'I believe Bersatu joining Harapan soon would strengthen this political union.'

'We are particularly disturbed that the executions were both rushed and secretive, that very little notice was given to the family.' 

M Thanaseelan's family wants Bukit Aman police to probe the case for culpable homicide. 

Belle Gibson made thousands of dollars selling books and a mobile app about recovery from her non-existent disease.

The 35-year old suspect was arrested at his office in Putrajaya at about 6pm yesterday.

UPDATED 5.50PM | Zahid says this after North Korea cast doubt on the identity of the deceased.

PM posts an image of his identity cards and pokes fun at himself on Twitter.

Company claims decision to revoke the licence was politically motivated, following an incident known as ‘Ming Court Affair’.

UPDATED 5.20PM | PARLIAMENT | Lim Lip Eng launches the salvo as Annuar Musa takes a dig at Lim Kit Siang's political careeer.

Kit Siang says the debate is significant due to a blackout on the 'mother of all government scandals'.

Former PM says the secret to the unbeaten winning streak since 1959 is that BN's component parties are united.

We know any investigation by the police would be an internal process, says DAP's Charles Santiago.

Opposition lawmakers tell Higher Education Ministry not to foot bill to revive the Terengganu hub.

This is after the finance minister failed to give a direct answer on TRX, Bandar Malaysia loans.

AFC gives North Korea until April 14 to find a neutral ground to host the match.

UPDATED 3.47PM | Abd Latif's seven-day remand will expire tomorrow.

UPDATED 4.56PM | Salahuddin Ayub also demands IGP investigate Glocom and its ties to a 'political heavyweight'.

Every nationality has its own food, what kind of food that they bring; of course will taste different, made up from various type of ingredients and coming from all different places.

'The government will be getting this extra revenue on a monthly basis.'

He says the minister will be seen as representing the government, so he has to come prepared with facts.

The Malay daily will publish its apology for an Aug 20, 2016 article and also pay the CM an undisclosed sum.

Federal Court tells natives that if they have 'abandoned' NCR land, they have lost their right to it.

It is almost comical to read the current debate between ‘freehold’ and ‘leasehold’ at Forest City, Johor. More than that, the debate has now extended to ‘reclaimed land’ and ‘existing land’.

Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying won the first set in the final of the All England Open in a hard fought 21-19 win as Malaysia sought its first mixed doubles pair win in England. The Olympic silver medallists took the lead by four points when the score was 17-13. Malaysians watching from the screens or the stands were catching their breath as there is finally real and genuine hope.

Party is baffled the Penang administration office lacks knowledge on three major reclamation project deals.

PARLIAMENT | Currently there is no time limit on oral questions and answers, only for Minister's Question Time.

‘Hunting for North Koreans’ in itself sounds condescending in so many ways. They are not animals to be hunted down neither are they lowly beings allowed to be harassed

PKR veep cites the Quran which states forgiveness is advocated before punishment.

It is Pakatan Harapan which is joining Mahathir and Bersatu, not the other way around, says MYKMU.net.

PARLIAMENT | Our troops never left Saudi Arabia's borders... we were there to save Malaysians, he says.

DAP lawmaker says Malaysians have the right to scrutinise a government agency.

Takiyuddin Hassan says it's Bersatu's right to join Harapan, as long as it doesn't attack PAS.

YOURSAY | ‘Unfortunately, he has fallen into the government's trap of disqualifying him.'

A police report says the statement could incite concern and jeopardise the harmony among the community.

No new dates have been set, but another pre-trial conference will be held next month.

The International Monitoring Team-Mindanao returned yesterday, after supervising the Manila-Moro truce agreement.

Why were they given wrong dates for execution, and despite their appeals for clemency, asks Amnesty International.

COMMENT | Concern for the couple’s safety will cause Christians to pray for the country.

‘It seems to be that children are an underclass...’

It must come in when a speech crosses the line into incitement, says Singapore academician Cherian George.

MP SPEAKS | The parliament and constitutional court duly heard the people’s voices.

'If they can accept and learn the new methods quickly, I believe what I learnt will add to our advantage,' says Ong Kim Swee.

YOURSAY | ‘Umno’s success is in inculcating Malays a deep-rooted fear of a future without Umno.’

Annuar rested while an internal audit committee and the MACC investigated the sponsorship of UniKL, the minister adds.

The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) stands in solidarity with young women and allies under attack on Twitter as they share comments and contents in conjunction of the Perarakan Hari Wanita (#WomensMarchKL) event in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, March 11, 2017. We denounce in the strongest term all forms of malicious, sexist and misogynistic harassment against women and trans-women, whether perpetrated online or offline.

This is in response to Professor Navin Rajendran’s article in the Kuala Lumpur Post regarding community transformation. The statement had a headline that reads ‘Unity is the key to community transformation - Prof Rajendran’. In the five-sentence post, the professor was also quoted as saying that the community needs transformation in order to build a better future for the next generation.

It is amusing to read Professor P Ramasamy’s concern over the Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat when DAP is faced with internal turmoil. DAP, as usual, would like to point fingers despite its own house not being in order. Professor Ramasamy should be more concerned about their weak coalition formed only for the purpose of winning elections. It is them, the opposition, who always lock horns when it comes to general election seats.

UPDATED 12.37PM | 'Forest City did not take existing land and make it a strata land. They reclaimed the land; it did not exist before.'

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