Archive - 18 March 2017

A string of corruption scandals that are under probe by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in recent months indicate a serious and alarming status quo involving public officials’ abuse of power and misconduct.

S Vell Paari said these ‘unpatriotic Malaysians’ may be funded by enemies of the state.

'The application has been submitted and we will approve it. In fact, I support it (the debate),' says Nur Jazlan.

He says Saudi Aramco had been fed information that M'sia had purportedly been placed in the politically risky category.

'We will officially no longer have any cooperation if Bersatu officially (joins Harapan).'

He suffered heavy defeat against sole competitor Dr Izani Husin.

This is after Indonesian officials declared gifts which included Rolex watches, diamond rings and a sword made out of gold.

During the launch of a dental programme at the National Mosque, Balik Pulau MP Dr Hilmi Yahaya claimed that the DAP-led Penang government “only aided the rich in the state and, as such, had caused an increase in the urban poverty rate”.

The 25 MPs tell Najib they worry about different penalties between Muslims and non-Muslims.

Malaysia is adamant 'Beauty and the Beast' won't be screened here unless an allegedly gay scene is removed.

Teresa Kok says the new condition is 'unfair and illogical'.

'I had never made such a statement. I don't know the future. It could be 10 states, three states, one state, the general election will decide.'

Rodziah Ismail refers the EC chief to the 136,272 voters without addresses.

COMMENT | I urge both BN and Pakatan to pledge to abolish the closed tender system.

UPDATED 5.25PM | While he has no plans, Arifin Zakaria says he is open to offers.

UPDATED 4.08PM | No alcohol motion overwhelmingly rejected, with 588 votes against, nine in favour and 16 abstaining from voting.

UPDATED 2.54PM | 'This is not final, we want to see their draft first. If it deviates from what we want, that is not right.' 

Film zooms in on unilateral conversion case and mother's heartache over tussle for kids.

UPDATED 12.48PM | This judicial independence in turn helps to ensure that the rule of law is fully upheld, he says. 

YOURSAY | ‘There’s no secret to BN’s success. They have the means and currency to motivate.’

He shares his love for reading despite the challenges imposed by his reading disability.

SPECIAL REPORT | This leads to tough struggles for the hearing-impaired in pursuing higher education.

UPDATED 1.49PM | It's legal bureau chief slams LFL for criticising the judgement denying two boys' applications.

FOCUS | From Raub, Ipoh and K T’ganu, young women cash in on social media to build successful businesses.

Major BN component parties, including those in Sarawak, have vowed to oppose the amendment.

Pua says not only the gov’t made no effort to investigate, it had also blocked all attempts to probe the crime.

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

COMMENT | What is critically important is to get our people home as quickly as possible.

‘In other words, the offence is defined by the punishment, not the other way around.’

MP SPEAKS | Failure to state if it had made a mistake may mean the voters’ rights are affected.

And Muslims did not complain about being subjected to laws based on a religion that is not theirs, says Aidil Khalid.

YOURSAY | ‘Anuar, you have singlehandedly managed to draw attention to your stupidity...’

I owe it to myself to go right on expressing my allergy.

By doing do, we hope to avoid further provocation on both sides, adds Ahmad Zahid.