Archive - 22 March 2017

A suspect who stabbed a policeman shot dead and scores of others injured, says report. 

Police, acting on a tip-off, waited for three days before the suspect turned up at a pre-determined location. 

Dennis Tey Thean Yang, who worked as a remisier, was jailed 16 weeks after being found guilty on 23 stock-defrauding charges. 

The suspect was caught on camera by a Japanese TV station, playing the game with others inside the embassy. 

State deputy MB says JKOASM is behind the blockades and customary land protests by the Orang Asli in the state. 

It is better for them to be watering plants at home than debating, says Ibrahim Ali.

Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli urges the gov't to stop plans to introduce weekly fuel price revisions without reintroducing subsidies.

The Johor Islamic Religious Council will work with other agencies to extend aid to the 6A SPM achiever and her family.

Virgin group founder says one-in-eight are born gay, and we should embrace them.

He says screening uncut version makes the gov't look like it bows to commercial interest of Western films.

The Malaysian Bar welcomes the news that the cabinet has approved the proposal by the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia, Yang Amat Arif Arifin Zakaria, to have a separate head for each branch of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLS Commission).

Cesar Jamanulla, 36, was charged with using criminal force with intent to outrage her modesty.

This was in an operation to eradicate the H5N1 bird flu epidemic in the state.

The Umno minister dares the DAP lawmaker to repeat the remarks outside the Dewan, so that he can sue her. 

This after he commits a breach when seeking to interject Kelantan MB's winding-up debate on royal address.

UPDATED 6.05PM | New prices to be announced every week, instead of once a month.

Nurul Izzah urges speaker to reconsider ban on journalists in the Parliament hallway.

The central bank says reserves were sufficient to finance 8.3 months of retained imports.

After the medical inspection, Hew Kuan Yau was brought back to the police detention centre and continues his hunger strike.

I would like to urge the Police Department and Bank Negara to carry out a thorough investigation regarding the circulation of ‘fake’ RM100 notes in a coffee shop in Kuching recently.

'There can be no more compromises on custodial death cases as the numbers have reached a worrying level.'

UPDATED 5.05PM | In praising Jack Ma, PM jokes that even the Malay word 'alibaba' has been given a new meaning.

UPDATED 4.25PM | This after a scare that the movie, which has a lesbian character, will not meet censorship guidelines.

UPDATED 4.56PM | Magistrate says he made the decision after considering the mitigating factors.

Zakaria Arshad says the company was looking for a partnership rather than investors.

Chung Sye-kyun was speaking to reporters after a courtesy call on Pandikar Amin Mulia.

Those stranded there are contacted by Wisma Putra daily and talks for their safe return are still on, says Reezal Merican.

MP SPEAKS | Another layer of bureaucracy leading to more profit for the Malaysia Migrant Industrial Complex.

To date, the gov't has only secured consent for 18 titles out of 1,530 lots.

Hannah Yeoh advises Jamal to get his party to appoint a leader, instead of staging protests.

The Fifth World Happiness Report 2017 was released on March 20 by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) .

Born on March 22, 1929, P Ramlee was an actor, director, writer and a prolific composer.

Pemandu head reveals how his department prods cabinet ministers into getting work done.

Johor ruler says he told the agent to get lost, adding 'I do not sell titles'.

UPDATED 6.45PM |Damansara Utama rep shows receipts and death certs to clear her name.

UPDATED 6PM |PARLIAMENT | But critics condemn the law as being draconian and that it is used often to silence dissent.
 

'I have not made any decisions. It is definitely not an easy decision.'

COMMENT | Many have voiced concerns on the persistence of custodial deaths in Malaysia.

He tells 'outsiders' including Johoreans living in KL and have political ambitions, to butt out.

SPECIAL REPORT | Many who cashed in as runaway teens end up as undocumented workers in Malaysia - or return as corpses.

He was the first Sarawakian to graduate as a surgeon in Britain in 1959.

Plans involve charges of wire fraud and money-laundering against Low and some of his associates, WSJ quotes sources.

UPDATED 11.25AM | He says the opposition would rather create false propaganda than to engage on facts.

SPECIAL REPORT | E-sports - nothing physical or sweaty, but a gruelling exercise of the brain on the computer…

Those wanting to cooperate with PAS should not have ties with DAP and Amanah.

‘Evidence that laws meant for Muslims impact on non-Muslims.’

FACT CHECK | Malaysiakini wades through the angry debate over the sale of real estate to foreign interests.

YOURSAY | ‘And strangely, Jho ‘Eric Tan’ Low, and their principals cannot be found.’

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

And panellists at a forum agree with the 2016 report on this released by Pusat Komas in Petaling Jaya last night.

YOURSAY | ‘As expected, they will never allow the debate to happen…’

Courts can be unpredictable in such cases and law allows the home minister to decide, a lawyer explains.