Archive - 31 March 2017

The popular local singer filed a defamation suit against the entertainment reporter, the editor and the publisher.

Ulama Syura Council is the final body to evaluate the resolutions of the assembly, says spiritual leader Hashim Jasin.

It is not easy to go into business today. The struggle is real. From unequal opportunities to biased perceptions based on ethnicity and race, there are circumstances that we cannot combat even with a high level of education and professionalism.

UPDATED 10.43PM | Operator Prasarana says its team rectified the 8.30pm breakdown two hours later, but that it is under 'manual operation'.

In the name of Islam, allow the motion to be debated in the House, its chief Ibrahim Ali says in appeal to speaker Pandikar Amin.

Mohamed Tawfik Ismail takes the matter to the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.

'Datin Seri neither interferes nor is she made aware of the prime minister's full schedule or plans.'

From the viewpoint of votes, one analyst says, the prime minister made a practical decision.

Police first notified the N Korean embassy, which confirmed the body as that of Kim Chol, Nanyang Siang Pau quotes Khalid.

UPDATED 7.10PM | Police inform debate organiser Karangkraf to ensure event does not breach PAA 2012.

Thanaseelan's family wants probe on hospital and its doctors for failing to provide the required attention and treatment.

He suggests Kit Siang should hold the post of Harapan chairperson since the pact is numerically dominated by DAP.

However, Umno rep Sulaiman says Nik Nazmi should accept the challenge outside the gates of state secretariat.

The state has invested RM300m, or 60pct of the total sum for Penang, on projects in Seberang Perai, he adds.

The two-year episode of the Act 355 Amendment Bill (hudud bill) has exposed the frailty of secularism under our Federal Constitution. It has also exposed the danger of having an over-powerful Umno who is able to play around with the secularism enshrined in our constitution based solely on its political strategic consideration.

The matter is moot as the BN minister will not, or rather cannot follow through, or risk going against the party line, he explains.

They were also to pay a total of RM472,000 in costs to Felda and Felda Palm Industries.

Voters have till April 7 to submit objection letters.

Latest Bank Negara report proves PM’s high-income economy target by 2020 is almost untenable, adds Amanah’s Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Muhamad Ali Abu Bakar, 72, dies after complaining of stomach pains and difficulty in breathing.

Iskandar Samad says since there is no such instruction yet, party representatives will proceed as usual in the state government.

Guan Eng however says he will look at the positive aspect and not question the works minister's sincerity.

KINIGUIDE | Whether or not it will become law depends on whether it can get the requisite support.

This is despite Rosmah Mansor's aide previously stating that such a meeting was not scheduled.

Husam says the 'shock' was expected despite BN giving the impression the private member's bill would be tabled. 

So far, MB adds, there has only been one discussion with the ECRL steering committee, on Jan 25.

COMMENT | The concept minimises the amount of power any one person can gain over time.

Judge finds that he did not criticise the police after listening to the audio recording of his ceramah.

The three men and the coffin are expected to be transferred to a flight to Pyongyang.

COMMENT | Malaysia has a long way to go in dealing with rogue nations.

UPDATED 2.05PM | The DAP lawmaker also tells Jamal Yunos that she will see him in court.

SATIRE | Fences make good neighbours, as they say, and good censors make good citizens.

The businessman will be held until April 4 to assist in the MACC investigation into the matter.

UPDATED 1.40PM | Pandikar should answer if he requested for the road to be built, says Ong Kian Ming.

UPDATED 2.04PM | Human Rights Watch says the law's use on critics has given M'sia a bad name abroad.

All possible measures must be taken to bring those responsible for the crime to justice, it says.

Trump threatens to try to defeat members of the conservative Freedom Caucus.

'We can no longer have massive trade deficits and job losses,' says the US president.

YOURSAY | ‘Malaysians were all moderates until BN started playing the race and religious card.’

MP SPEAKS | Najib's selective reply only touched on barely a tenth of the fund’s total debts.

The Dewan speaker says it’s not his personal home and as such, the cost is unrelated to him.

Counsellor Mohd Nor Azrin says their life went on as usual during the travel ban.

The success in bringing home the M'sians was a team effort, says foreign minister.

Bruno Manser Fund's report says the Taibs' Canadian property business is worth RM664 million.

UPDATED 9.17AM | He says Asean embassies had helped bring in food and other supplies.

COMMENT | Najib knows well that the hudud equation will not keep him in power.

They arrive at KLIA in a military plane at 5.03am today.

Maszlee Malik says Najib may have publicly passed the ball to Pandikar, but he still has influence.

YOURSAY | ‘Never underestimate Najib. As a seasoned and shrewd politician, he hasn't lost his instincts.’

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