Archive - 22 April 2017

‘It is being done by 1MDB with PMO’s officers,’ says the finance minister II.

This is after the publisher disapproves of the Perlis mufti's controversial poem.

The suspects had fired shots at the priest's home.

One group has lodged a report urging probe into those disseminating the photo of ‘Zairil and Dyana’.

But Perkasa says it does not necessarily oppose the decision to bring in investment from China.

Noor Syazwani says she was not officially told why she was removed from her MBPP post.

Bersih had meant to hold a ‘Smart Voter’ seminar at the public district library at Kudat.

UPDATED 6.55PM | The reports by some 40 NGO reps and activists accuse the mufti of making a seditious speech.

Its deputy chief Afif Bahardin says affirmative action was intended to help those in need.

Penang exco member Afif Bahardin says the Jakarta election was won through people-centric ideas, not religious ones.

‘That is the same with Zakir’s fear of the authorities in India,’ says its chief Ibrahim Ali.

They were held and interrogated by the British immigration and police regarding their mission.

First we have PM Najib Abdul Razak who said that the cost of living in Malaysia is still one of the lowest in Asean. Then we an economist from Universiti Malaya who said that inflation in Malaysia is largely due to external factors such as the prices of oil and the Donald Trump phenomenon.

MP SPEAKS | Abdul Rahman Dahlan explains the difference between headline and core inflation.

The Sarawak division of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) is disturbed and embarrassed by the PM’s claim that cost of living in Malaysia is the lowest in Asean. The PM had relied on the Economist Intelligence Unit 2017 Global survey on the cost of living in 153 cities worldwide.

COMMENT | It will be a pipe dream to think they can undermine Hinduism by engaging in hate-mongering.

Deputy president Azmin Ali says it would not be fair for the party to jump to conclusions.

MB says it is Noh’s moral duty’ to ensure allocations are distributed fairly.

Abdul Rahman Uzbeki was killed on April 6 in a Syrian ground operation.

The upgrade for their business site was promised by the local authority seven years ago.

UPDATED 2.25PM | Kuantan MP Fauziah Salleh accuses the ruling party of keeping the poor dependent on BN's 'candy'.

UPDATED 2.39PM | The PAS deputy chief says the present settlement is not the end of the story, pointing to the US$3.5b question.

FBI, NSA and Obama officials will be called in over the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the US election.

South Korea says the North can conduct provocation 'any time', while Trump speaks of 'unusual moves'.

MP SPEAKS | Its biggest challenge is to verify sale of Brazen Sky to an ‘undisclosed third party’.

YOURSAY | ‘Here’s a typical example of an unscrupulous gov’t using our monies as ransom for our votes.’

‘The big question is, are these two still viable candidates?’

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

YOURSAY | ‘The police in Zakir’s own country want to talk to him. Why do we want to protect him?’

M’sians must unite to remove a fake regime.