Archive - 18 July 2017

New Skin system will be ready by 2021 and help generate RM800 million for government yearly.

Khairul set the new record with a blistering run of 20.90s to win the event.

If Putrajaya can spare millions of Permata, allowances for trainee teachers should stay, says former education minister.

Najib Abdul Razak says he considers Indian Muslims to be both bumiputera and strong supporters of BN.

Settlers refusse to let truckers leave pending a trial, but cops says this is illegal. 

Anwar Ibrahim's suit to set aside Sodomy II conviction has many flaws, including the 'RM9.5m' allegation, argues Putrajaya.

Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid says trainee teachers will still receive their allowances for now.

Tunku Abdul Aziz says critics lack moral integrity by refusing to unite and fight against graft.

The number of commuters expected to increase with the launch of the second phase.

With such resilience, the settlers won't easily give in when faced with challenges, adds Najib.

Among its tasks is to recommend what action is to be taken against those found to be directly or indirectly involved.

He questions Gerakan's five-year delay in launching a defamation suit against him.

Hadi's motion is the 10th item on the Order Paper and much depends on the speaker's discretion.

The central bank stresses that all parties must be clear on the root cause of the matter.

The six-year-old boy tested for rabies at the Malacca Hospital is found to be free of the mad dog virus.

Megat Amir Asyraf Zahari, 26, was accused of committing the offence at Jalan Hang Tuah on June 18.

Minister Richard Riot Jaem says the country’s unemployment rate currently is at 3.5 percent. 

The Bukit Katil MP's lawyer confirms the notice of motion was filed before a Sessions Court judge today. 

UPDATED 5.09PM | The former PM wants Najib to join him in responding to allegations of misconduct at a forum next month. 

Azam Baki says the probe into the protection racket is still on with no influence from other parties.

UPDATED 4.45PM | However, the former premier says this was just rhetoric and did not mean he was a PM candidate.

Mubarak president says this is not the case, and the situation is similar with Anwar. The collaboration, he adds, is a Machiavellian political move.

The workers will be primarily tasked to collect oil palm. 

Such crimes rose 91 percent in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2016, says a Muslim advocacy group.

Vong Hon Chan, 56, was charged with smashing the rear wind screen of a lorry to steal some copper wire in the vehicle. 

COMMENT | Parents must lobby schools and the government to reduce the weight of their children's bags.

DAP wants AG to prepare a report with all the documents, table it in Parliament and make it public.

The Cambodian Embassy is appealing to Malaysian NGOs for help.

He recalls how Mahathir dissolved Parliament midway during the debate on the budget in 1999.

UPDATED 3.50PM | Three-member bench says court erred in granting residents leave to challenge the delimitation exercise.

Malaysiakini speaks to those who attended a Harapan ceramah to get their views on the matter.

Bersatu Youth slams the Education Ministry for delay in the payment of their allowances, and for its budget cuts.

A person, said to be Yusoff Ayob's special officer, pleaded guilty on his behalf.

Chong Sin Woon says opposition alarmed by Chinese community's increasing support for BN.

UPDATED 2.50PM | She also slams Najib over the latter's 'unkind' Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT line joke. 

UPDATED 3.46PM | Ex-parte bid date to institute contempt proceedings against PM and Sri Gading MP fixed by the High Court today.

UPDATED 2.49PM | Government programmes cannot be turned into political events, says the Selangor MB.

'We will collect (the submissions) and then we will evaluate,' says Treasury sec-gen Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah.

Setya Novanto allegedly enriched himself in a gov't project to make electronic ID cards, causing the state a loss of trillions of rupiah.

Prem Anand Loganathan claims trial to assaulting a 21-year-old college student and part-time waitress.

Razali Ibrahim urges the opposition to not downplay the gov't's initiatives to help the settlers.

Farmers in Port Dickson rue being without clean water for 30 years, while nearby chicken farms getting supply. 

UPDATED 2.25PM | Shazni Munir Mohd can be fined up to RM400 upon conviction.

Let NRD branches issue acknowledgement letter for the elderly with thumb print problem.

AG dismisses former PM's accusation that he is concealing evidence related to the 1MDB scandal.

COMMENT | Bandar M’sia partner Wanda Group’s recent activities raise doubts about Najib’s judgment.

Pakatan Harapan, even with its new leadership line-up, does not command Malay support, says Idris Ahmad.

The public transportation system in rural areas is still unsatisfactory, says PKR treasurer-general Tan Yee Kew. 

I have just watched the movie 'Hidden Figures', and it is an inspiring one.

But what now for the national carrier?

Minister Khairy Jamaluddin is agreeable to such idea, but stresses it's not the gov't point of view.

It would be the biggest rally to explain the 1MDB issue, especially to the rural folks, says Tony Pua. 

Travel bans a clever means to distract the rakyat from the issues plaguing Malaysia.

Pandan MP says he will expose next week, how the MRT and Prasarana are allegedly related to 1MDB. 

UPDATED 11AM | Mahathir accuses the attorney-general of covering up 1MDB scandal with the Official Secrets Act.

YOURSAY | ‘Or perhaps try reducing GST to 4 percent, and reducing corruption to 0 percent.’

Defending his old nemesis turned good friend, the former PM says Lim turned down this opportunity.

He says the reunion of once nemeses is striking fear in the hearts of their enemies.

The veteran orator gets the most laughs and cheers from the crowd at a hall he was despised in, five months ago.

YOURSAY | 'I thought BN would be celebrating that DAP was 'sidelined' in Harapan.'

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