Archive - 22 August 2017

The Malaccan completes the sprint in 10.38 seconds, beating eight other competitors. 

This comes after a message circulated on social media claiming Mahathir had faced breathing difficulties.

The prizes were presented to the winners at the Putra World Trade Centre by the PM. 

MP SPEAKS | Can Guan Eng please stop blaming the former BN for all of Harapan’s shortcomings?

UPDATED 8.15PM | PM tells village chiefs that DAP is the true power behind Harapan.

K Muthukrishnan, 69, received 16 stitches for his injuries, according to a news report.

UPDATED 8.10PM | 'No defence, all attack... We will attack (the lies) in every village,' says Shahaimi. 

Lawyer asks why would Murad need to brief Anwar if the latter could explain the matter to Parliament a year before?

UPDATED 8PM | PM says he has never heard of a country's leader being insulted when prices go up.  

He asks Rahim Noor whose ' amanat ' he was influenced by when he beat Anwar.

He is also demanding the respondents pay for damages to his reputation with five percent interest per annum. 

Soleha Husin also welcomes a proposed RCI to ‘serve justice’ to those who died that day.

Rectifying the Malay translation would offer a solution for unilateral conversion issues, says MIC Youth.

Three of the five judges rule that the practice is unconstitutional.

Mahathir says the troublemakers tried but failed to embarrass him.

UPDATED 7.25PM | 'It’s good, let them be comforted by their sweet dreams, which has no basis in reality.'

UPDATED 4.34PM | State exco agreed to declassify the minutes of the May 6, 2015, meeting.

UPDATED 6.56PM | 'I had been deputy prime minister for five years, all kinds of matters were discussed, says former DPM. 

The PKR veep had sought to strike out the charge on grounds that it was unclear.

UPDATED 6.35PM | 'The report is confidential and investigations are also confidential,' says former judge Mohd Noor Abdullah.

UPDATED 6.40PM | He says this in relation to Isa Samad being brought to court in lock-up attire and handcuffs.

Malaysian Investment Development Authority says the Dutch firm will invest RM908 million.

The closure will affect thousands of employees in the country’s northern and eastern regions.

This follows a similar striking-out application filed against the former senator's suit by PM Najib in July.

DAP to show appreciation for Kerk Kim Hock's contributions during the party's 'darkest period'.

On a sarcastic note, he says the commission can hold Dr Mahathir responsible in its next hearing.

Gerakan's Jason Loo wants the state gov't to respond to his queries within 24 hours, or else, he will 'expose more details'. 

PAS hopes that such meetings will bring the party closer to Malaysia's various groups.

'He (the mayor) must have mistaken me with other Lims from MCA or Gerakan,' quips Lim Lip Eng. 

COMMENT | One could learn from the example set by the late Ani Arope of Tenaga Nasional.

The pair suggests that an RCI on the incident may land the PAS president in the spotlight.

Kok also confirms that DAP has invited the ROS to monitor the re-election.

Officials say at least 4,000 more troops will be added to the 8,400 already deployed in Afghanistan.

UPDATED 5.56PM | Raid based on a report lodged against Selangor MB and MBI over a dispute between Unisel and Jana Niaga.

Deputy home minister says Poca provides more rights to detainees compared to ISA.

COMMENT | 'Why have so many parents - Malays and non-Malays, given up sending their children to SK schools?

YOURSAY | 'PAS cannot be trusted. It is possible they would jump to BN after winning.'

The loss of billions of ringgit happened under the watch of three PMs.

MP SPEAKS | So, where stands the move to reduce smoking, when it considers allowing the sale of 10-stick packs?

The PKR MP wants the IGP and MACC chief to immediately cease their 'desperate' attempts to justify the practice.

A group, angry over the republic’s flag printed upside-down in the SEA Games booklet, claims responsibility.

Apart from GST, price hikes are due to the falling ringgit.

COMMENT | The Umno supreme council members have found themselves backed into the corner.

YOURSAY | “The ineptitude in such a small-scale event is horrendously shameful.”

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

Economic opportunists who make hay while the sun shines.

It’s not just Indonesia; Myanmar has grievances to air as well.

SPECIAL REPORT | 10 activists share their first-hand accounts of the events in 2007 that shaped the country.