Archive - 23 October 2017

However, Razali Ibrahim denies Rafizi's claim, saying no company was registered on that day.

IEM says it will be able to offer expert opinions on the tragic event in Tg Bungah.

'The media created an issue as though there is a new search for Low. That is not true at all,' DPM's office says.

PARLIAMENT | Stampin MP Julian Tan warns that appointments to commission could be 'politically influenced.'

He is charged with murdering Hussain Ahmad Najadi and attempting to murder the banker’s wife.  

Amendment to Mavcom Bill seeks charge on passengers at airports for regulatory services rendered. 

The Equanimity made port at Pulau Weh, a famous dive spot.

COMMENT | DAP's Teh and PAS' Mahfuz emerge from their specific travails with credentials enhanced.

US embassy has already apologised over barring Gatot Nurmantyo from the country.

Ampang MP will also raise the issue in the ongoing parliament sitting.

Penang exco Chow Kon Yeow Site claims not all site accidents result in ministers losing their jobs. 

COMMENT | 'Malaysia's relatively high contingent liabilities include those due to public-private partnerships.'

UPDATED 4.42PM | Ismail Sabri tells court meeting with Sulu princess was treasonous in defamation suit brought by Nurul Izzah.

The ex-branch vice-chairman claims party constitution does not allow CEC elections to be held in special congress.

The Kota Kinabalu High Court also earlier rejected Shafie's application to review his remand. 

All parties involved including state gov't and CM must be held responsible for the tragedy, they say.

UPDATED 3.50PM | The opposition should take responsibility, but has been 'politicising tragedies', says the minister.

PARLIAMENT | Opposition MPs livid over 'flimsy excuses' used to reject queries.

It was approved after feedback obtained from 20 federal and state agencies, Maimunah Sharif adds.

UPDATED 4.12PM | Ismail Sabri also denies MACC's Sabah dragnet is aimed at crippling Warisan before the polls.

The dogs will ensure that no stone is left unturned in the search and rescue for victims, says state secretary.

Thus, probes against the project developer should begin immediately, says exco Chow Kon Yeow.

MP SPEAKS | The biggest economic challenge which Najib must address in the 2018 Budget is rising inflation.

How many lives have to be sacrificed at the altar of 'progress'?

Defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana says there are no more militants in the city, wrecked by five months of fighting. 

UPDATED 2.40PM | DPM also reveals Malaysians are involved in terror activities in Iraq and Syria - 34 of whom are now dead. 

COMMENT | When taking offence becomes a political tool. 

No ethnic group is immune to harbouring racist sentiments.

Hundreds of Universiti Malaya (UM) graduates wait patiently to receive their Master's and doctoral scrolls at the Dewan Tuanku Canselor on Oct 22, 2017.

The decision was taken at the case management today. 

Lahad Datu assemblyperson Yusof Apdal is released on RM50,000 deposited bail of RM100,000. 

This is the defamation suit Umno president and organising secretary filed on readers’ comments Malaysiakini published in 2014.

Bodies of last two victims were recovered this morning, says Penang official. 

UPDATED 9PM | PARLIAMENT | There are no details from Interpol yet, says DPM.

Penang government allowed project to go ahead without federal approval, environment ministry claims.

PARLIAMENT | The Employment Insurance System Bill has been withdrawn again but will be re-tabled this week.

After a solid win, Abe can renew his controversial push for revision of the country's pacifist constitution.

We must focus on addressing the root cause of extremism.

'Let's overwhelm the establishment with numbers.'

'Umno should not dominate a BN gathering,' the PRS president says of the session held last Saturday.

ADUN SPEAKS | 'There is no point in politicising the matter, as there's nothing conclusive about whether the quarry project caused the landslide.'

Peter Bellew is not in an official capacity to defend himself since he has already quit the airline.

SPECIAL REPORT | Having to cope with the high cost of living, issues such as the 1MDB scandal bear little meaning.

YOURSAY | “By setting up a task force, the AG is doing the police’s job.”

YOURSAY | ‘There does not seem to be any hope for the non-Muslim majority in Sarawak.’

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