Archive - 26 October 2017

Umno Youth leader says Umno's problems today is caused by former leaders like Zainuddin Maidin, who penned the book.

COMMENT | 'Harapan is proposing many of BN's policies it had aggressively rejected in the past.'

All of Low's alleged offences are committed overseas, so foreign governments should be left to deal with it, says minister. 

‘The prime minister knows what decision to make,’ Subramaniam claims.

UPDATED 8.16PM | Did Mahathir and Anwar resign over Highland Towers tragedy? Minister says there must be a precedent. 

The tragedy was caused by an explosion in a minivan loaded with raw material for fireworks, says an official. 

The PM believes that the opposition’s alternative budget is untethered to reality.

COMMENT | Measures have to be taken to ensure that no further landslides occur.

In its originating summons, Bar also seeks to nullify appointment of Raus and Zulkefli as additional judges. 

Xi is the first leader since Mao to have a political ideology bearing his name enshrined in the party's constitution while in office.

One resident says hillside development must be stopped.

Minister says PM made good his commitment to build new schools.

The pair are alleged to have received a total of RM800,000 from illicit transactions.

Black-and-white thinking leaves no room for ambiguity.

Ng Wei Aik responds to ministry's supposedly late distribution of school funds with a Jacky Cheung song.

UPDATED 5.20PM | The gov't lawyer argues this in the High Court on S'gor MB's bid to get the audit report declassified.

The PM says budget 2018 must be seen in the overall context of sound economic and financial management of the country. 

Baki says MACC is currently collecting evidence from foreign parties allegedly involved in the hotel purchase.

The former Umno minister hits out at critics of his latest book, 'Pergi Mampuslah Umno'.

The minister says of the number, five were brought to court.

Jason Loo alleges that Ng Wei Aik had 'humiliated and disrespected' the police from 2011 to 2014.

COMMENT | The current slew of accusations against the Penang gov’t are misleading and deceptive.

No need for MCA to defend Penang NGOs on landslide issue, says Satees Muniandy. 

As the 'super rich' brace themselves, Appleby claims there is no evidence of wrongdoing.

The woman, aged 38, is being probed in the awarding of a project to supply souvenirs.

All the new schools will bear the names of famous Malaysian Chinese personalities.

BN launched operation centre for a non-existent 'P107 Sg Buloh' constituency, watchdog says.

The firm responds to the MP's latest remarks and provides explanations for the issues he raised.

DAP organising secretary Anthony Loke says this after calls are made for the two to abstain.

The mix of private life and public duty raises a number of questions. 

‘Had we started without the US, we could have worked out a deal,’ laments Lee.

PARLIAMENT | Ex-navy man Mohamad Imran Abd Hamid unconvinced by Indian Ocean theory.

Guan Eng makes the call after expressing deep condolences on the tragedy which killed eight.

Wildlife and human conflicts precipitated by rapid development must be addressed immediately.

COMMENT | The populist budget is full of empty promises and lies to woo votes.

COMMENT | MITI should not resort to lazy rhetorics if he wants to criticise PH's alternative budget. 

PARLIAMENT | The article on Lowyat.net has since been restored.

Actress Heather Lind claims Bush, 93, sexually assaulted her while posing for a photo in 2014. 

A chat between relatives gives me hope for a better society.

Remember when the ringgit traded at RM3.58 to the dollar when Najib became PM, Tony Pua asks.

'If the government is really serious in addressing the problem then Budget 2018 is the ideal platform.'

Public transport costs can be especially painful on the working class and students.

US$90m has been set aside for the funeral, the likes of which has never been seen in Thailand.

But US president praises China's help in ridding rogue state of nuclear weapons.

COMMENT | Tax cuts are usually an easy (some say populist) sell to voters but…

Over half of new arrivals are living in the Kutupalong Expansion Site.

Xi also looks forward to Trump’s Beijing visit, and enhanced Sino-US relations.

A Yap Ah Loy puppeteer waits to join a procession of the International Guan Gong Cultural Festival at Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur.

SPECIAL REPORT | Despite leaving Umno after more than two decades, the locals still see him as their leader.

YOURSAY | ‘After all, 1MDB has helped save us RM200 billion in electricity bill.’

I am writing this as an open letter to our Prime Minister/Finance Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

QUESTION TIME | ‘And did it start the process of more market-oriented pricing of power?

Why does stigma towards women smokers, particularly in the Malay community, persist?

YOURSAY | Indeed, which wrongs did 1MDB specifically correct?

At around 5.45am on Oct 24, a factory bus with 40 foreign workers on board stopped on the left lane of the North-South Expressway, near the Juru toll plaza...

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

However, the House rejects opposition's attempt to get gov't to contribute to EIS.