Archive - 17 November 2017

COMMENT | At the very least please allow food and medicine to be delivered to the starving and the sick.

Umno Baru took two years to hold AGM, Muhyiddin Yassin points out.

'When PKR was set up in 1999, we were given seats contested by the DAP and PAS,' he notes.

South Korea and the US agree to keep working for a peaceful end to the North Korean nuclear crisis.

He insists he remains Zimbabwe's only legitimate ruler; source says ruling party is preparing to fire him.

Anwar's son Muhammad Ihsan later thanked the PM and his wife for their visit.

Minister says he is not in charge of MOF-owned Seri Malaysia hotel chain.

Ironically, Mahathir was the president of Umno when the party was de-registered then.

The ruler, who objected to the curved bridge design, informs this to Spad in a meeting on Wednesday.

UPDATED 6.25PM | SUHAKAM INQUIRY | Jais officer says did not tell cops the identity of person who lodged complaint in 2011 raid.

Syed Kabeer Rifaee says he never had such problems before joining Bersatu in October last year.

UPDATED 6PM | DG Suriyati describes Nov 2, 2016, meeting as 'only a supreme council meeting'.

UPDATED 6.21PM | Its DG Surayati Ibrahim declines to comment on why it's taking so long to register the coalition. 

Yemeni IT consultant Amjad Jalal Ahmed Al-Dahan, 34, pleaded guilty to committing public nuisance with his stunt. 

All were discharged without having their defence called as the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case.

Eric See-To says there would be adverse consequences should the ERL collapse financially.

Guan Eng questions Putrajaya's reasons for providing the least financial aid to the state's flood victims. 

DAP leader tells MCA leadership to emulate David Choi and apologise to the farmer who landed behind bars for sharing a video.

PM says it's an achievement that proves that the country’s economic management is on track. 

Overall balance of payments sees a surplus in third quarter from RM2.7b in Q2.

Minister denies Kulai MP's claim that EC drastically reduced the number of assistant registrars of voters.

LETTER | Taxis are needed to provide a counterbalance to private cars using mobile apps to pick up passengers.

DAP leader says Malaysians must vote out BN to redeem Malaysia's pride.

They pleaded not guilty to rioting against four police officers in Bukit Bintang last Saturday.

Workers discriminated against should lodge formal complaints, the group says.

COMMENT | The much published new scheme is more about collecting another RM800 million a year.

LETTER | Good tour guides can do more than just inform tourists; they can boost entire tourism industry.

It cites recent incidents in many European countries including France, Britain and Sweden.

Bank Negara says the growth is driven by domestic demand, particularly private sector spending. 

It shouldn't be so hard to define what is halal.

Minister cites cases of racism and discrimination against Muslims in France and England as examples. 

Suit filed over Umno minister's accusation that PKR MP discussed politics in a mosque in May.

The Selangor MB claims the hotel was pressured to cancel and it could be politically motivated.

UPDATED 12.38PM | While not mentioning the tudung issue, Razali Ismail urges employers against discriminatory practices.

Royal council clarifies that Tunku Nick Tazuddin Izwan Syah Tunku Qadir is not a member of the Johor royal family.

However, the state education director denies that the transfer was for political reasons.

Edward Stroz, a former FBI agent, cites the problem with driverless cars, which can be remotely hacked, to do things the driver does not want it to do. 

FEATURE | The advent of worker struggle in colonial Malaya can be traced back to the 1920s.

House may be destroyed after the owner's appeal to stay its demolition was dismissed by the court.

Bank assures customers' PIN, passwords and credit card verification value numbers are safe. 

The deputy minister wants action against the message claiming high prices are to curb accidents.

'Is the rejection of fare hikes to protect the rakyat, or a masked attempt to bail out ERL and save a crony-linked company?'

SPECIAL REPORT | PSM will soldier on despite the latest political realignments, says D Jeyakumar.

YOURSAY | ‘The prices of satay ingredients have skyrocketed too.’

YOURSAY | 'If he is truly that enthusiastic, no point fielding opponents against him.'

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