Archive - 23 February 2018

To intensify pressure on the country to give up its nuclear and missile programmes.

GE14 is the best time for the people to support BN, he says.

The approach used by other countries is not the same as Malaysia's, he says.

It is now accepted in 157 countries which do not require a visa for Malaysians.

Cops say the suspects, in their 20s, were picked up yesterday before being remanded.

The prime minister regularly consumes rice at public functions, says PMO.

FGV is now looking at land acquisitions in Malaysia, Indonesia and Africa, said its chief executive.

LETTER | It could be a win-win situation for both parties.

UPDATED 8.31PM | He neither confirms nor denies speculation that he will be joining the party.

Pro-Umno portal takes opposition to task for making fun of the PM's rice bowl.

Video on the shootings are not a real incident, assures KL police chief Mazlan Lazim.

UPDATE 7PM | Never in the history of Malaysia have so many been this afraid, according to Mahathir.

He lodges a police report against the event ex-PM is attending at Alor Gajah on Sunday.

UPDATED 8.26PM | Mahathir, according to the Bersatu leader, says what he means and means what he says.

COA explains that judicial notice can be taken if a matter is considered a fact.

The coalition wants the court to compel the registrar to respond to their application to be registered.

The DAP veteran comments on a doctored photo of two Muslim Harapan leaders with a pig roast on their table.  

UPDATED 8.17PM | Legal action to be taken against anti-graft body for failure to do so, says party lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla.

DAP rep Sivanesan tells 'born yesterday' MIC Youth chief to look at history before issuing remarks.

Deceased student's family wants to examine CCTV footage that allegedly shows her stealing teacher's phone.

Malaysiakini takes a closer look at the expensive substitute for rice dubbed as the 'golden grain of the Andes'.

UPDATED 4.14PM | Perhaps only Cuba will accept MACC-created index, quips DAP's Lim Lip Eng.

UPDATED 3.30PM | 34-year-old rapper arrested yesterday and gave his statement at Bukit Aman.

COMMENT | Attempts to politicise and pervert facts stem from certain leaders' agenda to reclaim S'gor for themselves.

'They see DAP as a Chinese party bent on removing the special status enjoyed by Malays'.

Consumer groups question how huge estimated profits for supermarkets benefit everyday shoppers.

Malaysia will see the highest form of nepotism with husband and wife becoming PM and DPM, he adds.

On Malaysian Bar’s bid for a special panel to hear its challenge to the post-retirement appointments of two top judges.

UPDATED 3.10PM | In less than 24 hours, the artist raises the funds needed for the fine.

The former PM makes a sarcastic response to the PM's quinoa diet to keep fit.

DAP veteran leader uses Najib's food faux pas to drive home the need for a change in gov't.

PAS intends to rescue M'sia by introducing a mature political culture, adds the party's president.

She was shocked to see her name and full address included in the letter, thus giving away her identity.

The person who made the claim is in London, people here hired her, PAS chief tells CNY dinner.

This sector contributed 54.4pct to the GDP, which was valued at RM1.5 trillion in 2017, adds the minister.

LETTER | Laughable for MACC to establish its own 'special' index to gauge country's corruption levels.

However, specific seat allocations have yet to be made, says PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim. 

COMMENT | In the name of transparency, can S'gor reveal the final settlement agreement with companies in Ijok land issue?

COMMENT | If M'sia loses the EU as a palm oil trade partner, some 650,000 oil palm plantation owners would be hit.

Its UN mission slams António Guterres for praising sanctions on Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.

Prayers of ordinary Malaysians, unlike those of politicians, have fallen on deaf ears.

Obvious satire and even political speeches should be left alone if true freedom of speech exists in Malaysia.

The self-appointed moral arbiters lack not just sense, but also a sense of humour.

Further negotiations on six seats among PKR, Amanah and Bersatu to be left to the coalition's national committee.

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

COMMENT | So what happens if Bersatu does not win big in this election?

YOURSAY | As AG, you have failed to even carry out what you had threatened to do.

YOURSAY | ‘It only knows about using its might to rein in people they do not understand.’

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PM and DPM in the midst of meeting Umno division chiefs to finalise list of candidates.