Archive - 8 March 2018

Here are the promises made by the coalition, should it win Putrajaya in GE14.

Likewise, it will also seek to break up the monopoly of medicines and tolls.

While there are many pledges for the Malays, the coalition hasn't ignored demands of Chinese and Indians.

Opposition vows to rein in premier's powers with Parliament to play a key role in keeping him or her in check.

Also contained in the coalition's 138-page manifesto are promises to abolish the GST and tolls, in phases. 

UPDATED 11.55PM | Measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, it hit the Sabah town at 9pm.

Lim's lawyer brands the Gerakan leader's rants 'childish' and 'naive'.

It was set up 20 years ago when Najib was education minister to democratise education for the less fortunate.

Indonesian cops and FBI 'preparing paperwork' to hand over Equanimity.

“懦夫，OK啦……我是懦夫才会对抗巫统，因而入狱，更两度遭内安法令扣留。”

WAWANCARA l Saya cuma mahu apabila dia pergi, saya pergi. Itu sahaja. Akhir cerita, selamat tinggal.

CM insists that MCA's deputy is too low-rung to be a worthy opponent on the Penang tunnel.

Wee Ka Siong also refuses to speculate if Mahathir's influence may affect his chances.

INTERVIEW | 'There is a precedent to show that I say what I mean and I mean what I say.' 

'Cannot put a price tag' on the people's interests when negotiating bilateral deals, says minister.

Publication of detailed investigation report suspended pending outcome of latest search.

COMMENT | And Malaysia never the same again from that day onwards.

Preacher comes up with a religious twist to International Women's Day. 

PARLIAMENT | The BN gov't is a responsible government that can implement things, says deputy works minister.

A video depicts her being beaten, slashed and dragged into a car.

Election committee endorses Liew Chin Tong for MCA deputy president's Ayer Hitam seat.

Former cabinet minister also congratulates cops for swiftly clearing Jho Low of having any role with 1MDB.

NFC and Salleh allowed to pose two questions of law in their defamation suit appeal.

COMMENT | 'People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.'

INTERVIEW | He claims none of the investigations established a direct link between the scandal and the PM.

It appears that Putrajaya still has to spend money on former 1MDB projects in TRX.

LETTER | When we speak of human rights, we talk of granting all humans equal dignity and worth.

She hits back after article accuses her of improprieties in distributing APs when heading Miti.

RM10.8 billion in investments approved in 2017 alone, only second to Johor, says Guan Eng.

COMMENT | Does its silence over the biggest data breach in M'sian history point to culpability?

Until then, the issue of Maria being offered a seat does not arise,' sec-gen clarifies.

PARLIAMENT | UPDATED 3.04PM | Waving the standing orders, Pandikar warns dissenting MPs they risk ejection.

PAS a victim of slander by Dr M and allies, the party chief adds.

Slamming coalition for failing to deliver on its promises, Hishammuddin harps on the current water crisis in S'gor.

UPDATED 3.10PM | Minister Rohani Abdul Karim says the suggestion came from Khairy Jamaluddin.

UPDATED 3.49PM | Superyacht has 'nothing to do with 1MDB, it does not belong to 1MDB', says 1MDB chairperson.

PARLIAMENT | Riot says over half of applicants already receiving benefits from the scheme.

Home minister confirms contract for Noor Rashid, who will hit mandatory retirement age this month.

As the Myanmar leader failed to condemn and stop military attacks on the minority Rohingya Muslims.

COMMENT | Malays need to be broken out of the insular cells Umno has caged them in. 

Passengers and crew who were on the plane remain in our prayers and in our hearts, says PM.

更新 数名行动党议员直赴武吉阿曼警察总部，要求旺阿末亲自出面交代汇款案。

Enam kerusi berkenaan adalah Sungai Burong, Sungai Panjang, Seri Serdang, Lembah Jaya, Kota Damansara dan Dusun Tua.

Tengku Putra Haron cites the 'grand old man of Johor politics' and Najib's call for unity.

“Kalau nak maklumat, jumpa saya. Saya tidak akan pergi jumpa you. Saya nak jimat petrol," kata Lim.

Hishammuddin mengkritik tawaran air percuma untuk semua oleh HARAPAN Johor dengan membangkitkan masalah di Selangor.

COMMENT | It's arbitrary, self-serving and nonsensical to argue two-term limits are good but not for some.

UPDATED 3.31PM | There is at least one more cop who sent his kids abroad to study without financial aid, claims Lim Lip Eng.

LETTER | Bung Mokhtar statement saying that Malaysians are fat and therefore prosperous is simply ridiculous.

祖莱达称，公正党只能在选区重划尘埃落定后，才考虑要让出哪个选区给玛丽亚竞选。

LETTER | For far too long we have allowed third parties to run wild managing this narrative.

AGC files fresh submissions, saying judicial challenges cannot be filed against gazetted voter rolls.

UPDATED 1.42PM | Several of them say they take in good faith Fuzi Harun’s explanation as the truth.

Kit Siang tells IGP to interview Najib as he was the chairperson of the board.

To say a racial party like Bersatu is not racist is disappointing.

LETTER | Key issues include cost of living, GST, marginalised communities, and judicial independence. 

According to a Grant Thornton report, number of women in these roles exceeds global average.

Zuraida Kamaruddin says the pending redelineation makes fixing the Bersih activist's seat difficult.

LETTER | Religion, tradition or culture no excuse for continued discrimination against women.

Islamic scholar accused of violent sexual assault on multiple occasions between 2013 and 2014.

The ‘true news’ is there is no crime here.

‘How many Mongolian models did we have to bury in the jungle for this pricing?’

PARLIAMENT | Ex-judge Che Mohamad Zulkifly wages a war of words with Sepang's Hanipa Maidin over BN scandals.

Otherwise, those records on how money was transferred will never be known.

COMMENT | The women of Malaysiakini take a bow to the women of Malaysia.

It's been four months, yet the case of alleged extra-marital affair is still not concluded, says DAP MP.

YOURSAY | ‘The reluctance to announce the date is not adding any advantage to anyone.’

The coalition uses the state's high water tariff as a strategy to swing voters in the coming polls.

They share how they fight for press freedom and against patriarchy.

So far, only three confirmed fragments of MH370 have been found on the western Indian Ocean shores.

YOURSAY | ‘Declining such help would be giving your own reputation a huge discount.’

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

Residents line up to collect water from a Syabas tanker at the Ampang Mewah flats in Selangor.