Archive - 30 March 2018

UPDATE 12.12AM | PM relates humorous anecdote of not being provided lunch during an army camp visit.

更新 首相纳吉警告，一旦在野党执政，恐会解散皇家马来军团，甚至削减警队与军队。

In a rare move, the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has commenced a probe.

He expects another 30 percent support form younger voters.

Some 500 people turn up to hear MCA deputy president speak.

LETTER | Lim Kit Siang is the fourth Member of Parliament to be evicted from the House this week.

BN No 2 says locals welcome changes undertaken by BN, including replacing low-calibre candidates.

Projects must be pragmatic for the people and not just done to fulfill election pledges, says Kelvin Yii.

LETTER | The strong GDP growth and other successes are not entirely due to the NTP.

VOX POPULI | The PKR logo could be Harapan's common logo but straw poll suggests many could be confused.

UPDATED 8.10PM | Bumiputera economy not first, but 30th, on list of Harapan manifesto promises, says prime minister. 

This law will not curb press freedom because the job of the press is to report facts, says the MCA chief.

UPDATE 8PM | Minister says as always, the opposition tends to count their chickens before they hatch.

Nazifuddin Najib says the Chinese and Indians will also be affected if Umno loses power.

If Wee wants a debate, either become MCA president or come stand in Bagan, says DAP sec-gen.

LETTER | In societies like S'pore, there is no protection against the political abuse of personal data.

KK Ravi, 34, pleaded guilty to committing the offence at a budget hotel in Ipoh, in Sept 2016. 

But the family was not informed of the details of the inquest, NGO secretary Satees Muniandy says.

The deputy minister also reportedly tells the crowd to 'use their brains, not their knees'.

This is because Mahathir is just a 'normal person' without Umno's backing, says Johari Baharum. 

If the sultan is displeased with the choice, then Harapan will face a royal hurdle in its plan to capture the state.

Stephon Clark, 22, was shot 20 times by police officers who thought he was holding a gun when he was only holding his cellphone. 

Based on last night's crowd, Liew Chin Tong is convinced that a Malay tsunami is taking shape.

COMMENT | 'There needs to be an extremely high voter turnout to offset this unfairness.'

'There are still leaders who are not resting, although more than nine decades old'.

Speaker slams unruly behaviour of lawmakers in Parliament, behaving as if they have dual personalities.

The ex-minister says such 'uncivilised' language brings the August House to shame.

But first, DAP veteran wants MCA leader to explain why his party voted in favour of redelineation bill.

The landmark decision will impact thousands of housebuyers affected by the extension of time in projects they have invested in. 

The central bank says no funds were lost in the incident which involved falsified SWIFT wire-transfer requests.

Police and gov't have yet to say sorry to victim's family eight years later, lawyers say.

The DAP veteran issues a long list of all the fake news against him over the decades.

UPDATED 2.46PM | The officers want to record statements on their protest outside Parliament on Wednesday.

LETTER | Current members of the EC can no longer be entrusted with the duty and mandate as custodian of free and fair elections.

Laura Ingraham taunted David Hogg, 17, on Twitter, after he wrote about being rejected by four colleges he had applied to. 

The ruling applies to coffee sold in California by Starbucks and other companies.

Sarkozy was called ‘president bling bling ’ by many due to his flashy style.

'She has responded well to treatment but continues to receive expert clinical care...'

Amal, who is married to actor George Clooney, will be part of the defence team.

The US will 'deal with it', the White House says in response.

Former MB Khalid Ibrahim is also present as they unveil their state manifesto.

Police have identified 1,100 individuals and organisations so far, says IGP.

COMMENT | This may well be the last time we’re able to freely express our views.

Former Selangor MB and Bandar Tun Razak MP Abdul Khalid Ibrahim voted with BN.

UPDATED 10.32AM | While the inquiry is open to the public, the NGO should have got permission to take videos, mayor says.

GE 14 | DAP is expected to lose Pengkalan Rinting and Pekan Nenas if no Malay tsunami and voting pattern is at GE13 status quo.

COMMENT | Selangor gov’t should immediately appeal against this Court of Appeal judgment.

YOURSAY | ‘When you have no self-respect, don't expect others to respect you.’

Analyst Wong Chin Huat says Shafie Apdal's departure from BN made the proposal risky for the latter.

YOURSAY | Salleh, show us the audited accounts for 2015 and 2016 to prove RM42b loss is false.

The PM's brother says sowing fear of draconian punishment based on 'ambiguous definitions' retards society.

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

China's Tiangong-1 space station descent is no cause for alarm, says Angkasa.