Archive - 11 April 2018

Equity markets slide after Trump's warning to Russia that missiles 'will be coming' to Syria. 

GE14 | He says manifesto peddles the disputed fact of Perak being the second poorest state.

She had earlier played two songs on said violin at ‘Konsert Pencetus Perjuangan’ fundraising concert.

LETTER | It has already placed unreasonable obstacles in the way of M’sians overseas.

He reacts to Russia warning that any missiles fired into Syria will be shot down, and launch sites targeted.

GE14 | Amanah deputy will once again stand in Pulai, after failing to capture the seat in 2013.

The crown prince reportedly spent RM1m sponsoring groceries for shoppers.

He dishes out RM5 whole chicken in Putrajaya as homeowners scramble for bargains.

GE14 | Sg Besar MP credits BN for Chia Kee Chan's early release from Indonesian prison. 

Anti-corruption watchdog says over time, power over Felda has shifted from bureaucrats to the prime minister.

GE14 | They point out that it is a Malay-majority seat and better suited for the ruling party.

Caretaker PM says he is 'delighted' to make the announcement on the new law, which press freedom groups claim will curtail the media.

Walaupun MCA mengisytiharkan Naib Presidennya Hou Kok Chong sebagai calon di kerusi itu.

Defence Ministry says plane headed to southwest Algeria when it crashed into a field near the airport.

GE14 | It says the recent redelineation exercise was widely seen to be unfair and biased.

GE14 | Opposition is only 'pretending' to honour the state as a founding partner of M'sia, he says.

The prices remain the same since March 22 despite increasing regional fuel prices.

BN strategic communications number two says he received the message a month before former minister's open letter to Najib.

The act has been gazetted and can be enforced with immediate effect.

GE14 | High Court deems the matter 'academic' but says the party still has means to redress temporary dissolution.

GE14 | 'Can't give free but we will do our best,' CEO Tony Fernandes says on Facebook.

He questions Rafidah's timing in raising the issue and claims it's aimed at tarnishing Najib's credibility.

UPDATE 5.20PM | GE14 | Not enough for EC to just say that observers have been invited, contends electoral reform group.

He says this is reminiscent of what transpired before the last general election.

GE14 | Mazlan says second and third generation settlers are more sensitive to the scandals in recent years.

UPDATED 4.58PM | GE14 | It recorded these offences since last year - and there were many more that it missed.

COMMENT | 'Instead of being mere listeners and watchers, ask politicians hard questions.'

UPDATED 4.32PM | GE14 |This is to allow voters to cast their ballots in the 14th general election.

GE14 | The decision has been agreed to by all Harapan components, says state coalition chief. 

LETTER |The EC, in reality just an agency in the PM’s Department.

GE14 | The initiator of the petition also emails details to the king's aide, as well as the caretaker PM, DPM. 

He says not only Rafidah, but also 15 million voters and 31 million M'sians want to hear from the caretaker PM.

He says it will change the lives of the people of Kelantan and other states on the East Coast.

Penang caretaker CM says they should follow the example set by Penang and Selangor.

GE14 | However, a nationwide public holiday would be more apt, the states' caretaker leaders say.

GE14 | Employers federation chief says this extends to both paid and unpaid leave. 

LETTER | After all, he wants to make it difficult for voters to go out and vote.

LETTER | It is best that Wong Chin Huat resign and enter full-time politics. 

UPDATED 2.03PM | GE14 | Caretaker MB says the bonus will be 'fair' and based on merit. 

This is the stand of ex-servicemen's NGO Patriot, which wants the PM to answer four questions.

COMMENT | The promise of a better life in the new Malaysia will never be fulfilled for these Malaysians.

LETTER | It is the lack of these two values that can be cited as the source of all our troubles.

Bukit Bintang Umno Youth has filed a police report on the matter.

豪华游艇“平静号”在印尼遭扣押前，曾在去年11月间进入马来西亚水域。

CALONKINI | Rebellion runs strong in Shukur Mohamad's blood.

Former minister says the DAP veteran will be missed.

LETTER | KL police chief's admission means such tests not enough to 'reasonably suspect' someone of being on drugs.

GE14 | The PAS president says the party even has no issues going to the polls on a Friday. 

COMMENT | I was doubtful of a Malay tsunami. Now I believe in it, because Najib does.

GE14 | It cites ROS's press conference announcing Bersatu’s provisional dissolution before the matter was heard in court.

PKR veep Nurul Izzah Anwar says 60 pct of new jobs BN has created are low or semi-skilled jobs.

The former minister insists to be shown the 2007 cabinet paper on the land deal, which will reveal the truth. 

COMMENT | Credit to Harapan, it got the former premier to do something he finds repugnant.

Semasa perjalanan dari Phuket ke Indonesia, sebelum ditahan di Benoa Bay, Bali, pada 28 Feb.

GE14 | Don’t vote for them, for they only want to seize power, says brother, who adds he has no family ties with them.

GE14 | Ramasamy says BN appears to have conceded defeat by fixing polling day in mid-week.

COMMENT | The caretaker gov't, in announcing the BR1M increase, violated the convention by openly bribing voters.

LETTER | What matters is not the quantum of financial contribution but whether such a sum was put to good use.

GE14 | Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah says the BN gov't has raised the BR1M handout every time he made a higher offer.

GE14 | Najib oppresses the opposition, controls the media and rewrites election rules, says Jakarta Post. 

COMMENT | Never has the Umno hegemon been so afraid of losing political power.

Before its seizure in Bali, it kept close to Indonesian border, but veered into M’sian waters on occasions.

COMMENT | It could mark the end of the longest-ruling coalition in the democratic world, for one.

GE14 | Ngo Hea Ong will give his M’sian staff two days off and travel allowance to attend to the polls.

YOURSAY | ‘He didn’t even apologise to Anwar, and yet they’re now on the same side.’

GE14 | It maintains a very low profile and is not known among the local election monitoring fraternity.

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

It denies existence of three-person company, and says all land swap deals are according to procedure.

GE14 | Now on different sides, Saifuddin Abdullah and Nasrudin Hassan set to face off again.