Archive - 2 June 2018

Analysts say Umno Youth chief should be younger in order to transform party.

The choice of a non-Muslim as AG has reportedly prompted the Conference of Rulers to push for a Muslim candidate.

Those who are capable and eligible can re-apply for the job, says Johor MB Osman Sapian.

The defence minister says M'sia welcomes upcoming nuclear talks between the US and North Korea.

COMMENT | The gov't should not outsource the job to those who may not have the rakyat's best interests at heart.  

William Case warns that threatened elites may retaliate against new gov't.

Lawyers Latheefa Koya and N Surendran express disappointment over AGC's stance in two ongoing cases.   

This applies to over 70,000 Honda cars, says Anthony Loke. 

Azalina Othman, Halimah Sadique, Shahrizat, and Noraini Ahmad are among possible candidates.

LETTER | 'We call upon the business community to make an all-out effort to promote Malaysia’s products.'

CM Chow says the partnership aims to build up a new economy based on culture as a 'renewable asset'.

'MCA should prepare to buy their own gravestone,' he says in response to MCA's Wee Ka Siong.

The meeting at Istana Anak Bukit in Alor Setar lasts for 90 minutes. 

Youth groups believe he is the right man to steer Umno away from the 'elites' and back to the people.

UPDATED 5.14PM | Former Negeri MB Hasan wants Umno to return to its old glory of 'race, religion, and country'.

阿末扎希一如预料，将会竞选党主席职，以冀名正言顺领导巫统。

'This proves the spirit of love for the country among the people is getting deeper,' says Teresa Kok.

COMMENT | The finance minister should stop ‘guesstimating’ figures and do his job.

Hindu association gives board 48 hours to explain alleged discrepancies 2014 deal.

'Petty' of the company to keep workers’ wages down with record profits, Tenaganita says.

INTERVIEW | Times have changed, she stresses, and the country should now come first.

Mahathir likely to rekindle policy from his first tenure as prime minister. 

Cops probing the incident say the duo involved had license to carry firearms.

Apart from 1MDB, he says, MOF's secret files shed light on deals that put the gov't on the losing end.

COMMENT | Language is reality; words become flesh, inscriptions become institutions.

Trees are uprooted and Ramadan bazaar canopies are damaged, but no one is hurt in the storm last night.

HR minister also promises to upskill Indians through technical and vocational colleges.

Japan's Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera says N Korea must take concrete steps to dismantle all its arms programmes.

Penang exco Jagdeep responds to protest in Komtar yesterday over eviction notices. 

Wee Ka Siong claims the results of the 1MDB probe at the time were never presented to Najib's cabinet.

Experts say, however, that greater fiscal policy clarity can boost investor confidence. 

'It is now completely clear that the UN is hopelessly biased against Israel', says Nikki Haley.

LETTER | Malaysians voted for a more inclusive country. 

Condolences pour in as Khalsom Abdullah, 83, died while in London yesterday.

Pedro Sanchez takes over as PM with Mariano Rajoy implicated in corruption scandal.

Modi also commends Wan Azizah for part in GE14 win, says her name will be ‘enshrined in history’.

INTERVIEW | We were scared so we just went with the flow, says the Cheras Umno chief.

COMMENT | The reality is that in an egalitarian society, everyone has the same rights. 

No one knows what the future holds and MCA is now free to find its own path, deputy insists. 

He says the withdrawal should not have been decided upon without a functioning AG.

YOURSAY | ‘Maybe besides minimum wage, it’s time to discuss the maximum wage.’

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

This comes after similar overtures from PAS in Kedah and Perak.