Archive - 18 July 2018

Selangor MB says PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will activate the local machinery tomorrow.

CM Adly Zahari says discussions are important as the project affects the villagers' livelihoods.

Anwar perlu diberi jawatan tertinggi parti selepas ambil kira kedudukan beliau sebagai calon PM, kata Azan Ismail.

到会业者说明，这道菜是他们请客，而不耗一分一毫的公帑。

Pihak polis tidak pernah putus asa berusaha sejak waran tangkap dikeluarkan, kata pengarah CID Perak.

Farah Madihah mengenang cahaya matanya berusia 5 bulan yang ditemukan meninggal dunia dalam peti sejuk.

PARLIMEN | Dr M meninggalkan banyak projek yang meningkatkan hutang negara ketika kali pertama menjadi PM, kata ketua pembangkang.

The matter was confirmed only when the media asked about it, clarifies the graft-busting agency.

Malay Chamber of Commerce says Malays conned into becoming proxies of non-Malay businesses. 

国会 “后来的两任首相必须承担亏钱计划。我们不止没有怨气，反而我们还承受咒骂和讨厌。”

国会 阿末扎希配合演出“回答”魏家祥说： “我认为，我们原谅他们吧！……”

COMMENT | Does Kuala Lumpur need yet another skyscraper in the face of towering national debt? 

CM says there will be no more oil palm plantation licences, except for NRC land.

PARLIAMENT | Syed Saddiq says development agenda in rural areas would help reduce youth migration.

UPDATED 10PM | PARLIAMENT | Mahathir's legacy after his first stint as PM is mostly debt, he says.

PARLIAMENT | International trade minister says gov't will ensure local industries protected from dispute.

Teoh's family lawyer Ramkarpal Singh says the request was made in a letter from the AGC to the IGP, yesterday.

COMMENT | It's a shame that the new gov't is still politicking instead of safeguarding our country's economic future.

Sodomy is a horrible sin, that is why Allah destroyed 'these people' during the time of Prophet Lot, says Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah.

COMMENT | Does Zakir have a direct or indirect effect on national unity?

Wan Saiful Wan Jan says reforms must be in place before MPs are ready to be speaker. 

He is the first representative of the Mahathir administration to visit the superpower.

UPDATED 7PM | PARLIAMENT | Opposition MPs question their whereabouts. Khairy offers a solution.

Shamshun Baharin reminds forum that it is not the commission's job to press charges.

He is alleged to have asked her to sit on his lap before sexually violating her.

Azmin's political secretary says his boss' loyalty to Anwar and the party cannot be disputed.

The delicacy was paid for by caterer and not Parliament House.

DAP supremo urges MPs from political parties reported to have received the funds to speak up.

LETTER | The old SST payment was 5% surtax and 10% sales tax, so it is not a 6% service tax.

SA Vigneswaran claims people are still turning to MIC for help despite the change of government.

PARLIAMENT | Transport minister says Mavcom is the final stages of finalising the ceiling price for air tickets.

Wan Saiful, however, says that's no excuse for Harapan to go against promises made.

INTERVIEW | Standing Orders state that BN had the right to submit a name for speaker too, PKR veep says. 

The shortfall from replacing the GST with the SST is estimated to be about RM22 billion.

PARLIAMENT | But Guan Eng qualifies that this will depend on the country's fiscal situation improving. 

PARLIMEN | Selepas enggan menarik balik kenyataannya yang menggelar Pemuda Umno sebagai "samseng".

UPDATED 4.15PM | PARLIAMENT | Speaker shows him the exit after he refuses to retract his 'Umno Youth are gangsters' remark.

Having one of our own people will ensure the needs of the community will be catered to, they say.

No such construction is currently taking place, it says.

DPM courts friendly fire for making 'incomprehensible and absurd' remarks on child marriage case.

LETTER | LGBT issues: Respect and consider the sensitivities of the majority of Malaysians.

AG Tommy Thomas approved the appointment early this week, says source.

UPDATED 5PM | At 0.8 percent, the figure is below the 1.3 percent forecast by a Reuters poll. 

To hear Anwar Ibrahim's claim gov't was unfair in his Sodomy II trial and it paid this sum to its lawyer Muhammad Shafee.

Who are they? How much did they receive? Visit Malaysiakini's microsite for the answers.

PARLIAMENT | The DPM says second and third wives are the responsibilities of the husbands.

UPDATED 4.49PM | The din only subsides when deputy speaker orders an adjournment for lunch.

The outgoing PKR deputy president says he is concentrating on Parliament matters for now.

PARLIAMENT | UPDATED 5PM | The PKR veep says legal restrictions against Anwar and Rafizi should be removed. 

LETTER | having another national car project will not necessarily help achieve Vision 2020.

Existing laws that enable such unions need to be amended, the minister says.

Therefore, he cannot feign ignorance on the ballooned cost of the project, the MP adds.

UPDATED 1.10PM | More than five months have passed, but T Subromaniam says his department is still checking.

LETTER | Knowledge and diversity will make the country stronger.

COMMENT | Ex-CJ Abdul Hamid Mohamad claims the country has two CJs until July 31. Is he right? 

UPDATED 3.50PM | PARLIAMENT | Minister adds talks with S'pore on the stalled project will take place soon.

UPDATED 9.38PM | PARLIAMENT | Najib quipped to be 'more qualified' than Zahid to be opposition leader.

David Gurupatham says his client is a legitimate part of diamond trader Samer Halimeh's businesses. 

Lawyers were seen beating up the suspects on the staircase of Chennai high court.

I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t', said the US president.

INTERVIEW | 'We will monitor closely… as an MP, I will make sure this is done,' says Umno's Sabah deputy chief Bung Moktar.

The outgoing PKR Women chief also praises the capabilities of Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali.

COMMENT | Encouraging a plurality of Islamic voices will create greater democracy.

LETTER | Parking woes are part and parcel of working at Malaysian government hospitals.

YOURSAY | ‘Grab is restoring trust in public transport, which has been damaged by taxi drivers.’

The latest opinion poll also shows 42 percent of registered voters approved of Trump’s performance in office.

YOURSAY | ‘Those in the pro-Zakir camp are not the sharpest tools in the shed.’

Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail says when he was the Agong from 2001 to 2006, he got to know Mahathir well.

Lim Lip Eng says 48 of the 64 plots under investigation have been cleared by the commission.

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