Archive - 12 October 2018

It slams Malaysia's decision to release 11 ethnic Uighurs from detention and send them to Turkey.

Ex-PM's aide wants Lim Kit Siang to furnish evidence on why several high-profile cases warrant fresh probes.

Defence Minister says he was stating a fact – not campaigning – when he said Port Dickson stood to gain from Anwar Ibrahim becoming PM.

PD POLLS | Informal poll of Malay voters narrow it down to Anwar Ibrahim and Isa Samad, possibly PAS candidate, who's seen as 'clean'.

Putting prison inmates to work should be considered to make them pay for the costs of their prison stay and remove the burden from taxpayers.

Activist fumes, Oriental Daily top editor keeps mum, and ministry officials pass calls for comment back and forth.

The Bersatu strategist, who helped draft the document, acknowledges that some pledges require recalibration.

PD POLLS | The study says the other independents may also lose their deposits.

He nevertheless will have to undergo 24 strokes of the rotan, the maximum permissible.

Herwadey Hashim is charged with giving or fabricating false evidence in a drug trafficking case.

First order of business is swearing in of new Port Dickson MP.

Narcotics chief says police will propose life imprisonment if the death penalty is abolished.

Johor Bersatu Youth wing files report on false news against Osman Sapian in several Facebook accounts.

The deputy minister says she's prepared to do so over her handling of the issue.

LETTER | The sudden halting of PTPK funds causes great despair among the providers, staff, students and their families.

MP SPEAKS| I said yesterday that Najib is guilty of telling lies almost every day. He has told another lie.

SPECIAL REPORT | PD POLLS | The residents are caught in a limbo and are unsure whether to return to pig farming or not.

Ex-PM fires a salvo at his successor, who now says it is not possible to abolish tolls on highways.

LETTER | Compulsory minimum wage is not state intervention to save labour from the worst excesses.

UPDATED 5.08PM | This comes after the Election Court throws out a petition filed by Amanah's Khairuddin Abu Hassan.

Tajuddin Abdul Rahman says BN's feet were on earth whereas Harapan promised the 'moon and stars'.

Kamal Hassan uploads a YouTube video, in which he also calls the PKR president-elect an exemplary leader.

PD POLLS | However, PAS says Pakatan can investigate the claim.

Johari Abdul, however, admits having an audience with the sultan of Kedah.

The complainant has no locus-standi to make the application, the court rules. 

Ex-minister praises the DPM for rejecting the offer to become PM.

LETTER | Some common sense remedies the PM may want to look into to ease Harapan government's manifesto burden.

LETTER | It is irresponsible to prepare a manifesto for an election without consideration of whether they can be delivered.

COMMENT | Appointments to government institutions need to balance patronage and denying those with real talent the opportunity to contribute.

COMMENT | Good of gov’t to move to abolish the death penalty - but first, let justice be done for her murder.

COMMENT | The sooner China respects Muslims within its own confines and the larger Islamic world, the better.

Executive secretary denies claims of a joint raid involving police, MACC and the ROS.

UPDATED 2.25PM | It plans the protest at Padang Merbok on Oct 17 and intends to hand a memorandum to the PM.

UPDATED 2.20PM | Abdul Rashid says a law is required to 'control these kind of things'.

UPDATED 3.37PM | The EC returning officer was jailed three months for contempt of court.

UPDATED 2.35PM | PD POLLS | He singles out Wan Azizah and Mohamad Sabu and also says that free dinner events are wrong.

They only need to produce birth certificates, adoption papers or court order to register, says Teo Nie Ching.

MP SPEAKS | Voters, be conscious of history-in-the-making in the great current effort to build a New Malaysia.

COMMENT | The strategic importance of Anwar in taking the beach-front town to greater heights.

Premier says this when shooting down the idea to abolish tolls, which is among Harapan's promises.

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COMMENT | 'What if Dr Wan Azizah doesn't resign as DPM when Anwar becomes PM? What happens then?'

The move is likely to strain ties with China...

MP SPEAKS | Seven areas that need urgent attention by lawmakers in the upcoming Parliament sitting.

LIVE | PD POLLS | DAY 14 | The final leg of campaign sees large turnouts at various ceramah.

The only way to have freeways and no toll is to raise the price of petrol, says Mahathir.

The capsule landed after what Nasa called a 34-minute steep ballistic descent.

UPDATED 9:16PM | This is the third day in a row that Zahid has been summoned for questioning.

'If he wins by a smaller margin, he may be seen as merely riding on the popularity of Mahathir...'

COMMENT | The heads of almost all our public varsities have started rolling and rightly so too.

'They're going to take that money and spend it in Russia or China or someplace else,' says US president.

The man is seen in a viral video scolding and later attacking the parking attendant. 

COMMENT | People who shove their beliefs on others should instead try finding jobs that suit them.

YOURSAY | There are a ‘trillion’ reasons why Harapan is now selling assets.

YOURSAY | ‘Unless, that is, MMC-Gamuda comes back with an offer that the gov’t cannot refuse.’

PD POLLS | Several asked at random say they didn't have to pay the RM60 organisers claimed was the dinner price tag.

COMMENT | It is time to examine the role of government servants on the boards of government agencies.

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