Archive - 10 July 2019

The process was introduced in 2015 following complaints the Syariah Court took too long to settle divorce cases.

Amirudin Shari said he was in Kuala Lumpur at the time of the alleged affair.

Issues to be looked at include illegal fishing and territorial encroachment.

The NSC will leverage on the expertise to prepare for and handle disasters.

The detectors were lent to the schools since July 4, following the recent air pollution incident.

The state government has issued an order to stop operations but a few factories remain defiant.

Penang Forum's Khoo Salma Nasution says the struggle of the fisherfolk is up against many vested interests.

Police have arrested the lorry driver, who is believed to have filmed the video in a car.

The department says the simulation will expose students aged 16 to 18 on the correct election practices.

Rebutting Najib's claims, the Pua says BN-era toll removals benefited highway concessionaires at taxpayers' expense.

He says even BN leaders did not do such a thing when it was in power.

This comes ahead of a planned protest by 200 fishermen outside Parliament tomorrow.

LETTER | Is it too hard to change repressive discriminative laws and treat everyone equally?

Retired DBKL officer says this was because it was planning to build a hostel for IDB trainees.

The government withdrew a bill amending the NSC Act 2016 this morning.

The 31-year-old is being investigated in connection with a property transaction involving his company.

NGO Freedom says the children are victims of the country's insensitive system.

Three-year-old Myca Ulpina was what police called “collateral damage”, an unintended death among some 6,600 people killed in shootouts during President Duterte's three-year crackdown.

This may be a reason why opposition supports Undi 18 bill, says Merdeka Center director Ibrahim Suffian.

LETTER | They may not have known who the victims were.

There has been speculation that Bersatu chairperson asked him to contest for the post.

'What redress can the police give him for the wrongful arrest if he is not charged in court?' asks Lim Lip Eng.

However, the home minister refuses to comment on the preacher's one-year jail term for sedition.

NAJIB TRIAL | Witnesses had previously testified that SRC International had given CSR grants.

Home Ministry says that only one police officer remains on board, and that his presence is crucial to proceedings.

PARLIAMENT | This can be attributed to leaving school to work or get married, education minister says.

PARLIAMENT | RSN Rayer's suggestion also applies to those who are made senators.

Violence has long ravaged the poor but resource-rich Pacific Ocean nation, but the scale of the latest bloodletting has shocked the country.

Redzuan says, however, that investors need better clarity of SOPs to protect the environment.

LETTER | "This ‘call for unity’ is clearly yet another chess move in the game of politics he loves to play."

UPDATED 6.35PM | Umno veteran says there is no turning back from Umno-PAS partnership. 

The Perak exco says he is 'shocked and baffled' by the accusation.

At the root of the row is Seoul demanding compensation for those forced to work for Japanese firms in WW2.

PARLIAMENT | He had jabbed them on why they hadn't questioned the previous BN government over the project.

Both the suspect and complainant have undergone medical examinations.

'We lost under whom? What kind of advice he can give us?' asks the former BN sec-gen.

COMMENT | Promises were made a year ago, and shattered a year after. By design. By decree. By political deception.

In a recent video, Nik Aziz's son Nik Abduh is seen commenting on Najib's resurging popularity.

UPDATED 1.40PM | On youth age limit, he says Johor should be allowed to implement policies in line with other states. 

Adding to the intrigue was Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim posting a photograph on Twitter after meeting the MB and exco.

This comes just two days after an application to have the trial put off was rejected.

Veteran newsperson says he urged PKR president Anwar Ibrahim to take responsibility and advise Dr M accordingly.

As long as the legislation remains, the former Bar chief says, it will be used and misused.

LETTER | The fight to enlarge the space to exercise one’s freedoms is far from over.

UPDATED 12.25PM | He holds a special briefing for opposition MPs in Parliament on the constitutional amendment. 

PARLIAMENT | PM says the government does not favour this, but all options will be considered.

Ismail Sabri says the new chair of the BN advisory board chair is not a liability despite the 1MDB-related trials.

LETTER | Evidence shows that contraception education can result in significant reductions.

Ingat says the movie is in production and is expected to hit theatres on Mother's Day next year.

The prime minister, who turns 94 today, says he wants to finish setting M'sia on 'road of recovery'. 

Military to keep right to detain people for seven days as long as it is in the name of national security.

This follows the state government changing its mind on the age upper limit twice in 24 hours.

But a marine expert says there are not many in the fishing community at the Penang South Reclamation area.

Hassa bint Salman is being tried on charges related to the beating of an artisan in her Paris flat.

Otherwise, Ab Rashid Ab Rahman warns, voter numbers could be skewed in certain constituencies.

Sabah police commissioner says Abu Sayyaf militants still active in carrying out cross-border crimes.

The eggs are for incubation and release into waters off its coast to rebuild the numbers of this diminishing species.

INTERVIEW | In this first of a three-part interview, Nasir describes his political awakening and his tenure in the hot seat.

Operations to focus on traders suspected of selling fish from bombing activities.

UPDATED 8.50AM | This follows a police report by his Indonesian domestic helper accusing him of rape.

COMMENT |  We cannot afford to make compromises on issues involving national security.

LIVE | Malaysiakini brings you live reports from ex-PM Najib Abdul Razak's SRC International trial.

They also demand the upholding of freedom of expression and the abolition of the Sedition Act.

We will fail if we assume everybody understands the reforms, the PKR leader says in reply to a question during a talk show.

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