Archive - 17 July 2019

Families of victims commemorate the fifth anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Kuala Lumpur.

INTERVIEW | Preacher adds the food was unlikely to meet the basic nutritional standard for humans. 

Aset Kayamas MD received official receipt for RM2m political contribution from ex-minister himself.

'We take a very different view, we feel there is sufficient evidence for homicide,' says lawyer.

Institut Darul Ehsan also finds that, within that category, most respondents say Dr M should step down within next 6 months. 

Afif Bahardin says the question in everyone's mind is who is the mastermind behind the campaign to topple Azmin Ali.

ADIB INQUEST | The inquest's conducting officer suggests that if a new witness is called, the Malaysian Medical Council may be roped in to propose the best person for the job.

NAJIB TRIAL | Cheah Tek Kuang says that the former PM told him this in 2011.

UPDATED 8.40PM | This is despite concerns raised concerning gerrymandering during the debate on the motion.

Procedural irregularity does not amount to criminality, the lawyer points out.

He says the additional elected representatives will be able to service the people better.

The documents are in relation to land transactions and the tax imposed by IRB on land profits. 

PARLIAMENT | The Sabah redelineation report was completed during BN's time but was not tabled for approval.

Vietnamese and Chinese ships are in a weeks-long standoff near an offshore oil block in disputed waters of the South China Sea.

The Philippine President vows to continue on his war on drugs.

NAJIB TRIAL | Cheah Tek Kuang served on the KWAP investment panel which approved an RM4b loan to SRC.

The ministry is also looking into ways to destroy waste materials at these illegal facilities since no company wants to handle the cleanup.

However, Tommy Thomas says a culpable homicide charge is possible when there is enough evidence.

"I was taken into the residence by Jho Low," says former AmBank group managing director Cheah Tek Kuang.

The Finance Ministry used RM143.75 million out of RM203.29 million to pay a 1MDB sukuk coupon in May.

Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of a militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, is arrested on terror finance charges.

COMMENT | Is there a bigger fish than the former Sarawak chief minister?

Another application to secure full approval must be filed after public feedback has been sought, says Anthony Loke. 

PARLIAMENT | The total includes the direct debt of RM741b and other off-budget financial obligations.

Charles Santiago says the commission will ask MB to change the management if disruptions are prolonged. 

PARLIAMENT | Finance minister says the funds have helped boost nation's coffers.

NAJIB TRIAL | Ung Su Ling denies being instructed to make the transfers by the fugitive businessperson.

Penang Forum says the number of sessions was likely impossible based on simple mathematics.

KINIGUIDE | Was it 'robbed', or was the money there all along?

'If the investigation is conclusive, in terms of the participants of the act, then I think he needs to resign.'

PARLIAMENT | This follows a quarrel on the finance minister's claim that the GST trust fund was 'robbed.'

UPDATED 4.35PM | He says this after motion to refer the finance minister to the rights committee is rejected.

The suit was over the allegation that the federal territories minister had issued a statement he was against RUU355.

Aset Kayamas MD gives out political donations to Umno and others when BN was in power.

Mahathir says this about AI robot which chatted with him briefly at a summit in KL.

UPDATED 7.23PM | Opposition MPs are unhappy with the Dewan Rakyat speaker's finding on the finance minister's remark on GST refunds being 'robbed'.

UPDATED 1.04PM | Prime minister says this is the first time he is hearing about it.

Chief commissioner promises action against officers found to be involved in corrupt practices.

UPDATED 12.58PM | Court highlights 'impossibility' of implicating more than two for carnal intercourse against the order of nature.

The Johor ruler is going on a 700km tour on a high-powered Harley-Davidson 2019 Road King Special Touring Bike.

The MACC chief says the next step is a briefing on the weaknesses found in the AG's Report.

'Our resolve for accountability and justice will not wane,' says the Transport Ministry.

UPDATED 12.54PM | The prime minister says the sex videos are not about exposing wrongdoing.

UPDATED 3PM | PARLIAMENT | 'This is a situation we fail to understand at all,' he tells the Dewan.

President had told a group of congresspersons to 'go back' to where they came from.

Caged says there is much to raise more than reasonable doubt on Lam's involvement in the kidnapping.

COMMENT | Child-friendly facilities within detention centres are not the answer,

PARLIAMENT | Deputy Minister: LGBT participants were present but there was no incident which breached the law.

COMMENT | An opportunity for M'sia to create a new type of large utility company to build these.

PARLIAMENT | 'New information received is similar to the previous investigation paper opened by MACC.'

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

COMMENT | Despite S'wak and federal gov't having entered funding negotiations over six months ago, there is no end in sight yet.  

SPECIAL REPORT | After 10 years, Teoh's family is still seeking justice for his untimely death.

It has conducted preliminary investigations and spot checks and is still waiting for the autopsy report.

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