Archive - 9 August 2019

He says this is necessary to stop prices of the commodity from dropping further.

This in light of a master plan competition being organised by the SRS Consortium. 

NAJIB TRIAL | He says the donation is not within the meaning of 'income' as defined by the tax man.

S Vijayaletchumi, who is part of the curriculum drafting committee, pulls out at the last minute.

LETTER | Families are broken up with dire consequences for the wellbeing of children.

This will be the third time police will be submitting their investigations to the state prosecution director.

EC to work together Education Ministry to implement this programme.

R Jeyendran asks why M'sian embassy representatives were not present to assist medal-winning football team. 

LETTER | I will respond to several requests I have received to expand on 'Green Papers'.

The Finance Ministry is looking into how the national news agency spent its grants.

LETTER | Hakam notes with concern an attempt to table a bill to allow unilateral conversion of children.

Apart from affecting Anwar's chances of becoming prime minister, it may also destabilise Harapan.

DAP sec-gen pinpoints failure to carry out prior consultation as source of non-Malays' unhappiness with khat lessons. 

UPDATED 5.26PM | He says this is the reason for his security detail being tightened during 2017 and 2018.

LETTER | The state can resolve this by embarking on strategic green economy projects.

Case remains in Sessions Court after prosecution say they've no intention to transfer it to High Court.

Majority of additional fatalities were among people aged 80 and older, says Dutch national statistics agency. 

High Court rules charges against ex-minister and businessperson are related to offences committed in same transaction.  

Heavy rains also causing devastation in the western states of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.

The Indonesian president is in the country on a two-day official visit.

Articles actually paid for by the Chinese gov't are presented as straight news by media groups.

AG says charges were brought under section of Capital Markets and Services Act, which holds senior executives responsible for offences. 

These are reportedly iron ore mines in Lepar, Luit, Padang Tengku, Bukit Ibam and Chini in Pahang.

UPDATED 2.45PM | Coroner's Court informed that the family has no intention of sending Tommy Thomas to prison. 

Jawi is not related to religion but BM. He believes the polemic over khat is rooted in the phobia towards Islam.

COMMENT | The alternative is to revisit the Halcrow plan with minor modifications.

At the time of writing, low-cost airline's petition to oppose the move has garnered 28,568 signatures.

Sources reveal a campaign to secure statutory declarations against Amirudin and how DAP took the 'wait and see' approach.

He says debating a 'clearly unconstitutional' bill would have been pointless.

ADUN SPEAKS | The gov't's victory in terms of the khat policy might turn out to be pyrrhic.

Jokowi's two-day visit to Malaysia is his first overseas trip since being re-elected in April.

UPDATED 2.30PM | Darell Leiking says DreamEdge will be responsible for developing the project.

Prosecutors say 'violence not proven in sexual act' after the ex-Brazil captain was accused of raping a model.

Judge allows Facebook users in US state to sue as a group over company's 'Tag Suggestions' feature. 

Representatives from 10 Penan and Berawan villages take legal action against concessionaire Radiant Lagoon.

Strongest typhoon since 2014 forces flight cancellations and schools, markets to close in Taiwan.

Authorities say the move to make the ex-Thai PM a citizen could be in the country's interests.

The republic is also celebrating its bicentennial, to mark 200 years since Stamford Raffles arrived on its shores.

LETTER | In this crucial time, we should not get distracted with ideas that are literally and figuratively pies in the sky.

The delays reportedly affected 800 NUJ members in the Bahasa Malaysia daily.

A female violinist not wearing the Islamic headscarf and with uncovered arms played Iraq’s national anthem.

Haniff says that a legislative body should not be stopped from tabling a bill because of a prior court ruling.

Colonel Carlos Alberto Ustra, who died in 2015, headed the Army’s notorious DOI-CODI intelligence unit.

Saifuddin says that because of this, the subsidies will not be rolled out in the second quarter as planned.

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

Perlis gets a new police chief, Johor a new deputy chief, and the Special Branch a new deputy director.

LETTER | Hanging drug mules has proven time and again to not be an effective or reasonable solution.

Foreign minister says Islamabad is looking at political, diplomatic and legal - but not military - options.

He says that no one is authorised to speak to Tehran on behalf of the United States.

UPDATED 11.03AM | Amirudin says the bill will standardise the interpretation of laws on the conversion of minors.

COMMENT | The high expectations of Harapan are as ridiculous as the threats to kick them out at GE15.

COMMENT | We need thinking skills infused in all our lessons, not more drill and mindless exercises.

COMMENT | Defence minister says efforts to find the missing soldiers were halted on July 26.

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