Archive - 9 October 2019

Group says lack of research is hindering process of legalising use of cannabis for medical purposes.

Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan says the aim is to eliminate what he calls a 'terror corridor' on the southern border.

The toll compensation write-off would be worth RM2.7b, while Maju is promising RM5.3b in investments.

The last time the two teams met during the 2018 AFF Cup final, the Vietnamese triumphed 1-0 in Hanoi.

MB: The move is in line with the state Harapan's manifesto in the 14th General Election.

Broadcasters show images of alleged perpetrator dressed in combat garb, including a helmet.

CM says one effort is to maintain a forest area that could serve as a permanent habitat for the wildlife.

Party president says his deputy made the offer of his own accord and the party has not discussed it.

Among the 100 vehicles auctioned included makes such as Honda Jazz and Honda Wave.

Some 24 pct of drivers still waiting for applications to be processed while 22 pct have dropped out.

They were at HK High Court to support a leading activist appealing a six-year jail sentence for rioting in 2016.

Two are on trial, 10 classified as 'NFA' and 18 are still under investigation, home minister says in a written reply to Parliament.

He says this in reference to the demise of Utusan Malaysia which is liquidating.

Poor Malays encouraged to find scapegoats in other communities, not challenge their own elite, adds PKR MP Nik Nazmi.

He appeals to all quarters to stop pressing Mahathir on this issue and reiterates he is the 'PM in waiting'.

The newspaper's closure trends over the web.

Foreign Minister: The programme to be conducted in collaboration with local research universities in specific fields.

Former Felda director-general Hanapi Suhada was testifying in the third day of Isa Samad's corruption and CBT trial.

Ex-minister responds to ex-editor linking Utusan Malaysia's fate to Abdullah and Najib's advisors.

UPDATED 7.05PM | A total of 92 lawmakers voted for the act's abolition, while 51 lawmakers wanted it retained.

UPDATED 7.19PM | PARLIAMENT | He was replying to her remark that he was 'sometimes big, sometimes small'.

NAJIB TRIAL | Court hears that the fugitive businessperson had done this by flipping 1MDB bonds.

The religious corps' mission is to increase professionalism through its Islamic education and religious services.

The Dutch charged three Russians and a Ukrainian with murder, though the suspects will be tried in absentia in Netherlands.

The move follows similar US restrictions on Chinese officials believed involved in detention or abuse of Muslim minorities.

The sale considerations are only at a preliminary stage and Exxon could decide not to sell.

A speaker at a talk said the state gov't was a "weak parent" for paying too much attention to NGOs opposed to the project.

The meeting in Chennai on Oct 11 and 12 is an informal summit.

The watchdog objects to the power vested with the PM with regard to the Anti-Financial Crime Centre Bill.

PARLIAMENT | The Home Affairs Ministry also sets a timeline for it to process certain citizenship applications.

State media says a train had to make an emergency stop on Sunday after leaving Hanoi railway station to avoid hitting tourists.

UPDATED 6.52PM | PAS VP Mohd Amar Abdullah says he is saddened by the closure but notes that it is a 'business matter'.

The Attorney-General's Chambers accepts a representation from Haris Fathillah Mohamed Ibrahim.

The application by Salleh Said Keruak has been met with mixed responses from PKR leaders.

He denies that the sovereign fund has been selling off national assets and accumulating debts.

He says their actions led people to believe that Umno-linked media was biased and lacked credibility.

The finance minister was refuting allegations that the Pakatan Harapan government had been selling land.

PARLIAMENT | Bung Moktar takes the opportunity to tell the House that he 'drinks blood'. 

PARLIAMENT |  The social worker-population ratio in Malaysia was 1: 8,576 people, she says.

UPDATED 6.02PM | We will continue to conduct compliance audit on all AP holders, says Deputy Minister.

The PKR president claims he was just joking with the PM and Mat Sabu.

LETTER | Some receive the usual one or two months' bonus and some more.

LETTER | We should not revive what is supposed to be a decayed mode of politics.

MP SPEAKS | Fake news has been described as the third existential threat to humanity, apart from nuclear warfare and climate change.

However, he said, it is Syed Husin Ali's personal opinion.

LETTER | Uniting the nation is not about abolishing vernacular schools.

COMMENT | Lee Kuan Yew fought for and broke up Malaysia. Likewise Mahathir vis-vis Harapan.

You can engage with them, but there must be limits, says former fisherman Mohd Nasarudin Sultan.

UPDATED 4.10PM | A total of 2.69 million pupils nationwide will benefit from the programme.

UPDATED 1.31PM | 'This is a necessary step as the board is of the opinion that the company is no longer solvent to continue operations,' Utusan Group chair Abdul Aziz tells staff.

Police say the robbery was planned by the suspect's boyfriend.

The suspect had allegedly demanded money to protect a construction site.

The recently closed Topo Chico prison had a history of riots and gang violence.

MP SPEAKS | We have to change the procurement and tender policy from political and arbitrary entitlement.

The man had confronted MPSJ officers for the rough handling of a stray dog.

The US has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials for the detention or abuse of Muslim minorities.

This traditional product has been found to contain the scheduled poison diphenhydramine, it says.

The minister also seeks to raise the minimum wage, provide more funds for women and para-athletes.

1MDB LIVE | Malaysiakini brings you live reports from ex-premier Najib's 1MDB trial.

COMMENT | The Malay Dignity Congess was an event that resulted in food poisoning, an apt metaphor for the kind of leadership on display.

This was one of the three plans Azmin tried to work out recently, the PKR veteran adds.

For now, the select committee can only recommend and highlight the good or bad of any candidate - PSC member.

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

Several employees had packed up yesterday and the company is expected to make an official announcement today.