Archive - 12 October 2019

The workers were not given any consideration, says Johan Jaafar. 

Minister also wants police to act on fake news that he is linked to LTTE.

If the public sector can do it, why can’t the private sectors, noted Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran.

He calls on the police to hold awareness programmes to differentiate between the two.

Saifuddin Nasution Ismail says his ministry will discuss the matter with the Finance Ministry and relevant agencies.

LETTER | The police should strive to be a respectable institution that upholds the constitution.

LETTER | On behalf of all Malaysians, we would like to thank the government for this gift of health.

The senator says there may be certain technical problems if the Kelantan petroleum royalty has not been paid, 

LETTER | Will a Malay Abraham Lincoln ever come about?

Ex-minister receives scroll from Universiti Malaya today, after beginning his PhD over a decade ago. 

King urges gov't to tackle the matter, adding M'sia should create economic sector to open up chances for highly skilled employment. 

Police says someone had tried to cut the string tied to the balloons with a cigarette lighter.

Home minister says decision to launch probe was based on intelligence gathered over a long period of time. 

MACC chief says there's been a lot of feedback but she can't reveal any details yet.

Lim Guan Eng says gov't is confident that incentives, particularly the Graduates@Work scheme, will generate 350k jobs in five years. 

Finance minister responds to Sim Kui Hian, says S'wak ranks second after Sabah in terms of development allocations under Budget 2020. 

The arrest brings the number of people detained for alleged links to LTTE to 12.

The project is aimed at improving the movement of cargo trains between Port Klang and the northern regions.

The party has not contested in any by-election since it left BN in June last year.

Malaysian Tamilar Kural president David Marshel says it is not for MIC or police to decide on LTTE-linked detainees' innocence. 

The gov't says its stance is not to channel public funds to politically-owned organisations.

However, Harapan secretarian chief says no decision has been made over arrests of reps for purported involvement with LTTE. 

Satees says Mohd Asri is a staunch supporter of Zakir Naik who is wanted for terrorism links, so who is he to interfere?

Abdul Hamid Bador urges political leaders to 'calm down', following LTTE-linked arrest of two state reps and others.

LETTER | As long as preventive laws like Sosma exists, the police will always be in a dilemma whether to use these laws.

US officials deny accusations that the Trump administration had abandoned its Kurdish allies.

In case of emergency, M'sians are advised to contact Wisma Putra and M'sian Embassy in Tokyo, among others. 

Signing of co-operation document is meant to prepare Indonesian workers to operate and maintain Jakarta-Bandung HSR train. 

This involves national security, and they must face the legal process if guilty, says MIC man.

The remaining companies still supporting Libra are mostly venture capitalists and technology firms.

During the run-up to GE14 in 2018, the returning officer at the Batu constituency rejected Tian Chua's candidacy form.

Solicitors say the Coroner has yet to forward transcribed notes and other records to High Court after seven months.

The deal represents the biggest step towards resolving the trade war between the two countries.

Analysts foresee dim future for press freedom as Syed Mokhtar expands his media empire.

The circuit was best known for hosting MotoGP and F1 races.

The report was filed over Sevan Doraisamy comments alleging police had wrongfully detained and tortured two men.

Ministers were mostly satisfied with the budget but opposition politicians target the lack of details.

She expressed alarm over damage to American diplomacy under Trump and warned about “private interests” circumventing professional diplomats.

COMMENT | The "they" in the title refers to the far-right political operatives, academics etc - and the deep Islamic state. 

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