Archive - 30 October 2019

Tourism Minister Mohamaddin Ketapi says his deputy's announcement yesterday had not gone through proper channels.

PM says M'sia risked having its banks abroad shut down if it didn't comply with orders to close Iranian accounts. 

Hasni Mohammad says a victory for MCA's Wee Jeck Seng will indicate people's support for new PAS-Umno alliance. 

PARLIAMENT | Payments could start next year after the boundaries of Kelantan, Terengganu, and Pahang are established.

Harapan candidate for Tg Piai by-election points to prime minister as his inspiration. 

IPIC’s and Aabar’s insistence on arbitration is to ensure allegations of fraud would not be aired in a public venue, UK Court of Appeal heard.

Civil servant is accused of sodomising wife repeatedly and sexually assaulting his daughters, aged between five and twelve. 

Home minister says M'sian security services should increase efforts to attract locals by offering attractive training packages and pay, among others.

UPDATED 8.31PM | Harshaan Zamani adds that DAP member V Suresh Kumar is also expected to be charged for the first time.

Finance Minister says an announcement will only be made once all the goals of the takeover are met.

LETTER | The "back door" government which PAS and Umno try to engineer is strictly to save them form the MACC.

The national carriers propose to share revenue on flights between Singapore and Malaysia, and participate in joint marketing activities to develop tourism.

The EC says only three parties have paid the RM10,000 election deposit.

In 2015, lawyer Manjeet Singh Dhillon won a defamation suit against Utusan Melayu and its former journalist Raja Syahrir.

Ex-DAP member says his lawyer will announce further details about plan to challenge gov't ban of 'Belt and Road Initiative for Win-Winism'. 

They plan a protest against the PSR project but the council says maintenance work is to be carried out at the venue. 

Bersatu is doing exactly what Umno did, playing the same patronage games, says Edmund Terence Gomez.

This is despite intense lobbying by Umno for a shot at the Malay-majority constituency.

Police will suggest the AGC serve Lokman with a court bond to prevent him from issuing statements on social media.

The region has been under a security clampdown for nearly 3 months. 

Amanah's Suhaizan Kayat says Karmaine's large family in Pontian has been well-known for years.

Nicole Wong says finance minister is boasting about Malaysia's rise but actually needs a reality check.

As of Oct 15, 2019, Malaysia’s international reserves stands at RM432.7 billion (US$103.3 billion), sufficient to finance 7.6 months of retained imports.

This is despite pleas from the wife of the accused for the party to support her husband.

LETTER | From the onset, the design of KLIA2 placed profits over passengers.

The continuing riots, arson and protests over inequality have resulted in at least 18 dead and 7,000 arrested.

Khazanh owns 51 percent of Plus.

Work on the building commenced in 2016, nd is scheduled for completion by 2021.

LETTER | Their reintroduction should be speeded up.

PARLIAMENT | This after a call from the deputy minister for culture for parliamentarians to wear and promote batik.

The IGP says that police have received information of VVIPs being involved in the illegal wildlife trade. 

LETTER |  Malaysian society owes much to itself to reflect on our values towards the aged.

NAJIB TRIAL | Two key figures in 1MDB-PetroSaudi JV get massive windfall after 1MDB paid Good Star US$700m.

UPDATED 6.15PM | The DAP sec-gen says this is to avoid what could be construed as interference in the legal process.

Some Iranians and one embassy official say there were “mass closures” in Malaysia in recent months.

Mujahid Yusof Rawa says this is to ensure they were in tune with local sensitivities and norms. 

The NAP 2019 is expected to be launched by end-2019 once cabinet approval has been obtained.

However, the gov't continues to be weighed down by the previous administration debts, says PM.

PARLIAMENT | Muhyiddin says this is to ensure missionary groups are free from deviant teachings.

The trend was identified from changes made to the reporting lines in five key ministries, says think tank Ideas. 

Six littoral combat ships should have have been ready last April, but now will only be seaworthy in February 2022. 

The issue has been vindicated from an economist point of view, says division secretary K Veeriah.

Zeti says geopolitical and social developments now have economic and financial implications.

These companies can then be a catalyst to spur private sector growth.

Alexander Vindman is the first White House staff member to testify in the inquiry into whether to impeach president Trump.

Saad al-Hariri steps down after 13 days of anti-government protests. 

It suggests a breakdown in the command structure of the militant group trying to agree on a successor.

Trump will give the annual East Asian Summit and US-Asean Summit a miss.

WhatsApp accuses NSO of helping government spies break into the phones of roughly 1,400 users in 20 countries.

LETTER | Given its election performance in GE14, Bersatu needs to prove its worth.

PKR has yet to decide on the Salleh's membership but its online membership roll says it has been approved.

Local Putra leader wants voters to be given a Malay alternative to ruling Harapan candidate.

PM Johnson wins Parliament’s approval for an early election - the first polls to be held in December after the year 1923.

More than a dozen countries will also call, at the UN, for a stop to the repatriation of asylum seekers and refugees.

There were also 14,165 applications for change of electoral division during the period, says its chief Azhar Azizan.

COMMENT | Harapan morphing into a neo-BN has reinvigorated the discourse that non-Malays do not have a place under the Malaysian sun.

An interview with Yuko Takeuchi turns emotional when she learns that her daughter’s death sentence is currently under a moratorium.

ADUN SPEAKS | Unfortunately, voices from the opposition have lately accused the state government of not doing anything to alleviate the flooding problem.

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