Archive - 6 December 2019

Election results show FT minister hot favourite to be party president, pending leaders meeting tomorrow. 

Suspect's wife lodged report yesterday, claiming her husband mentally ill.

PKR AGM | Melaka Tengah district police investigating the incident as a rioting offence that injured two people.

UMNO AGM | Party also lowers minimum age for membership from 18 to 16.

UPDATED 10.37PM: Tommy Thomas vows to take action against his officers who appealed against Rafizi's acquittal. 

A video had gone viral allegedly showing an ambulance being forced to give way to outriders escorting a VIP.

It is his right to appeal and he shall be judged by the public, says PKR vice-president.

PKR AGM | With a faction of the wing missing, Youth chief thanks remaining delegates for having true reformasi spirit.

PKR AGM | We want everybody to be coo, do not provoke, says the PKR advisory council chairperson.

'Do you remember Datuk Seri who got a lebam after being thrashed by police?' A Kalaimughilan was allegedly asked by police.

AMANAH AGM | Mahfuz urges action against errant lawmakers saying such an act shows lack of integrity.

Yusoff Rawther's father comes to his defence, dismisses grand-uncle's statement.

AMANAH AGM | In dealing with this, it will adopt a neoconservative stance, says party president Mohamad Sabu.

Their 'job' is to attend the congress, unsure who recruited them.

LETTER | I urge Tajuddin to be a gentleman and say 'Sorry' to all Hindus.

PKR AGM | The first step is to lodge police reports on wrongdoings at the congress, he says.

LETTER | We need to stop the usage of gutter politics from smearing our own political landscape.

PKR AGM | Move to promote holistic family life among members.

UPDATED 8.40pm | Education Ministry reminds schools to exercise discretion when using national symbols to avoid misunderstanding.

MACC chief Latheefa Koya says the commission is in the midst of identifying a senior officer for the purpose.

LETTER | It’s unlawful, unjust and unfair.

Procedures were properly followed in the project which was a business move by investors, says the Kinabatangan MP.

UMNO AGM | The PAS president added that there are no legal grounds to compel PAS MPs to declare their assets.

He also urged police to investigate clashes that occurred at the PKR Youth Congress. 

AMANAH AGM | Hasnul Zulkarnain Abd Munaim replaced Taman Templer assemblyperson Sany Hamzan.

'I have never met, spoken, written or communicated with Zahid in my life'.

UPDATED 7PM: UMNO AGM | I pity the government as its reputation is now tarnished by the ashes of Chin Peng, says Umno president.

PKR AGM | Despite having been mistreated, oppressed and betrayed, he kept going on, says the party's Youth wing chief.

UPDATED 4.15PM | UMNO AGM | We must adopt politics of equilibrium or a balanced politics which protects the rights of the non-Malays, says Umno president.

The suspect's wife lodged a police report last night stating that her husband needed urgent psychiatric treatment.

UPDATED 2.49PM | PKR AGM | Fighting erupts after youths clad in black allowed to enter the hall where the congress is taking place.

On Oct 22, the AG was granted leave to initiate committal proceeding against Lokman Noor for contempt of court acts.

LETTER | Umno must not rely on the old playbook to win over both the millennials and Generation Z.

The finance minister says direct debt number is a lot lower than the RM245 billion figure cited by 'irresponsible parties'.

PKR AGM | Haniza said seeing the top two sitting together brings relief ahead of the party congress this weekend.

PKR AGM | Haniza Talha stresses on the importance of unity as the party struggles to cope with infighting.

UMNO AGM | When we have sincerity as our compass, definitely we will be safe in our voyage, exhorts the Umno president.

COMMENT | The state should not be meddling in the personal practice of Muslims, just because something is law doesn't mean it is just.

Two women and a 22-year-old man with disability was found dead in separate rooms.

UPDATED 3.23PM | UMNO AGM | PAS' Takiyuddin Hassan likens the situation to football, saying a goal can be scored from the 'front, back or side'.

The suspects were shot dead after they tried to attack police officers at the scene of the alleged crime.

ADUN SPEAKS | There is too much at stake for both to part ways on issues not cardinal to the struggle of the party.

In a statement, Mohammadin Ketapi said the news report was a lie and slanderous in nature.

He argues that the ban on his 'Belt and Road Initiative for Win Winism' was done under the 'unconstitutional' printing presses law.

Aung San Suu Kyi was feted the last time she was in western Europe, this time she is facing accusations of genocide.

UPDATED 11.54AM | Umno AGM | Annuar Musa calls on party members to contribute to the fund.

UPDATED 3.01PM | PKR AGM | Security tried to bar sacked permanent chairperson Mizan Adli Mohd Noor from entering the event.

More so, it will move to resolve issues on radicalism and Islamophobia, de facto Islamic Affairs Minister Mujahid Yusof Rawa says.

Audio recordings have gone viral on social media claiming racial riots will take place on Dec 7 and Dec 8.

The DAP central committee member had attended the event in his personal capacity.

COMMENT | Suitors for Plus have not directed their bids to the legal owners, but to the Works Ministry.

COMMENT | They are elected to serve the public, but they prefer to serve themselves.

COMMENT | While we will all die eventually, our sense of meaning and purpose in life varies.

YOURSAY | 'It is not surprising that Umno Youth chief Asyraf is kicking up a fuss.'

YOURSAY | 'Nobody knows if Human Resources Ministry will do a better job, but the changes are at least worth trying.'

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

Local MP Steven Sim urges against speculating on the incident.

PKR AGM | There will be only one party congress this weekend, says deputy president.

With an expected attendance of 925 delegates, they will elect the national leadership committee members from 154 areas.