Archive - 3 March 2020

CORONAVIRUS | Citizen Lab: The findings suggest that companies received 'official guidance' on how to manage virus content in the early stages of the outbreak.

Everybody is happy with the state leadership under Mohd Shafie Apdal, says Frankie Poon Ming Fung.

Seized drugs enough to be used by nearly a million drug addicts, says Bukit Aman Narcotics CID director Ramli Din.

NAP 2020 approved by the previous cabinet, says MARii CEO Madani Sahari.

I saw the email sent by Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin on Joshua's phone and laptop, says engineer.

They are also pushing for an urgent Dewan Rakyat sitting to see who commands the majority in Parliament.

Mahathir: The people are tired of politicians who put politics above good administration.

Firdaus Abdullah is known to be a long-time confidante of former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

CORONAVIRUS | He had also come in contact with two MPs but both have so far tested negative.

Police investigations against expressions of dissent may constitute a form of harassment, says human rights body.

Some Malaysians are questioning whether the new gov't will affect the handling of high profile trials.

COMMENT | We need more Malaysians, regardless of race and religion, to participate in public affairs and politics.

Kebun-Kebun Bangsar is urging its neighbours and the public to testify against the noise complaints.

UPDATED 6.45pm | Police will also question four others over a peaceful rally on Saturday night in the city centre.

Tan Kim Loong's statement says he just signs on whatever documentation directed to be signed by his principals.

Former PKR deputy chief Afif Bahardin says he is also committed to serve under Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.

COMMENT | Come 2023, people will cry Save Malaysia - from Muhyiddin.

The Gombak MP says the rights of all Malaysians to peacefully protest or express their views are enshrined in the Federal Constitution.

He says PKR infighting had created instability in Pakatan Harapan.

UPDATED 4.30PM | The country sees 14 news cases in under a week in the second wave of Covid-19 cases.

K Ragunath says the former attorney-general and ministers did not do anything.

The PKR veep also says that any new government must include people that received 2018's mandate.

‘I will fight them and I will fight them hard to ensure that Bersatu rises up as a party which fights those who are corrupt’ says the party youth chief.

He says the gov't needs time to iron out various issues, including forming a cabinet and nominating a new speaker.

LETTER | Events of the past weeks have taken its toll on Malaysians.

He says the proposal for the state assembly to be dissolved was rejected by the governor.

In the evening, Muhyiddin is scheduled to meet with Federal Territory mufti, Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri.

Communications and Multimedia Ministry sec-gen Suriani Ahmad also reminds civil servants to use social media wisely.

SRC TRIAL | Najib's legal team had claimed Low was pulling the strings without the ex-PM's knowledge.

LETTER | Greed has become the number one currency in this multi-religious country.

LETTER | The priority is to rebuild the nation and heal the wounds.

CORONAVIRUS | This was due to an inaccurate report from Bernama which was corrected but not before the news was published.

MP SPEAKS | History will be made in Malaysia when a backdoor PM forms a backdoor cabinet.

The party's ulama wing adds that the ex-premier should also take an uncompromising stance against DAP's 'extremist' ideology.

The matter is pending the outcome of Paul Yong’s appeal at the Federal Court for the case to be transferred to High Court.

UPDATED 2.50PM | An investigation is a form of intimidation and harassment, she says outside Bukit Aman police HQ.

LETTER | To be a great country, leaders and people ought to inspire trust.

ZAHID TRIAL | Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah warned the Umno president that this must not happen again.

The number of Dewan Negara vacancies have been swelling but efforts to fill them were neither swift nor transparent.

State chief Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik hits out at those who were allegedly involved in 'politics of betrayal'.

He says each delay further increases threats to life, health and the future of the environment.

LETTER | Tax the rich instead of 'stealing' from the retirement savings of poor B40 workers.

The central province of Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 31 new deaths, while in Wuhan, 24 people died.

LETTER | 'How do you form a cabinet out of people that only two years ago you referred to as thieves and 'dua kali lima?

COMMENT | What will come next? Simple, quickest, honest answer: Who knows.

COMMENT | It is unlikely that efforts towards the institutional reform measures Harapan had begun will be followed through.

The victory is a stunning comeback for the strongman who narrowly lost the previous election in September last year.

CORONAVIRUS | WHO says almost eight times as many cases had been reported outside China as inside in the previous 24 hours

MP SPEAKS | 'We must continue to preserve our credibility through our work, programmes, initiatives and policies.'

COMMENT | Grey skies ahead as the new PM forms a new gov't under a new name, although its composition will not be new at all.

COMMENT | Against the backdrop of chaos, we must remember the purpose of gov't is to serve society’s many, not its select few.

LIVE DAY 86: Malaysiakini brings you live reports from ex-premier Najib's SRC International trial.

The postponement will allow for cabinet ministers to be appointed, says source.

Some blazes have taken over two days to extinguish, says the state Fire and Rescue Department.