Archive - 18 May 2020

Minister says this after the resurfacing of his tweets from 2017 on the royal address being drafted by the gov't.

CORONAVIRUS | A report quoted an official as saying that prior to being deported they had been held in M'sian immigration detention centres.

It records a net loss of RM29.42 million, compared with a net profit of RM291.2 million a year earlier.

Beijing has previously opposed international calls for a review of the origin and spread of the novel coronavirus.

Razlan Rafii says it shows that the fall of the Harapan gov't was Mahathir’s own doing.

Nevertheless, the Selangor MB believes that the state gov't remains strong under Pakatan Harapan.

Police have arrested the three in an investigation on an architectural firm's complaint about a fake development order.

Moonton has recently announced its 515 eParty event for its mobile gaming title, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB).

High Court allows Lim's application to add the Malay daily as a second defendant in his defamation suit against Hanif.

It says the PM maintains his stand against interfering with the AGC and the judiciary in regards to high profile crime cases.

The cluster, which involved 22 cases and no deaths, had been observed for almost one and a half month.

CORONAVIRUS | Students ferried home by the government are required self-quarantine for 14 days at home.

Kedah Umno says Mukhriz's statement had 'seditious elements and malicious intent' to incite the public against the party.

Deputy speaker Mohd Rashid Hasnon had warned that action could be taken against those who fail to attend today's sitting.

Management is attempting to balance cash flow so that salaries will not be affected during Covid-19, says source.

UPDATED 5.30PM | Masir Kujat claims he was assigned a seat with PN backbenchers, so he had no choice but to sit with them.

UPDATED 6.15PM | CORONAVIRUS | Of the new cases, 21 are imported and the remaining 26 via local transmissions.

Muhyiddin's decision to leave Harapan is invalid as it was done without the consent of the party's supreme council.

UPDATED 4.52PM | Defence minister says the survey had attracted 215,712 respondents who were asked three questions on their planned celebration.

UPDATED 4.37PM | CORONAVIRUS | He says students are considered free from Covid-19 after spending a month on campus without infection.

UPDATED 6.28PM | 'If we can't even speak, then it is better that we just abolish the Parliament'.

Just return half of the amount to escape punishment under the new government, he adds.

UPDATED 4.11PM | CORONAVIRUS | Out of 580 sites operating, 150 were warned for non-compliance to conditional MCO SOPs while five were ordered to close.

CORONAVIRUS | Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says the NSC will discuss the matter with Health Ministry and Attorney-General's Chambers.

UPDATED 5.30PM | PARLIAMENT | Muhyiddin will go down in history as a PM who was appointed with the slimmest majority.

RTD director-general says that over 1.85 million motor vehicle licences have also expired from March 18, at the start of the MCO.

Keshvinjeet Singh Sidhu says the cause papers are on the legal challenge against today’s single-day Parliament sitting.

UPDATED 3.32PM | No PKR MP was present at the press conference attended by Mohamad Sabu and Lim Guan Eng.

In some Asean countries, economic growth has slow drastically while the economy of others has contracted.

The NGO says countries such as the UK and South Africa are using technology to hold parliamentary sittings.

Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali might be biased after presiding over the case of a businessman, Tan Eng Boon.

PARLIAMENT | 'Inculcate the idea that corruption is disgusting and must be combated at all cost.'

CORONAVIRUS | 'All quarters should be willing to make sacrifices to ease the burden of the rakyat and save the country's economy'.

What is most evident in the present Covid-19 crisis is the need for food security and self-sufficiency.

The counsel for five of the accused is expected to meet them on the contents of the closing submission today.

Mahathir, who is accustomed to being in Seat 1, Block A, now finds himself in Seat 4, Block D instead.

The trial has been postponed to make way for Rosmah's ongoing corruption trial on the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project for Sarawak schools.

The former AG says that his purported 'agreement in principle' to the settlement deal is a fiction.

PARLIAMENT | Not at a time when the people are facing hardship as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, says the king.

CORONAVIRUS | The rare syndrome called Kawasaki disease causes inflammation in the blood vessels and symptoms like fever and rashes.

Bersatu Sabah information chief Khairul Firdaus says all of its MPs and assemblypersons fully supports state chairperson Hajiji Mohd Noor.

The Sabah Education and Innovation Minister says the rescheduling is to facilitate the sending the students to the quarantine centres.

The baby is being treated in the intensive care unit of the Penang and is reported to be stable.

A copy of the purported letter is shared in the PKR official WhatsApp group by Anwar's press secretary.

CORONAVIRUS | The increase was sharply down from the 468 deaths recorded 24 hours earlier and the lowest since the lockdown.

The one-day sitting of Parliament today is the blackest day of M'sian Parliament in the 63-year history of the country.

This declaration from a global coalition of 31 think tanks also calls for measures to safeguard supplies of essential medical goods.

Does he have the mandate to do so when the Bersatu disciplinary council is looking into two complaints against him, asks Haniff Khatri.

For a country claiming success in eradicating poverty, the common sight of deprivation questions our measurement of poverty.

'For the first time in history, the sitting government is one that is not chosen by the people.'

Malaysiakini brings live reports and streaming from the entrance of the Parliament House.

YOURSAY | 'Idrus should now relook at the case to ensure that justice is done.'

YOURSAY | 'He cannot say that he rubber-stamped the deal upon advice by his predecessors…'

What MACC has done is stand by a statement that is devoid of facts.

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