Archive - 23 June 2020

CORONAVIRUS | The measure will be subject to the size of the mosques and prayers rooms, taking into account a one-metre social distancing requirement.

The programme is launched by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia.

District education offices will conduct regular inspections to ensure SOPs are complied with when schools reopen.

If the Dewan Rakyat speaker rejects the motion during the upcoming sitting, the opposition will continue the effort during the vote for the 2021 Budget.

Najib responds to Mahathir's challenge and listed a number of purported sweetheart deals benefitting the latter's sons.

Kamarul Zaman Yusoff posted on Facebook last year claiming Ramasamy was a foreign agent and sympathetic to a terrorist cause.

The Court of Appeal has adjourned the appeal to Aug 3 to allow Petronas to finalise the settlement terms with the Sarawak.

This due to various measures to protect livelihoods and stimulate the economy, says Tengku Zafrul.

She reaches out to social activist Kuan Chee Heng for help with the Selangor Zakat Board also assisting her.

He adds Najib's defence of his stepson does not change the fact Putrajaya won't fully recover 1MDB's funds.

LETTER | LHDN should embark on a mission to help Malaysians who need a towing line to hold on to so that they can restart their livelihoods.

Saad al-Jabri was an intelligence official who was close to a key rival to the throne.

LETTER | The commitment to institutional reform must go beyond the lens of political rivalries.

UPDATED 6.05PM | CORONAVIRUS | All three cases were locally transmitted and no new imported cases were found.

Having occupied the PM post twice before and playing a key role in removing two successors, he says those in power want to leave behind their own legacies.

Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says they can go to the nearest Immigration Department to extend their visas.

He is also prepared to exit the Pakatan Harapan Plus alliance if the 'Dr M as PM' option fails.

The co-founder of the party's newspaper passed away due to illness this morning

UPDATED 5.50PM | Lee Hsien Loong says he's satisfied a ballot can be held safely, despite criticism it might endanger voters.

In confirming a ban on refugees from the market, it says they do not need to enter as only wholesale deals are made there.

The appointment needs to first be voted on by the board of directors, says his aide.

The case involves money seized by MACC from Umno, Wanita MCA and two firms allegedly given by Najib and linked to 1MDB.

Participating nations reaffirm their commitment to sign the deal this year.

The minister says employers should not exploit or mistreat their workers.

Lawyer Gobind Singh says Yeoh also surrendered her mobile phone and passwords of her social media accounts.

Its commissioner Jerald Joseph also questions the victim's arrest.

Kulasegaran says foreign worker issues would have been dealt with if the then home minister had implemented special committee's recommendation.

A three-person bench rules there is no appealable error of the High Court in this issue.

The relationship between the EU and China is important but challenging, says Ursula von der Leyen.

UPDATED 12PM | Academic initiates legal proceedings over social media posts and articles dating back to 2017.

Hayley’s Fantastic Fruits, an illustrated children’s book that takes young readers on an exciting journey through the world of fruits, has been selected for inclusion in the IBBY Honour List 2020.

We have been inundated by Covid-19 related apps, but are these apps sufficiently protecting our data?

Muhyiddin goes hounding opponents in frantic bid to stay in power.

CHINI POLLS | Pahang PKR also refutes blogger Mohd Shukri Mohd Ramli is a current party member.

Just hours before the re-election rally last Saturday, Trump’s first since March, six other campaign staff had tested positive.

CHINI POLLS | PAS members will also assist the BN campaign in the state, says a Chini PAS leader, Sarjuni Konting.

This comes just over three months after Firdaus Abdullah took up the role.

'We cannot pretend to be a caring society when we let these murders continue in the name of development and progress.'

Do the ends justify the means in the quest to regain power from the Muhyiddin administration?

CORONAVIRUS | More than 183,000 new cases occurred on Sunday, the most in a single day since the outbreak started in December, it adds.

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

He should not become prime minister for the third time, the PKR president insists in an interview with Channel News Asia.