Archive - 2 September 2020

Sources say it wasn't the wish of Umno top leadership.

The current chief says it will need two-third support from MPs.

Azam says there had been more cases involving govt officers working in GLCs.

The 50-year-old victim has fallen through the shaft at Sri Sabah Public Housing flats.

Police say they will be submitting their findings to the AGC soon.

COVID-19 | A total of 12,870 persons in the affected areas have been tested since Aug 28.

Mahfuz Omar (Harapan-Pokok Sena) had asked on the status of the case.

SABAH POLLS | It will be the first time the party will be using the logo since the 1974 general election.

PARLIAMENT | Takiyuddin Hassan says a guideline was issued in 2010 to ensure civil servants carry out their duties with integrity.

LETTER | Those caught should be exposed and shamed publicly besides being stripped of such academic titles.

COVID-19 | One local case was a Malaysian citizen who underwent workplace screening in Pahang.

COMMENT | We have to ask if these 'principles' have worked all these years.

UPDATED 7.46PM | 'I only received information that this person (Joshua) was a Muslim and had converted to Christian,' says the witness.

Now, Thailand is hoping to draw international meetings to its famous cities.

Party leader Khalid Abdul Samad says this in solidarity with Warisan and Shafie Apdal.

This comprises 2.77 pct of Chinese and 0.2 pct of Tamil primary schools.

He also says he won't be quitting his Bersatu roles.

1MDB TRIAL | Former CEO Shahrol Azral says he was not aware of the fund transfers.

COMMENT | It is logical to suggest that haze would compound and escalate the Covid-19 pandemic.

Umno hopes to wrap up negotiations by the end of September.

He says the agency is still analysing the projects to determine if there are elements of corruption.

Survey data for August shows 51 pct of respondents happy with country's direction, down from 58 pct in May.

LETTER | Punishing people for something that they do not fully understand is wrong,

UPDATED 1.55PM | Muafakat Nasional and BN trail behind.

The US plans to authorise a vaccine before trials complete if benefits outweigh risks.

LETTER | Is the 'backbencher' title not glorious enough compared to the 'cabinet member' title?

Royal Pahang Durian Resources also denies offering farmers an exploitative deal.

Cooperation in state election will be a sign of things to come in general election.

But he says it is incumbent on French citizens to show civility and respect for each other.

UPDATED 12.58PM | PARLIAMENT | 'Shift our focus back to the Federal Constitution and our sworn oaths,' he says.

The local anti-corruption agency has found millions from 1MDB flowing through the bank.

In the country's latest move to curb online platforms deemed to be disseminating 'immoral content'.

Failing to do so will mean that Muhyiddin is merely indulging in empty talk, the lawyer adds.

'We would like to encourage everyone to change how we view and treat other species, take measures to reduce the suffering of other species...'

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

China denies it started the latest flare-up, accuses Indian troops of trespassing the 'Line of Actual Control'.

The government will also focus on reviving and boosting the economy, post-Covid-19 era, through the National Economic Recovery Plan.

They aim to publish draft legislation for a new Scottish independence referendum, before the UK parliamentary election next year.

The US is turning to its bomber force to counter China's growing military forces.

So admits Muhyiddin, who adds that this does not mean his government is not accountable to the people.

Discussions between Christians and Muslims must be sincere and based on a spirit of brotherhood.

'If they commit a sin that is contrary to Islam and morals, we will fire them', says the PAS president.