Fauwaz Abdul Aziz

The 30% bumiputera equity target has not yet been achieved although their equity ownership in the corporate sector increased from 18.9% in 2004 to 19.4% in 2006.

Parliament snippets The rationale for this five-star hospital is that it would bring in good commercial returns by promoting health tourism, and other happenings in Parliament today.

Batu MP Tian Chua could not get his question on P Waytha Moorthy’s status past the House secretary, who cited the Standing Order in dismissing it. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Morgan Stanley had in 2004 estimated that as much as RM380 billion had been squandered through corruption over the past two decades.

Why the debate when the decision has already been made and executed?

Selangor MB Khalid Ibrahim vows to continue to place the people's interests above all else when implementing programmes in the state.

The bold plan, which has not been made public, has irked activists who fear further destruction to Sarawak’s rainforests, considered as one of the world’s oldest.

So, taking to the streets won’t help, says Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar, who also accuses protest organisers of only seeking political gain. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Detained after a price-hike protest in January, they had initially been freed - but now face charges of illegal assembly and violating a court order.

This was after 14 groups called on Tuesday for the new state government to stand by its promises made before the March 8 general election.

The protest was originally scheduled to be held on July 12 but has now been brought forward a week earlier due to ‘tactical reasons'.

updated 5.15pm An anti-fuel hike coalition is targeting a massive one million people to participate in their demonstration at KLCC on July 5. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Kedah state government is persisting with some mega-projects which have the potential to directly affect the environment and a fishing community.

Temple caretaker claims that the land on which the temple sits has been fraudulently taken over by the new ‘owner' who wants to demolish the temple.

The week had internal squabbling in Umno, more Bandar Mahkota Cheras issue and Ezam's PM meet-up. Here's the compilation of Parliament reports published by Malaysiakini .

DPM Najib Abdul Razak has rejected allegations that his wife, Rosmah Mansor, was given special treatment by M'sian embassies abroad.

The government is removing the subsidy to RapidKL in order to help other bus companies survive.

Deputy Higher Education Minister Idris Haron may never speak Tamil again, after plunging the House into disorder and leading an opposition MP to unwittingly break the rules. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The DAP leader has been told to correct remarks in his blog which slammed deputy speaker Ronald Kiandee for rejecting his motion on Sabah illegal immigrants.

It led several opposition members, led by Mahfuz, to query Nazri as to why the ACA deemed it necessary to refer to him before taking action.

The Umno supreme council member wants to know if the duo quit the party to protect the party or for their own interests.

The national railway network has been steadily incurring severe losses in the past seven years.

Four of Umno past leaders - Onn Jaffar, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Hussein Onn and Mahathir - eventually left the party. The only exception was Abdul Razak, who died in office.

A state government can change any term or condition found in an agreement signed with another party as long as there is a clause in the agreement allowing for such changes.