ROMPIN, April 28 – A total of 545 early voters comprising military and police personnel and their spouses will be voting in the Rompin Parliamentary by-election at four polling centres on Thursday. Election Commission secretary Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh said in a statement that the centres would be opened from 8am
KOTA KINABALU, April 28 – Datuk Awang Sahari EM Nadzeer, Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department deputy director in charge of forfeiture of property, detention and legal affairs has been appointed Sabah Deputy Police Commissioner to succeed Abdul Malek Harun effective Tuesday. Sahari, 59, had served as a member of
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – The quality of debate in the Dewan Negara must be improved so that it is not regarded as a ‘rubber stamp’, said its president Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang. He said this was important to ensure that the Dewan Negara was not perceived to be merely
BUKIT MERTAJAM, April 28 – The government’s continuous committed efforts to provide various facilities and assistance to the people to improve their income level and pull them out of the poverty has received recognition from the World Bank, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The Deputy Prime Minister said the institution
DONGGUAN, April 27 – The former coach of China’s top badminton player Lin Dan, Tang Xianhu, looks forward to seeing Malaysian badminton star Datuk Lee Chong Wei in action at the upcoming 2015 Sudirman Cup. “We hope to see Chong Wei on court. With his participation, he will surely bring
SEBERANG JAYA, April 28 – Suhaimi walkabout at the Sama Gagah public market in Jalan Cermai today which he can continue the effort meet the voters. He would like to see the response of voters who voted from the businesses here. Besides that, he also see there is awareness of the Chinese are now
BUKIT MERTAJAM, April 27 – The leaders of the opposition pact have been urged to tell the truth about the Goods and Sales Tax (GST) and refrain from confusing the people with inaccurate information. Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth chairman Hng Chee Wey said this was because many incorrect information were
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 – Malaysian sales executive, Loy Yun Qing would have lost her life under the rubble of a four-storey restaurant building in Kathmandu if she had not acted fast to exit the building during the massive 7.9magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday. Loy, 29, escaped the
ROMPIN, April 27 – An UMNO vice-president said there is no need to be flexible with imprisoned opposition chief Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to enable him to vote in the Permatang Pauh Parliamentary by-election. Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, who is also Rural and Regional Development (KKLW) Minister, said Anwar had to
KUALA SELANGOR, April 27 – The Selangor government will not raise the allowance for Religious and Fardu Ain Class (KAFA) teachers this year, Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali said. He said if there was a need for it, it would be done next year. Mohamed Azmin said the issue was being scrutinised
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 – A senator has called controversial blogger Alvin Tan ‘trash’ for insulting Islam. Senator Koh Chin Han said as a non-Muslim, he strongly condemned the act of provocation which also humiliated the non-Muslims. “If he is in our country, he should be brought to the court and charged
ROMPIN, April 27 – Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate, Datuk Hasan Arifin has covered more than 60 per cent of the Rompin parliamentary constituency since the Rompin by-election campaign kicked off on April 22. According to Hasan, the areas he has visited include Orang Asli settlements and Felda areas in the three
BUKIT MERTAJAM, April 27 – The Chinese community of Permatang Pauh want the member of parliament (MP) elected on May 7 to address security issues in their housing areas. Residents of Kampung Sungai Semambu, Kubang Ulu and Sungai Lembu are concerned for their safety as criminal cases in their areas have
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 – The government will send food aid as soon as possible to help victims of the earthquake which hit Nepal last Saturday, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim. He said the Cabinet will be informed of this soon as the number of
PETALING JAYA, April 27 – Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad should meet and talk to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak before publicly criticising the latter, says former MIC president Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu. He said Dr Mahathir, as a respected veteran statesman, should realise by now that
PERMATANG PAUH, April 27 – Pertubuhan Ummah Sejahtera Malaysia (Pasma) is certain that PKR candidate Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will be able to defend the Permatang Pauh seat in the by-election Pasma Penang chairman Zolkifly Md Lazim said the by-election set for May 7 would only strengthen Dr Wan Azizah’s
ERMATANG PAUH, April 28 – PKR’s Permatang Pauh by-election candidate Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has assured voters in Permatang Pauh that her post as party president would enable her to give orders to PKR members to look after her constituency in her absence. Therefore, she says the issue of
KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 – A former Umno Youth executive committee member (exco) today said that former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad failed to explain the actual issue on 1MDB. Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz said it included the fact that 1MDB is a company with a limited liability and the
ROMPIN, April 26 – Seven political ‘ceramah’ (political talks) by the two contesting political parties at the Rompin parliamentary by-election were held without permits between Wednesday and yesterday. Rompin Parliamentary By-election Media Centre chief, Supt Abdul Aziz Mahmud said both the parties had flouted Section 24b(3) of the Election Offences 1954. The
MUADZAM SHAH, April 26 – The government will upgrade 3,000 secondary school laboratories from next year to enable more effective teaching and learning of science subjects, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said the move was meant to revive the practical training
