PARIS, April 13 – Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is expected in the French capital on Monday morning to attend events related to Kuala Lumpur’s bid to be on the Unesco executive board for the 2015-2019 term. Malaysian Ambassador to France, Tan Sri Ismail Omar said Muhyiddin was scheduled
KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 – The recently amended Sedition Act will effectively shut down the debate on hudud and its suitability in Malaysia, MCA’s Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker said. The party’s Religious Harmony Bureau chairman said this in response to one of the amendments, which was passed early on Friday, criminalising
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 – “What does he mean by money? This was Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek’s response to former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s statement that Umno today was “all about the money”. “If the money is for the sake of the people’s happiness, what’s the problem?” the Communications and
KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had broken his promise to construct the “Crooked Bridge” linking Johor to Singapore’s side of the Causeway, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has claimed. The former prime minister told blogger Din Turtle in an interview, which was uploaded on the blog
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12 – Clorox has apologized for a social media misstep after the household products company sparked outrage by tweeting “where’s the bleach” in reference to last week’s introduction of new “emoji” cartoons for iPhones that include several faces of people with black and brown skin. The maker of
KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 – Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) campuses will soon be declared as autonomous campuses, with greater authority and power given to each campus’ respective rectors, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced today. Najib said the decision had been made to improve the institution’s ability to manage itself,
BEIJING, April 12 – China’s government has threatened to shut down Sina, one of the country’s most popular news websites unless it “improves censorship”, state media reported, in a rare public glimpse into controls over the press. The online portal “distorted news facts, violated morality and engaged in media hype”,
KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 – Utusan Malaysia has demanded that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad stop his criticism against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, fearing that more of such attacks could threaten Malay politics. Awang Selamat, the pseudonym for Umno-owned Utusan’s weekend edition Mingguan Malaysia collective editorial team, said Dr Mahathir should consider
TAIPING, April 11 – Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming has been given 48 hours from this afternoon to apologise to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor over a recent defamatory Facebook posting. A notice of demand was served to Nga at his service centre
KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 – What’s the health of the Straits of Malacca, one of the busiest shipping waterways in the world and an important fishing ground for local commercial fishing industry? A group of scientists was on board RV Discovery, Malaysia’s most sophisticated research vessel, operated by Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
SUBANG JAYA, April 11 – There is no place for politics in sports, Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah said after demanding in no uncertain terms that the “Kita Lawan (We Will Fight)” slogan be replaced as the state contingent’s slogan for their campaign in next year’s Malaysia Games
KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 – Debate on the Sedition (Amendment) Bill 2015 broke records when it was passed after 14 hours of debate. The debate began at 11.30 am on yesterday before being approved at 2.30 am today based on a voice vote. Among the main issues heatedly debated by MPs included concerns
GEORGE TOWN, April 10 – It is all systems go for Penang police to face the Permatang Pauh by-election next month. State police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi said a 2,000-strong police team will be deployed there to ensure a smooth by-election. “We are ready to perform our duties of ensuring safety and
KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 – Polling for the Rompin parliamentary by-election will be on May 5 while the nomination will be held on April 22. The by-election was called following the death of incumbent Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis.Jamaluddin was killed in a helicopter crash in Semenyih last Saturday, along with five other
JAKARTA, April 10 – Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin having a press conference today to told the former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad should allow the present government Datuk Seri Najib Razak to do its job in managing the country for the benefit of the people. “There were
GEORGE TOWN, April 10 – The issue of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on prepaid mobile reload coupons will be resolved by next month, the Customs Department has assured. Its director-general Datuk Seri Khazali Ahmad said telco operators will sit down in a meeting later this month to solve the
KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 – The opposition parties today failed to stop the amendment of the 1948 Sedition Act from being tabled at the Parliament when the government insisted on tabling the Act for the second and third reading.Before the debating session started, Puchong Member of Parliament Gobind Singh Deo raised
GEORGE TOWN, April 9 – A Penang environment awareness group here has slammed the state government for its insistence on reclaiming the middle bank of the Penang Channel despite it housing a seagrass bed, a vital component in the balance of the ecosystem. Furthermore, the NGO expressed worry that the area that
JAKARTA, April 9 – Malaysian businessmen are encouraged to take advantage of Indonesia’s economic reforms and invest in the republic. Making the call, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is here on a 3-day working visit, said Malaysia welcomed the economic reforms and now was the right time to
ALOR STAR, April 9 – A jobless youth was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by the High Court here today for committing culpable homicide against Noor Syafikah Nadia Abdullah, 14, one of the three sisters from Alor Semela who were murdered on Nov 2013. Judicial Commissioner Dr Choo Kah Sing passed
