KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 – “Another KitaLawan rally will he held on May 1 with a bigger and better crowd.” This was voiced by Batu Member of Parliament Tian Chua’s personal assistant, Rozan Azen Mat Rasip, in his speech during the rally in front of the Wisma Selangor Dredging building here today. Although Rozan
TENOM, March 28 – A two-year old boy who went missing was found after spending 18 hours in a jungle not far from his home. Rescuers found Healezry Zeandfly Henderi lying in a pile of bushes about 200m from his house at Kampung Kuala Tolokoson, Kemabong near here at about 10.25am. District
BUTTERWORTH, March 28 – Pas deputy president Mohamed Sabu has been detained by police at a restaurant in Sungai Dua here earlier. Penang Pas deputy commissioner Datuk Dr. Mujahid Yusof Rawa confirmed that Mat Sabu was detained by policemen at about 12.30am. “After our state Pas meeting, we were having a
KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 – Leaders discuss stepping up trade, education, defence, financial services ties. Datuk Seri Najib Razak and China President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting in Boao here last night, the eve of the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia 2015. In the meeting, hours after the prime minister’s
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 – The Royal Malaysian Customs Department had left out 18 questions in its response to the 106 Goods and Services Tax (GST) questions posed to them by protesters. Customs Department director-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Khazali told The Rakyat Post in an immediate response that the questions were left out as
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 – Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib is confident that KL will get 350 buildings to turn off their lights for an hour tomorrow for Earth Hour. He told that if this target was achieved tomorrow, he would pledge to build more cycling routes around the capital. “I will make
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 – Rape and death threats online, such as those faced by a radio host recently, can lead to actual violence at a time when political parties are firing up inter-communal tensions, said a human rights activist. Fadiah Nadwa Fikri said this was because outbreaks of genocide the
NEW YORK, March 27 – The explosion, which occurred shortly after 3pm and sent flames leaping into the sky, rocked the residential area. Bloodied victims ran from the buildings, collapsing on the street, witnesses said. Three people were critically injured, New York Mayor de Blasio told a news conference near the
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – No action was taken against former Bar Council president Christopher Leong for his statement that jailed Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was “persecuted” following his sodomy verdict, as no police report was lodged. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri said because of this,
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – The Prime Minister’s Office today denied that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had issued any statement on the proposed implementation of the hudud law. The denial was carried in a post on the ‘Msia PM Press Office’ @PMOMalaysia Twitter account. “The Prime Minister’s Office
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – Three people were killed and one seriously injured in an accident involving a 10-tonne lorry and four vehicles at KM14.4. New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) Subang heading towards Damansara early Thursday. Three others were not hurt in the accident. Selangor Fire and Rescue Operation assistant director
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has set March 31 to make a decision on whether programmes and lectures attended by a former police investigating officer in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s second sodomy case qualifies him to be called to the Bar. Judicial Commissioner S. M.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who had spent a lifetime being the architect of Singapore’s prosperity, has died. In addition to building and fostering Singapore, Lee was also very much concerned about Malaysia and had always advocated a Malaysian Malaysia concept. In his book “One Man’s
SEYNE-LES-ALPES, March 25 – Helicopters surveying the scattered debris of a German jetliner lifted off at daybreak on Wednesday as investigators sought clues in the wreckage and the black box from the plane that lost radio contact, went into a dive and slammed into the Alpine mountainside. All 150 aboard
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 – A group of murderers stabbed to death a woman after she witnessed them killing a foreigner in Sungai Way, Petaling Jaya, early morning today. The 1am incident, happened on the sidewalk of shop houses at Jalan PJS 8/13, saw both victims – Norlia Alias, 40, and
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 – A report on “Unleashing the Potential of the Internet for Asean economies” revealed that the Internet has become more pervasive with the cost of not going online is only set to rise. Many countries in the Asean region still suffer from poor Internet coverage, low bandwidth
SINGAPORE, March 25 – If Lee Kuan Yew represented the Singapore of yesteryear, his death this week raises the question of whether the generation of leaders in waiting will reshape the mould that transformed the city-state from a colonial backwater to a haven of prosperity. While Lee had long retired from active
GEORGETOWN, March 24 – Prior to January 1, 1957, the City Council of George Town and the Rural District Council of Penang was established under the provisions of the Municipal Ordinance of the Straits Settlements (Capt.133) and Enactment of the Federated Malay Lemb.aga Negeri.negeri (Capt.1 37). City status was granted to
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 – For the Royal Malaysian Police, its biggest challenge to date is tackling potential cyber threats and seditious remarks on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said there had been a sudden increase in cyber threats in the first
SEMPORNA, March 25 – Thousands are made homeless as fire ravaged about 500 houses at the Kampung Bangau Bangau squatter colony here since the early hours. Three fire engines including one dispatched from Tawau are at the scene near the town here, to control the fire that spread on an area
