HONG KONG, Sept 29 – The Hong Kong government said on Monday it has withdrawn riot police from city streets after pro-democracy protests began to calm down. In a statement, a Hong Kong government spokesman also called on protesters to leave protest areas as peacefully as possible. Hong Kong police
Instagram has been blocked in mainland China since Sunday, in what is believed to be an attempt to stop pro-democracy protest images in Hong Kong from spreading to the mainland. News of the student-led pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong have gripped headlines since its start last week, with the massive
NEW YORK, Sept 25 – Kiev cannot guarantee safe passage for an international investigation team to enter the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 went down in eastern Ukraine last July because it is unsafe, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Wednesday (Thursday in Malaysia). The Malaysian prime minister said this
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 – Petronas is not legally bound to make cash payments from petroleum in any state in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. This is because, as of today, no oil has been found in the east coast states of Peninsular Malaysia which include Pahang, Kelantan dan Terengganu.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today said although Mohamed Azmin Ali had been appointed as Selangor Menteri Besar instead of PKR’s preferred choice, he was still a puppet of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Malaysia’s longest serving prime minister was commenting on the failed attempt by PKR to
HONG KONG, Sept 29 – Pro-democracy protests brought widespread travel chaos toHong KongMonday with many schools and businesses shuttered but the city’s stock exchange said it would operate as usual. As commuters tried to make their way to work, crowds of defiant demonstrators controlled a number of major thoroughfares and intersections in
Hong Kong, Sept 29 — Hong Kong is in the midst of its longest series of political protests since the 1997 handover. Pro-democracy activists say they are making good on a long-threatened vow to try and paralyze the city’s financial district — a key business hub for the region and beyond
Hong Kong, Sept 29 – After a day of tense protests in Hong Kong in which at least 26 people were injured, organizers called on tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators in the Chinese territory to head home late Sunday. The sometimes violent demonstrations follow a week of student-led boycotts and protests
GEORGETOWN, Sept 28 – CM Lim Guan Eng said today that he would ask state police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi to speed up investigations, as the victims had lodged police reports several months ago. Lim claimed that checks revealed that the suspect was an Umno member and a former
GEORGETOWN, Sept 24 – As more questions surface about the 1Malaysia Development Board (1MDB) and its lack of transparency, the Penang government is pushing for answers to the sovereign fund’s purchase of land in the state. With debts reportedly amounting to around RM38 billion after operating for five years, Chief Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 – DAP today wondered whether Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was serious about commencing investigations into seditious remarks within 24 hours of a report being lodged, especially when it involved Umno ministers and himself. Party adviser Lim Kit Siang in a statement today said this was referring
KUAL LUMPUR, SEPT 24 – The appointment of Mohamed Azmin Ali as Selangor menteri besar (MB) was flawed as he went through a selection process, constitutional lawyer Tommy Thomas told the International Malaysia Law Conference in Kuala Lumpur today. “What happened in Selangor was absolutely wrong,” the lawyer said in reply
BREAKING NEWS: Japan’s national media has reported that 30 hikers have been found in a state of “cardiopulmonary” arrest near the peak of the volcano that erupted on Saturday. The victims have been described as not breathing and their hearts have stopped, which is the customary way for Japanese authorities to
WASHINGTON DC, Sept 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak addressed a large gathering of young students, followed by a conversation with Marc Mealy, the vice-president of the US-Asean Business Council (USABC), the Washington-based business council which promoted trade, investment and business between the USA and the Asean member
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 – Police are expected to wrap up their probe into the leaked UPSR Science and English examination papers and hand the case over to the Attorney-General’s Chambers next week for prosecution. City police chief Datuk Tajudin Md Isa told The Malaysian Insider that they were tying up
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 – Amnesty International is concerned over Putrajaya’s move to reopen its three-year-old sedition probe against de facto PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, saying it is blatant persecution. “Anwar has long been a favourite target of authorities over the past decade,” Amnesty International’s deputy Asia-Pacific director Rupert
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 – Mohamed Azmin Ali clocked in at 7.50am today to officially begin his first day at work as Selangor menteri besar. Azmin entered his office for the first time on the 21st floor at the Selangor Secretariat Building in Shah Alam this morning, and is expected to
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 – DAP’s Dr Ong Kian Ming has called on the Education Ministry to reveal if it planned on “re-assigning” both its ministers following the discovery of leaks in two more UPSR examination papers on Sunday. Ong also wanted the ministry to explain its lack of contingency plans
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 – The Sultan of Selangor settled for Mohamed Azmin Ali for the Selangor menteri besar post because the state ruler was confident that the PKR deputy president would have the support of his party and of Pakatan Rakyat. The Sultan’s private secretary, Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani, said
KAULA LUMPUR, Sept 23 – An anti-graft group wants newly installed Selangor Menteri Besar, Mohamed Azmin Ali, to practise open government policies in his administration. The Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4), in congratulating Azmin, said his appointment today ends more than eight months of undesired political upheaval, uncertainty and
