KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 – Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is the latest to be investigated for sedition over a speech he gave at a ceramah three years ago. Lawyer Latheefa Koya, who is also PKR’s legal adviser, said the speech was delivered in Gombak. Ampang police are expected to question Anwar
SEPTEMBER 26 — Computer security experts are busy finding solutions to remedy the shellshock bug, a security flaw embedded in a commonly used programme called Bash. The Bash programme is installed on many computers and web servers running the Mac operating system or Linux, as both systems originate from an
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 – Malaysia and Bangladesh signed a government-to-government Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) and Powertek Bhd to implement a RM6 billion power plant project. The MoU paves the way for the TNB-Powertek consortium to finance and build a 1,320-megawatt coal-fired power plant in
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 – Selangor Umno Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Seri Noh Omar said the decision of the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah on the appointment of a new Selangor Menteri Besar should be accepted by all parties. He said it was not appropriate for any party to
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 – Bukit Antarabangsa state assemblyman and PKR deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali has been named as the new Selangor Menteri Besar, replacing Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. The Sultan of Selangor’s Private Secretary Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani when contacted by Bernama today confirmed that the letter of appointment
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 – Outgoing Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said today he would continue serving the people as the Bandar Tun Razak MP. On his post as Port Klang assemblyman, Khalid, however, said that it would be decided after he attends the Selangor assembly sitting in
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 – PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said tonight that she accepts the decision of the Sultan of Selangor, who has opted for deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali to take over as the next Selangor menteri besar. Dr Wan Azizah, who was PKR’s initial
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 – Iris Corp Bhd said its RM155 million Goods and Services Tax’s (GST) tax refund software for tourists will be operational on GST’s implementation on Apr 1, 2015. Group managing director, Datuk Tan Say Jim, said Iris has received the approval from the Royal Malaysian Customs Department and
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 – UPSR candidates are now required to resit their Mathematics papers and Tamil language papers on October 9, after both papers were found to have been leaked, the Education Ministry said today. Director-general of Education Datuk Dr Khair Mohamad Yusof said pupils in national and vernacular schools
GEORGETOWN, Sept 22 – Abu Backer Sidek Mohamad Zan lost his bid to nullify the Bukit Gelugor by-election results when the election court today threw out the independent candidate’s petition and his call for fresh elections. Judge Lee Swee Seng said Abu Backer could not furnish sufficient evidence to support his
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 – The opposition has been urged to stop confusing Pengkalan Kubor voters by making baseless allegations about the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) on fuel. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan said this was because the government had yet to make any decision on
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 – Police have recorded statements from 30 individuals to facilitate investigation on the leak in the examination papers of this year’s Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR). Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department head SAC Gan Kong Meng said the 30 individuals comprised eight officers from Malaysian Examination Board,
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 – What surprised many observers and reporters familiar with Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang was how angry the PAS president was in his speech. That anger, just like the content of his speech, does not bode well for PAS and the Pakatan Rakyat coalition in Selangor. Three days
JOHOR, Sept 21 – The Johor government will set new guidelines for buyers of affordable houses in the state to prevent them from selling their properties within a five-year period. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the condition would be imposed to avoid buyers from making easy profit. “The
KUANTAN, Sept 25 – The Pahang Education Department today denied that the death of a UPSR candidate was due to stress following the leakageof examination papers. Its director, Rosdi Ismail said the death of Norsabrina Shahrulnizam, a standard six pupil of Sekolah Kebangsaan Wira on Tuesday was caused by diseases and has nothing
TUMPAT, Sept 25 – Barisan Nasional maintained its hold at the Pengkalan Kubor state constituency seat after winning the by-election with a 2,635 majority. BN candidate, Mat Mat Ail Razi defeated PAS’ candidate Rosdi Wan Wan Ibrahim and independent candidate, Ismail Bukhary Izat Bukhary. BN obtained 9,960 votes, followed by PAS with 7,335
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 – Malaysia Airlines faces the prospects of being sued for flying over war-torn Ukraine, which led to the downing of flight MH17, says an Australian news portal today.The Boeing 777-200, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in Ukraine in pro-Russian rebel-held territory on July 17,
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 – There are no two ways about it. The Selangor menteri besar imbroglio has been dragging for a few months but political expediency does not mean naming a person just to end the impasse. Incumbent MB Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim now leads the caretaker government, a
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 – A few hundred people demonstrated in Shah Alam today to show support for the Selangor Sultan ahead of Tuesday’s expected swearing-in of the state’s new menteri besar, Malaysiakini reported. It said the group, which calls itself Gerak Daulat, gathered at Section 16 in Shah Alam wearing
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 – Reports have been lodged over purported leaks in the Tamil and Maths papers for the UPSR examinations, days after the authorities confirmed that the Science and English tests papers have been compromised. Some 500,000 students sat for the national primary six examinations. The English and Science
