SINGAPORE, Sept 7 – The body of a man was found in the abandoned section of the car park of Pearls Centre on Sunday afternoon. The man, who is believed to be in his 40s, was found lying motionless on the 11th floor of the building in Eu Tong Sen
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 – A Bill drafted by the Bar Council to replace the Sedition Act 1984 is not a draft endorsed by the government, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Muhyiddin said people should not be confused or influenced by the draft because such a draft was
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — Malaysian authorities are carrying out the broadest crackdown on the political opposition and social activists since the era of strongman leader Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, as traditionalists in the long-ruling ethnic Malay party appear to gain the upper hand. The setback for civil liberties in
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 – The Penang state government has praised Umno for admitting its mistake in its article about the Voluntary Patrol Squad (PPS) published a few days ago. Yet, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is insisting that Penang Umno chief Datuk Zainal Abidin apologise, according to Sinar Harian. Although Lim reportedly said he was
Sept 8 – A family of four is believed to be among 30 Malaysians fighting in the Middle East alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) forces, which has carved out a reputation for brutal treatment of their enemies and hostages. Sources said the four were believed to
BOGOTA, Sept 8, 2014 – The bodies of 10 people killed aboard a Colombian plane that crashed in the Amazon jungle were recovered yesterday, officials said. A Colombian Air Force helicopter took the bodies to the town of Araracuara, where the aircraft had taken off the day before for Florence, capital
Apple and longtime partner Disney this week are bolstering their stores with upgraded versions of iBeacon sensors and NFC readers, according to sources. Apple Stores have had iBeacons stationed throughout showroom floors for several months as a way to pinpoint exactly where a customer is within the store. This allows Apple to
SUNGAI BULOH, Sept 7 — Umno will struggle to stay relevant for today’s increasingly critical-minded voters if it fails to address key issues including social justice and economic equality, party deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. Empowered voters are demanding greater civil liberties and economic justice, making it
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 – Companies and individuals should join the government in donating and making a success of the Warriors Day Fund campaign. The prime minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, said the donation shows their appreciation of soldiers who sacrificed their lives defending the country. “Donate according to
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 6, – Malaysia and Australia have committed to contribute A$60 million (RM179.10 million) each in their quest to locate the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH370 aircraft whose flight path was believed to have ended in the southern Indian Ocean on March 8. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the contribution
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 – In the past few days, Malaysian social media users in favour of the Sedition Act have flooded Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s Facebook page, with requests that he not repeal the colonial-era law, which they say safeguards Islam, Malays and the royal institution. The posts
GEORGETOWN, Sept 6 – Media practitioners in Penang today urged the police to work with the press to uphold justice and to stop attempts by certain politicians to infringe on journalists and suppress the truth. They also called on the police to drop all charges against a Malaysiakini journalist who
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 – Penang got another warning about its unregistered Voluntary Patrol Unit (PPS) from Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi last night. “Ini Zahid Hamidi tahu? (This is Zahid Hamidi, you know?)” he said in his speech at the Bukit Bendera Umno division delegates’ conference
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 – PKR and DAP had asked PAS to approach Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, after both failed to convince him to join their parties, said Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. “The first to meet Tengku Razaleigh was PKR. Not us, they invited him to join PKR,”
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 – Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi wants to meet the reporter whom he claimed had misreported his “arrogant” comment last week. Zahid said if the reporter from the English daily The Sun has the guts, the reporter would go see him and explain
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 – Global business magazine The Economist has questioned Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s credentials as a reformer in the wake of a blitz on opposition politicians, an academic and a journalist using the colonial era Sedition Act. Repealing the dreaded Internal Security Act and embracing
TANGKAK, Sept 5 — Umno members should not remain quiet when principles concerning the party’s struggles such as on the royal institution, special privileges of the Malays and the Islamic religion are being questioned by certain groups, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. On the contrary, he said,
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 5 — Police should arrest the state government leaders including the Penang chief minister if they insist on continuing the crackdown on the volunteer patrol unit (PPS) here, Lim Guan Eng said today. Saying his administration will not succumb to what he described as “bullying tactics” that
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 – A group of Islamic university undergraduates staged a protest outside the Home Ministry in Putrajaya today and threatened to organise a street demonstration to protest the continued use of the Sedition Act 1948. Gabungan Mahasiswa Islam Se-Malaysia (Gamis) president Abdul Malik Abdul Razak said a
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 4 – The onus is not on state governments to identify land for the federal government’s low-cost housing projects as it is the responsibility of the federal government to do so, says Penang Country, Town Planning and Housing committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo. Jagdeep was responding to Urban Wellbeing,
