SHAH ALAM, Jan 30 – Selangor Pakatan Harapan has yet to finalise the distribution of the state seats among the component parties for the 14th General Election, according to chairman Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali. He said the pact needed more time to do that. Although the distribution of seats had yet
IPOH, Jan 29 – The police will close several major roads in the city in stages tomorrow and on Feb 1 in conjunction with the Thaipusam celebration, which will be centred at the Sri Subramaniar Temple in Gunung Cheroh on Jan 31. Ipoh District Police chief ACP Mohd Ali Tamby said
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 29 – Several areas from Kampung Binjai to Teluk Kumbar near here will experience a 12-hour water disruption on Saturday due to road upgrading works by the Public Works Department. Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd (PBAPP) chief executive officer, Datuk Jaseni Maidinsa said they had to
HONG KONG, Jan 29 – Protesters in Hong Kong gathered outside the government’s headquarters Sunday evening after a leading pro-democracy activist was barred from standing as a candidate in upcoming elections. The ban on 21-year-old Agnes Chow, who was at the forefront of mass 2014 Umbrella Movement rallies calling for political
SEREMBAN, Jan 29 – The Negri Sembilan Pakatan Harapan Convention here today descended into chaos after some 40 Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) members objected to the pact’s seat distribution in the state for the 14th General Election (GE14). They started protesting while Pakatan Harapan president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 28 – The magistrate’s court here today freed a woman consultant who was remanded since Wednesday to assist the Malaysian Anti-Coruption Commision’s (MACC) probe into a road and undersea tunnel project in Penang. Magistrate Nik Muhammad Azrin Hafiz Nik Mahmood ordered that the 50-year-old woman be released on bail of
KUCHING, Jan 28 – Three men were injured after they were shot by a male suspect armed with a shotgun at a restaurant at Kuching City Mall Commercial Centre. Sarawak CID chief Datuk Dev Kumar said, in the incident after midnight, a male suspect fired a shot into the restaurant wounding
KLUANG, Jan 28 – Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, has criticised Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for leading Pakatan Harapan (PH) in a meeting with ambassadors of European Union countries in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday. He said the move showed that the former prime minister had gone against his principles because
ALOR STAR, Jan 27 – Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) deputy president Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir’s patriotic spirit must be very brittle if he is ashamed to call himself a Malaysian when abroad, said Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek. The Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister said that
KUALA NERANG, Jan 27 – There is no urgent need to build more National Type Chinese Schools (SJKC), says Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid. He said building new schools in both urban and rural areas should be based on the growth of the local population density. “To construct a new school,
KEPALA BATAS, Jan 27 – The MP for Kepala Batas Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican has proposed that the Penang government’s undersea tunnel and paired highways project be publicly audited by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Reezal Merican, who is also the Deputy Foreign Minister, said this would enable the
BAGAN DATUK, Jan 27 – The public have been advised not to fall for the #SpoiltVote campaign slogan bandied about by certain quarters on social media which aims at ruining democracy in the country. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the move taken by the quarters trying
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – All actions taken by the Election Commission (EC) including the redelineation of electoral boundaries have been in accordance with the law. Former EC deputy chairman, Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Wan Omar stressed that the EC is an independent body, and not a puppet to serve any party’s
NEW DELHI, Jan 27 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has described the ‘spoilt vote’ campaign launched by certain quarters as an action that contradicts the democratic system being practised in Malaysia. He said the negative campaigning approach to win the 14th General Election (GE14) should not have been made
BALIK PULAU, Jan 26 – Police busted a car cloning syndicate dubbed ‘Geng Jeff Klon’ following the arrest of eight men and seizure of five cars worth RM150,000 in several raids in Penang and Kedah. Southwest district police chief Supt A.A Anbalagan said following a public tip-off and intelligence work, a
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 26 – A boy aged two years and 11 months was reported beaten and trampled by his step-uncle in their house at Taman Bagan Jaya flats in Butterworth, near here last night. In the 9.15pm incident, the toddler sustained bruises and swelling on the face and body, and suffered
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 – A TV3 broadcast journalist told the High Court here today that he did not add his own comments to the “6,000 Letters” news article he wrote based on a press conference, which was aired on Buletin Utama on Aug 2, 2013. A. Selwam, 35, who worked
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today arrested the chairman of an engineering consultancy firm, with the title Datuk Seri, to assist in the investigation into alleged corruption in the construction of the Penang undersea tunnel project. According to MACC sources, the 62-year-old man was detained at
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 – Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) will provide round-the-clock KTM Komuter train services on four routes for three days beginning Jan 30, in conjunction with the Thaipusam festival which falls on Jan 31. KTM Berhad general manager of operations S. Mahendran said it encompasses 783 services with
PETALING JAYA, Jan 24 – The new retail price for petrol RON95, RON97 and diesel will down by 1 sen. The new prices will come into effect on Thursday until Jan 31. The new price after Goods and Services Tax (GST), the retail price of petrol is as follows: RON95
