KUCHING, Jun 19 – The big wins by the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar parliamentary by-elections are a testament of the people’s confidence in the coalition’s excellent track record. The wins also showed they rejected the politics of hatred and of disunity as espoused by the opposition,
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 19 – PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang (pix) today expressed his appreciation to all parties, especially the Election Commission and the security forces for the smooth by-elections in Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar. He also congratulated the voters in both constituencies for having exercised their responsibility as
HONG KONG, Jun 19 – The Hong Kong bookseller who broke silence earlier this week about being blindfolded and interrogated in detention in China likened his ordeal to Cultural Revolution repression in an interview with AFP Sunday. Lam Wing-kee is one of five booksellers who went missing last year — all worked for a
BANGKOK, Jun 19 – A call centre scam syndicate operated by Malaysian citizens from a rented house in Chiangmai, which was busted by the Thai police last week, was found to have been active for only two weeks. According to a source, the syndicate comprised 14 Malaysians, four of whom were women
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 19 – Low-cost carrier AirAsia’s online system will be undergoing scheduled maintenance for 27 hour from 12.01am on Tuesday until 3am on Wednesday. AirAsia, in a statement today, said during the period, online check-in or access to Manage My Booking on airasia.com or the AirAsia mobile app would be
JAKARTA, Jun 19 – Flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia have killed 24 and left more than two dozen missing, an official said Sunday, with mud avalanches burying people inside their homes. Torrential rain since Saturday has triggered serious flooding across Central Java, with thousands of homes inundated, said disaster agency spokesman
PETALING JAYA, Jun 19 – Outgoing Malaysian Airlines Bhd (MAS) CEO Christoph Mueller said he had to cut 6,000 jobs because many of the 20,000 employees were “doing nothing”. According to reports in online news portal, Malaysiakini, he had said that he was not impressed with the state MAS was in when he
MADINAH, Jun 19 – Tabung Haji (TH) has rented 12 buildings for accommodation to ensure comfort for the 22,320 Malaysian haj pilgrims. TH acting chief executive officer, Datuk Johan Abdullah said the rental agreement for the 12 buildings involved nine buildings in Makkah and three in Madinah. “The distance from the hotel
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jun 19 – Working while doing charity. This was what the Terengganu media practitioners were doing since late last night to distribute 50 packs of food to the homeless and security guards in the city. The program, which began at 11pm, was an initiative by media practitioners from the various
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jun 19 – The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) will intensify operations and enforcement until the coming festive season, says its enforcement division senior general manager, Datuk Che Hasni Che Ahmad. He said this was to ensure public transport operators complied with the safety factor and bus fares, among others.
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 19 – Penang Gerakan Youth acting chief Jason Loo has criticised the state executive councilors for using “funny words” to belittle him. He claims that this was not the first time that the state executive councilors used “funny words” to attack him. On Friday, Penang Works and Public Amenities exco Lim Hock
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 19 – Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) in its Taxi Industry Transformation Programme’s proposal among others has put forward the need to legalise Uber and Grab and to the level of the playing field for the taxi drivers. “The proposal seeks to legalise current technology-driven demand patterns to
HONG KONG, Jun 19 – Over 4,000 people marched in Hong Kong on Saturday to protest against China’s detention of five booksellers whose shop published gossipy books about Chinese leaders, including President Xi Jinping. The demonstration followed a march by 100 activists to China’s liaison office on Friday to protest against what
(P067) Kuala Kangsar Parlimentary Constituency Datin Mastura Mohd Yazid (Umno/BN): 12,653 Dr Najihatussalehah Ahmad (PAS): 5,684 Ahmad Termizi Ramli (PAN): 4,883 Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary (Ind): 54 Registered Voters: 32,949 Turnout: 71.4 Per Cent Majority: 6,969 2013: Datuk Wan Mohammad Khairil Anuar Wan Ahmad. (P093) Sungai Besar Parlimentary Constituency Budiman
KUALA KANGSAR, Jun 18 – The Barisan Nasional today won the Kuala Kangsar by-election with a 6,969 vote majority. BN’s candidate Datin Mastura Mohd Yazid garnered 12,653 votes while PAS’s Dr Najihatussalehah Ahmad received 5,684 votes. Parti Amanah Negara candidate Prof Dr Ahmad Termizi Ramli and Independent candidate Salleh Isahak have effectively losing their
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 18 – A two-day special tripartite meeting on Malaysia Airlines MH370 will be convened here, beginning Monday, to deliberate on the next course of action for the vanished jetliner. Transport Deputy Minister Datuk Ab Aziz Kaprawi told Bernama here today that the highly anticipated meeting would also look in detail, other
KUALA KANGSAR, Jun 18 – The Barisan Nasional today won the Sungai Besar by-election with a 9,191 vote majority. BN’s candidate Budiman Mohd Zohdi garnered 16,800 votes while Parti Amanah Negara candidate Azhar Abdul Shukur received 7,609 votes. PAS’s candidate Dr Abdul Rani Osman effectively losing his election which managed 6,902 votes respectively.
KUALA KANGSAR, Jun 18 – The percentage of voter turnout for the Kuala Kangsar Parliamentary by-election when all the 23 polling centres were closed at 5pm sharp was 71%. Returning Officer for the Kuala Kangsar by-election, Mior Muhammad Jamil Mior Zakaria said the percentage encompassed the ordinary voters as well as early
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 18 – The price of bananas and papaya at the Batu Lanchang market have soared since early Ramadan. Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) education officer N.V. Subbarow said the price of ‘pisang abu’ had risen from RM3.50 per kg to RM6 per kg, while the price of papaya, from
KUALA KANGSAR, Jun 18 – Former Kuala Kangsar Umno division chief, Datuk Ramly Zahari has lodged a police report that his cellphone was hacked by certain quarters who also disseminated slanderous messages. He said he discovered the hacking incident after receiving exchanges of 30 short messaging service (SMS) from unknown individuals about
