KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today ordered Khairy Jamaluddin to pay RM150,000 in damages to jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, after ruling that a statement by the Umno Youth leader nine years ago was defamatory. Judge Azizul Azmi Adnan said Kh… Read more »
KUALA LUMPUR: Isteri perdana menteri Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor hari ini menyempurnakan majlis pelepasan Misi Pasca Banjir Utara 2017 yang disertai lebih 400 sukarelawan Team Salute Malaysia untuk misi bantuan banjir ke utara Malaysia Barat. Misi yang… Read more »
PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad today said although he was behind Umno’s move to label DAP as a “Chinese chauvinist party” when he was the Malay party’s president for 22 years, he has come to realise that the opposit… Read more »
By Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud and Callistus Antony D’Angelus The political climate in the country is getting more vibrant by the day, in anticipation of the upcoming general election. Umno and its junior allies that form Barisan Nasional, the coalitio… Read more »
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has backed away from a threat to skip the summit with South East Asian leaders in the Philippines later this year, with the White House now saying he will attend. In a statement Friday, the White House said that Tr… Read more »
By Liew Chin Tong When it comes to economics, the Najib Razak government is both arrogant and ignorant. It doesn’t understand the livelihood of ordinary folks and is not prepared to concede that Najibnomics is not serving the needs of Malaysians. Wh… Read more »
IPOH: Ketua Pesuruhjaya Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad menyifatkan tindakan Lim Kit Siang menggelarnya ‘monyet’ dalam isu 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) melampau dan tidak beradab. Dzulkifli berkata beliau… Read more »
PETALING JAYA: The owner of Empire Laundry Hub in Kangar has covered a sign informing the public that only Muslim customers were welcome at his laundrette after he was reprimanded by the Perlis government and advised against the policy by state muft… Read more »
By P Ramasamy The responsibility for planning and executing flood mitigation projects in the country is the complete preserve of the federal government. However, although state governments do not have the kind of budget the federal government has, t… Read more »
By Dennis Ignatius Yet again, a Muslim group is raising the specter of a Christian threat to the security of the nation and the position of Islam in Malaysia. A group of NGOs led by Jaringan Muslimin Pulau Pinang (JMPP) is demanding that the police … Read more »
By P Ramasamy The MACC chief’s request to opposition political parties to submit the names of their possible candidates for the next general election is really much ado about nothing. The MACC might give the impression it is an active public agency … Read more »
KLANG: Penganjur Festival F&B Jerman Centro Mall belum memohon permit polis, kata Ketua Polis Klang Utara ACP Mazelan Paijan. Di tengah-tengah liputan mengenai Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK) membenarkan acara itu, Mazelan berkata MPK menambah syarat… Read more »
By G25 We, the members of G25, join our friends and colleagues in Suhakam and the Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF), as well as the lawyers and academicians, who have spoken out criticising the detention of Turkish author and journalist Mustafa Akyol … Read more »