KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry has given the three reasons for suspension of the The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily for three months from July 27. The two business publications, owned by tycoon Tong Kooi Ong’s Edge Media Group, have carried extensive coverage of the financial problems of the government’s investment company 1Malaysia…
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Suspension of The Edge: Has the government run into panic amidst all the 1 MDB related allegations against the Prime Minister and the government?
The Home Ministry ‘s suspension of The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily for three months beginning July 27 has shocked and angered Malaysians. The fact that CIMB Chairman Datuk Seri Nasir Razak and Air Asia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes have condemned the government’s move reflects the shock and anger of the…
The Edge weekly, daily suspended for 3 months from July 27
The Home Ministry has suspended the publishing permit of The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily for three months from July 27. A letter from the ministry stated that the two publications’ reporting of 1MDB were “prejudicial or likely to be prejudicial to public order, security or likely to alarm public opinion or is likely to be prejudicial to public…
Tony Tan was never my PA. He was only a volunteer assistant in my Service Center
I read Tony Tan’s statement which accused Tony Pua’s wife of stashing RM3million abroad with abhorrence and disgust. I described him as “rascal” in my FB because he was and he is a rascal. I must correct the mistake made by most journalists when they describe him as my former PA. I wish to reiterate…
PAS ready to go it alone if excluded from ‘Pakatan 2.0’
KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 ― PAS is ready to operate on its own if it is excluded from the new opposition coalition dubbed by some as “Pakatan 2.0”, party deputy president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man has said. The PAS leader was quoted by Sinar Harian today as saying that the Islamist party has experience…
No need for us to confirm, WSJ’s 1MDB articles are clear enough, Dow Jones tells PM’s lawyers
KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — Dow Jones & Company has told lawyers acting for Datuk Seri Najib Razak that there was no need for them to ask if Wall Street Journal (WSJ) had meant to accuse the Malaysian prime minister of misappropriating funds as the business daily’s reports provide a clear answer to their questions….
Rumah terbuka Hari Raya di Parlimen Malaysia
Semalam saya hadir rumah terbuka Hari Raya yang dihoskan oleh Speaker Dewan Rakyat, Tan Sri Pandikar Amin di halaman Bangunan Parlimen. Saya gembira melihat ramai pegawai Parlimen dan Ahli Parlimen hadir di rumah terbuka tersebut, termasuk Bung Moktar, Ahli Parlimen Kinabatangan, Sabah. Selepas bersalam dengan Tan Sri Pandikar Amin, saya duduk semeja dengan Lim Lip…
Ex-DAP man demands Tony Pua come clean on RM3m savings abroad
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — In the wake of opposition lawmaker Tony Pua’s criticism of 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a former DAP member has accused the Petaling Jaya Utara MP of parking RM3 million abroad in his wife’s name. Tony Tan Chee Chon, a former personal assistant to DAP vice-chairman Teresa Kok who parted…