KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — With the annual monsoon season just around the corner, the DAP-backed Gabungan Impian Kelantan (GIK) sought to raise RM3.2 million to aid the hundreds of displaced residents whose homes were wrecked by massive flooding in the northeastern state last year. Hundreds of supporters of all ages, colours and creeds turned…
Amanah gets RoS nod for new name
Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) today received approval from the Registrar of Societies (RoS) to use its name, replacing the Malaysian Workers Party as it was formerly known. Amanah president Mohamad Sabu said the party was confident that the RoS would also give the green light for other changes applied for, such as its constitution. “Today…
Call on the Prime Minister to suspend or expel the Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Tajuddin Abdul Rahman
Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister and Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman twice shocked Malaysians yesterday. First shock was when he made the most obnoxious and offensive remarks by saying that Chinese in Malaysia could be ‘slapped’ if they took their grouses outside of the country. Second shock was when he denied using the…
PKR at loggerheads over Pakatan Harapan
Just two weeks after PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail launched Pakatan Harapan, the party she leads appears divided over the issue, with one faction calling for an emergency meeting to discuss the hasty format of the new opposition pact. The PKR supreme council (MPP) will meet next Sunday, following a petition…
Khir Toyo jailed 12 months, court orders property seized
Former Selangor menteri besar Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo was sentenced to 12 months’ jail for abusing his power while in office to purchase a land and a bungalow in 2007. Federal Court judge Tan Sri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, who delivered the verdict, also upheld the decision of the lower court to forfeit the property. He…
Wisma Putra not calling up Chinese envoy over Petaling Street remarks, says report
Wisma Putra will not be calling up Chinese ambassador Huang Huikang, reversing its earlier attempts to do so after the envoy visited Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur and made certain remarks there on Friday, according to a vernacular news report. According to the report, the move to summon Huang by Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Seri…
Chinese envoy’s remarks unfortunate, can be manipulated, says ex-MCA leader
Chinese ambassador to Malaysia Dr Huang Huikang’s visit to Petaling Street yesterday, though well-meaning, is counter-productive, unnecessary and can be manipulated to the detriment of the country’s frayed racial harmony, a former MCA leader said. Gan Ping Sieu, a former MCA vice-president, said in a Facebook posting, that the ambassador’s remarks on the rally that…
Wisma Putra expected to summon Chinese ambassador
KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese ambassador to Malaysia Dr Huang Huikang is expected to be summoned by Wisma Putra following his statements that are seen as interfering in Malaysia’s domestic affairs. It is understood the summon, set on Monday, will seek explanation from Dr Huang on his statement made during his visit on Friday, Wisma Putra officials…