This morning I went to Old Klang Road morning market to do a walkabout with my party members. We distributed mandarin oranges and my new CNY calendars to everyone that we met in the market. This is my yearly CNY walkabout prior to Chinese New Year. I believe in giving new year blessings to the…
This morning, I went to the opening of The Market Place, a renovated market in OUG. The opening was officiated by Tengku Adnan, Minister of Federal Territory. In his speech, Tengku Adnan mentioned about photocopied license by some hawkers in OUG. He blamed this to the gangsters. He then claimed that he was a bigger…
Federal police are investigating whether ill-gotten gains connected with Malaysia’s multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, which has seen the country’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak, accused of funnelling $US1 billion through his bank account, have been stashed in Australia. AFP officers are assisting at least one of the three known authorities — the Swiss, the Americans and the…
Today afternoon I attended a special celebration mass for Archbishop Emeritus Soter Fernandez to be awarded by Pope Francis as the first cardinal of Malaysia at St John’s Cathedral at Kuala Lumpur. The celebrstion was attended by 12 Catholic bishops throughout Malaysia and more than 30 dignitaries, including other Christian leaders and leaders of other…
Tonight many of the DAP Sabah leaders and Lim Kit Siang are extremely happy as Jannie Lasimbang, the Sabah Bersih chairwoman joins DAP together with her 80-year-old mother at Kota Kinabalu. Her brother Adrian Lasimbang has joined DAP in Sabah two years ago, Adrian has been actively working in interior area of Sabah for the…
PETALING JAYA: City Hall has rejected claims by restaurant owners that the grease trap fee of RM1,500 a year is too high. The owners need to pay this amount when renewing their permits. This new regulation came into effect on Jan 1. It will require a restaurant owner to fork out RM125 a month, which…
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak is masterfully rebranding himself as a devout Muslim and has successfully undermined the opposition, according to The Economist. In its latest edition, the respected magazine says despite the mysteries surrounding 1MDB, the prime minister appears to be consolidating his power. Najib, it says, is “at the top of his…
PETALING JAYA: The suspect who was arrested earlier Wednesday for alleged graft is from the Rural and Regional Development Ministry, confirms Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy chief commissioner (operations) Datuk Azam Baki. When contacted to verify the identity of the suspect, Azam confirmed that it was the current Ministry secretary-general, Datuk Mohd Arif Ab Rahman….