KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — Residents at Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) are questioning how almost half of a public park was quietly taken away to be turned into a private plot of land for nine condominium blocks.
Indira Gandhi to sue IGP for ignoring Federal Court order to arrest Muslim ex-husband
PETALING JAYA, Nov 21 — Hindu mother M. Indira Gandhi will be initiating a civil suit against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for failing to comply with a mandamus order issued by the Federal Court to arrest her Muslim convert ex-husband who has refused to hand custody of the couple’s youngest child back to…
Kok: Highrise projects not in line with KL City Plan 2020
PETALING JAYA: The cabinet has been urged to freeze approvals for all Rumah Wilayah Persekutuan (Rumawip) projects and other buildings not undertaken in accordance with the draft of the KL City Plan 2020. Seputeh DAP MP Teresa Kok said the cabinet’s recent directive to Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to freeze luxury condominiums and shopping…
Cabinet is Urged To Direct DBKL To Freeze the Approval of All RumaWip and Buildings Which Are Not Built According to The KL City Plan 2020 And Not Only Freezing Approval for Luxury Condominiums and Shopping Complex in Kuala Lumpur
I welcome the cabinet’s directive to DBKL to freeze approvals for four types of developments following a study by Bank Negara effective November 1 this year. However, the freeze of development on the luxury condominiums and shopping complex doesn’t address the grave concern and unhappiness of the KL city folks on the way DBKL and…
Zahid: Pakatan needs to resolve DAP, PPBM problems before registration
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) needs to resolve issues with the DAP and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) before it can be approved as a formal coalition, Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today. The deputy prime minister said among the issues that the Opposition coalition needs to address includes…
Stop sending students to study Islam in Middle East, says Muslim scholar
THE habit of sending students to learn about Islam in the Middle East should be stopped due to the political climate there, said a Muslim scholar. “We need to differentiate between culture and Islam. This doesn’t mean cultures, including Arab culture, are bad… (but) what is happening these days is highly political,” said Professor Dr Jasser…
MPs slam Bung for nudity remark when defending women in hijab
PETALING JAYA: Umno MP Bung Moktar Radin’s defence of hotel employees’ right to wear headscarves would have carried more weight if it wasn’t accompanied by a sexist remark, female opposition MPs said.
HOW FACEBOOK ERA MADE THE MONARCHIES OF MALAYSIA, BRUNEI RELEVANT AGAIN
Brunei’s Prince Abdul Mateen – 10th son of the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah – has Hollywood movie star looks and an Instagram following (705,000 and counting) larger than his country’s population. The Crown Prince of Johor, (a state in southern Malaysian) Tunku (Prince) Ismail Sultan Ibrahim – an avid polo-player who heads Malaysia’s Football Association –…