KUALA LUMPUR: A Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) executive director was today charged at the Sessions Court with 18 counts of accepting bribes and accumulating assets as well as obtaining illegal income of up to RM4.99 million in total. Syed Afendy Ali Syed Abid Ali claimed trial to charges under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act,…
PETALING JAYA: Developers are in the business of building, not lending money to homebuyers. Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) Past President Ng Seing Liong, who said this today, said housing developers would prefer to use the money to build more homes rather than going into the moneylending business.
Today I went to Jalan Duta court to support Anwar Ibrahim’s application to challenge the controversial National Security Council Act 2016 (NSC Act). I witnessed the “hand-shake of the century” where Anwar Ibrahim shook Tun Mahathir’s hand after he came into the court room. It happened at the time when the judge was not around,…
Today afternoon, I went for the launching ceremony of Zunar’s cartoon exhibition in Dataran PJ, opposite Amcorp Mall. I was surprised to see the cartoons were enlarged and displayed at the roadside. The exhibition was supported by MBPJ and Tourism Selangor, it was officiated by Selangor Exco Elizabeth Wong. In Zunar’s speech, he mentioned that…
================================================= Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Aziz said yesterday that the Bill to amend the Law Reform (Marriages and Divorce) Act 1976 will resolve the issue of unilateral child conversions. He said the Bill would bring the issue in line with the Cabinet’s decision in April 2009 to require both parents’ consent for the conversion…
SABAK BERNAM: Barisan Nasional is not as strong as it appears to be, and it can easily lose 45 seats in the next general election, according to former deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Speaking at an anti-1MDB ceramah last night, he said a study had shown the BN loss could come from a shift of…
PETALING JAYA: Stepping into a row about whether Umno has cheated the Malay people, Penang DAP’s Syerleena Abdul Rashid backed her party comrade Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud by citing several land deals as examples. Speaking to FMT, Syerleena cited several deals involving Malay reserve land being sold, including one in Penang in 2012 involving two…