The police today said remarks by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad against Datuk Seri Najib Razak over issues related to the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu and 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) were not seditious. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar in the Star Online report today said because Dr Mahathir…
Why isn’t RON97 cheaper with GST? DAP MP asks Putrajaya
KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 ― DAP’s Teresa Kok today urged Putrajaya to explain why the April rate for the RON97 petrol remained the same after the Goods and Services Tax (GST), claiming that prices should drop under the new consumption tax system. Explaining, Kok pointed out that according to a Bernama report in 2012, then…
More questions on Pota from new Bar Council chief
TheAntDaily- KUALA LUMPUR: The new Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) which was tabled in Parliament on March 30 might not just be eerily similar to the dreaded Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) that was repealed, but also seems to amount to Malaysia reneging on its international obligations. As a non-permanent member of the United Nations…
BN bawah Najib akan kalah PRU14, kata Dr Mahathir
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad hari ini melontarkan kritikan paling keras beliau terhadap Datuk Seri Najib Razak, mengatakan rakyat Malaysia tidak mempercayai perdana menteri itu dan meramalkan kejatuhan kerajaan pemerintah Barisan Nasional (BN) dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang (PRU14) sekiranya presiden Umno itu terus berkuasa. Perdana menteri paling lama berkhidmat itu tahun lalu menarik balik…
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Putrajaya showing desperation to the world with TMI arrests, academics and human rights groups say
KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — Several Southeast Asian media academics and human rights groups said the arrests of the TMI 5 for sedition clearly advertised Putrajaya’s “desperation” to the international community. Three of The Malaysian Insider (TMI) editors were arrested on Monday evening while the news portal’s CEO and the head of The Edge Media…
Sidang Media di Parlimen mengutuk penahanan penyunting dan wartawan The Malaysian Insider.
Pagi ini, Ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat mengadakan sidang akhbar bersama untuk mengutuk penahanan penyunting dan wartawan The Makaysian Insiders (TMI) di lobi Parlimen. Kami merasa marah dan sedih untuk melihat bukan sahaja kebebasan bersuara dan berhimpun rakyat dikena larangan, tetapi kebebasan akhbar juga dicabuli oleh pihak polis dan pihak kerajaan secara pilihan. Polis ada hak…