PETALING JAYA: The reputation of Malaysia as a moderate Muslim nation is going down the tubes as the government continues to attract attention and for all the wrong reasons, said Australian daily Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). In an editorial, SMH cited the jailing of former Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, almost one year ago, for what…
Swiss: US$4bn believed embezzled from 1MDB
KUALA LUMPUR: The Swiss Attorney-General has revealed that as much as US$4 billion may have been misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Bhd and transferred to Swiss bank accounts. “Various former Malaysian public officials and both former and current officials of the United Arab Emirates” were said to be involved. The Swiss Attorney-General has now invoked mutual…
Canopy fee casts gloom over KL night market traders
Kuala Lumpur lawmakers today demanded that City Hall abolish the canopy fee that was recently imposed on traders at night markets. Over 100 traders, led by Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar, Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai, Seputeh MP Teresa Kok and Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun, gathered outside City Hall this morning to…
Kok: Spend on scholarships instead of National Service
PETALING JAYA: DAP National Vice-Chairperson Teresa Kok has questioned the government’s rational of spending money on the National Service Training programme (NS) instead of funding overseas scholarships for deserving students. In a statement, Kok said Prime Minister Najib Razak “broke the hearts” of 744 Public Service Department (JPA) scholarship students who will now have to…
After months of hard work and drama, MACC feels dejected
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) spent seven months on the investigations concerning the cases involving Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak. However, attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali yesterday ordered that the files be closed since there were no grounds to initiate charges. Having met numerous obstacles and even sacrificing their Hari Raya break, the investigators who worked…
Shafie Apdal breaks ranks with BN reps over TPPA
Former rural and regional development minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal today broke ranks with his fellow Barisan Nasional (BN) backbenchers over the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), saying there are many issues to be resolved before Malaysia could sign the trade pact. The Semporna MP questioned the need to “rush” into signing TPPA, and said…
No criminal offence over RM2.6 billion in Najib’s accounts, case closed, says A-G
Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, the attorney-general said today, after close to six months of investigations into the RM2.6 billion channelled into the prime minister’s bank accounts and into Finance Ministry-owned firm, SRC International Sdn Bhd. Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali, who is also public prosecutor, today told a…
Fearful of polls backlash, Sarawak PAS tells Hadi to hold inter-faith dialogue
Sarawak PAS commissioner Jofri Jaraiee has called on his party president to hold an inter-faith dialogue to clarify his derogatory statement on Christianity and missionaries in the state, ahead of the expected polls in March. Blaming the media for possible distortion to sensationalise the sensitive issue, Jofri said the best way to settle the matter…