Hari ini saya hadir “sidang tergempar” Ahli Parlimen progresif yang dipanggil oleh Ketua Pembangkang Parlimen, Dato’ Seri Wan Azizah. Mesyuarat ini dipanggil berikutan dengan isu 1MDB yang membabitkan Perdana Menteri yang telah menjadi berita antarabangsa. Pada asalnya mesyuarat ini sepatutnya diadakan di dalam bilik taklimat Parlimen, tetapi tempahan yang dibuat oleh YB Johari Abdul kemudian…
Re-open Ambank murder probe, says Kit Siang
DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang has urged police to re-open the murder case of Ambank founder Hussein Ahmad Najadi. Lim, who is also Gelang Patah MP, said this was to ensure that Hussein’s death had nothing to do with the 1MDB scandal. Lim’s call comes as a special taskforce probes allegations that 1MDB’s funds were…
Jasa: WSJ report is an international conspiracy
BALIK PULAU: The Special Affairs Department (Jasa) today described the allegation against Prime Minister Najib Razak reported in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) as an international conspiracy to topple the government. Jasa director-general Mohd Puad Zarkashi said that previously it was insiders that attacked the government until after the arrest of a former employee of…
With opposition in chaos, embattled Najib likely to weather political crisis
KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, under fire for claims that US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) in funds ended up in his personal accounts, may yet weather the political storm with the help of an opposition in disarray. The crisis is the biggest to engulf Najib since he came to…
Malaysia’s PM Najib Hangs On
Malaysia appears almost in a state of suspended animation – on the surface – over allegations on July 3 by the Wall Street Journal and Sarawak Report that the state-backed investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd had directed nearly US$700 million into Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal accounts prior to the 2013 election. “We have never…
Umno showed no respect for Iban community in Masai ruckus, says Guan Eng
The DAP today said Umno has shown that it has no respect for the Iban community, following the ruckus at a DAP event, attended by Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang in Masai, Johor yesterday. Party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said the incident at the Iban-owned coffee shop might become an issue in Barisan Nasional-ruled…
Call on Umno President and the Police to take swift and stern actions against political gangsters
Yesterday’s violent incident at the DAP kopitiam talk in Masai, Johor was most disgraceful and must be condemned by all political parties and all right thinking Malaysians. DAP Parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang who was unhurt had said that bowls, plates, and punches were aimed at the DAP entourage. Even a broom was thrown at…
Kit Siang says Kopitiam mob first in his near 50-year political career
The attack by a group of thugs at a kopitiam in Masai, Johor today was the first violent incident DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang had faced in his political career spanning almost half a century. “It was very disgraceful for this to happen during the Ramadan month,” Lim told The Malaysian Insider. It was…