KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Pensioners are unable to get free medicines from private hospitals for now after the Public Service Department (PSD) ordered its third-party intermediary to stop all supplies of medicines and medical equipment to pensioners. OratisRx Sdn Bhd, which the government had appointed in 2012 to act as an intermediary between PSD…
GEORGE TOWN: Following a court ruling in favour of 104 buyers who had sought compensation from a developer for late delivery of their units at a condominium in Jalan Kuchai Lama, in Kuala Lumpur, two DAP men today filed a police report here on the matter. Batu Kawan DAP leaders, Satees Muniandy and P…
The original version of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s motion for a Private Member’s Bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act (Act 355) is in the Parliament order paper, without any of the amendments made last November. This is the version with which Hadi sought to remove the punishment cap for syariah offences,…
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today set aside the order by the urban wellbeing, housing and local government minister to give a 12-month extension to a developer to complete his project. Justice Hanipah Farikullah, who allowed the judicial review application by 104 house buyers, said the minister’s decision to rely on a regulation to…
PETALING JAYA: Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, who made headlines last year by referring to Seputeh MP Teresa Kok in Parliament as the only woman with a “Kok”, is taking the issue to court. He is suing Shah Alam MP Khalid Abdul Samad who had reacted to his comment by…
COMMENT | Coming in the wake of the hudud bill tabled before Parliament, the mysterious disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh have raised concerns among the minority Christians in Malaysia. The first foreign agency to respond to the news was ‘Voice of Persecuted Christians’, known under its portal name as Release International. It claimed Koh’s abduction was because of his church work.
PETALING JAYA: A shariah expert who served as consultant researcher and fatwa writer to the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) has taken PAS to task over its plan to introduce heavier penalties for shariah offences, saying it is nothing more than a “political product” to capture the Muslim vote. Nurul Haq Shahrir, who…
Pasir Gudang Umno division has questioned why Mengkibol state assemblyperson Tan Hong Pin was critical of Johor Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin’s voter details and not those from DAP. Division assistant secretary Noor Azleen Ambros said the matter should not have arisen, given that DAP vice-president Teresa Kok used the address of her service centre…