PUTRAJAYA, Dec 21 ― Muslim intellectual Kassim Ahmad today won his legal challenge against Federal Territories Islamic Department (JAWI) as the Court of Appeal found the religious body’s actions including a cross-border arrest and a detention exceeding 24 hours to be illegal. Court of Appeal judge Vernon Ong delivered a three-man bench’s unanimous ruling in…
Kelajuan Internet Malaysia lebih perlahan berbanding Thailand, Sri Lanka
Kadar purata kelajuan sambungan Internet Malaysia terbukti merosot bagi suku ketiga 2015, sekali gus meletakkannya di kedudukan ke-73 di peringkat global. Malah, kadar purata kelajuan sambungan Internet di Malaysia adalah jauh lebih perlahan berbanding Thailand dan Sri Lanka di rantau ini dan hanya sedikit mengatasi Vietnam. Hasil tinjauan global oleh Akamai Technologies yang dijalankan pada Julai…
Sepentas dengan Najib tanda Hadi berjiwa besar, kata timbalan presiden PAS
Tindakan Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang duduk sepentas dengan Datuk Seri Najib Razak bukan bermakna PAS akan bergabung dengan Umno sebagai satu parti, kata Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man. Sebaliknya, timbalan presiden PAS itu berkata ia adalah petanda kebesaran jiwa Hadi dan parti Islam itu yang sentiasa berlapang dada untuk membincangkan isu melangkaui parti. “Kesediaan…
Santiago: Kok is far from being a blackmailer
PETALING JAYA: Klang MP Charles Santiago today defended fellow DAP MP Teresa Kok against the allegation that she is in the habit of blackmailing party members. Speaking to FMT, Santiago said those making the allegation might not know the Seputeh MP as well as he did. He said he had a long friendship with her…
Teresa talks turkey, wants price controlled for Christmas
PETALING JAYA: Turkey is a must for Christmas dinner and should by right be listed as a price-controlled item, said DAP lawmaker Teresa Kok. “Turkey is the traditional Christmas dinner menu for many Christian families. “It is therefore insensitive and inconsiderate on the part of the government not to place turkey in the list of…
1MDB sent US$850 million to entity made to appear owned by UAE firm, says WSJ
In the latest turn of events involving state-owned firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported today that a 1MDB unit had sent at least US$850 million (RM3.7 billion) to an offshore entity made to appear controlled by Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Co (Ipic). Citing wire transfer documents, the paper said…
We will work with Umno but stay in the opposition, PAS Youth says
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 ― PAS youth chief Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz said today that PAS is willing to cooperate with Umno but in its capacity as a member of the opposition, noting that the Islamist party will not form a formal alliance with the ruling pact. He said the cooperation would be…
1MDB, RM2.6b scandals may be BN’s downfall
KUALA LUMPUR: The double controversies of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and a RM2.6 billion donation given to Prime Minister Najib Razak may prove to be Barisan Nasional’s undoing in the next general elections, said Seputeh MP Teresa Kok today. Speaking at a convention in Malacca, Kok said Najib’s jabs at DAP in the recently concluded Umno general assembly were attempts…