Malaysia

Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s corruption and money-laundering trial over 1Malaysia Development Berhad ( 1MDB) funds will not start as scheduled for tomorrow, as the former prime minister will assist with Barisan Nasional’s by-election campaign in Chini, Pahang this Saturday. Najib ‘s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah today told the Kuala Lumpur High Court that it was important for his …

PKR chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim denied reports that he was making any backdoor deals with some shady characters. The Port Dickson MP claimed unequivocally that the reports are the work of those who are mad about money. He highlighted that he wants to refer to a certain party’s slander alleging that he is working with a few traitorous people. …

Mah Sing Group Bhd has retained its revenue target of RM1.6 billion by 2020 with 84 per cent of its goods priced below RM700,000. The group said it was preparing to push ahead with its planned launches in the second half of the year in a statement today after its virtual annual general meeting ( AGM). During its weekend launch …

Malaysians returning from overseas would have to pay a total of RM30 to RM150 to be screened for Covid-19 upon their admission into the country from now on, whereas non-citizens would have to pay higher rates depending on the form of testing carried out, new rules released by the government said. The updated rules released on June 26 and entering …

PKR said it is ready today to address any decisions taken by the Pakatan Harapan ( PH) Presidential Board, including the option of a nominee for prime minister. In a statement today, its party secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution said this is given the Supreme Council leaders’ earlier stance on the subject. Any new candidate’s decision should not be leveraged …

Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) President Tan Sri Dr. James Masing today advised former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad to avoid playing politics after nominating Sabah’s chief minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal as Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) nominee for prime minister if the alliance wrests the federal government back. He said that this was clearly a trick to get Sarawak and …

Johor DAP ‘s Women Wing’s media manager, Marina Ibrahim, said she entered the group because she has her own war fights. The 33-year-old, who is among the few Malay leaders of the DAP, added not having to be pigeonholed by the racial agenda and hoping to improve how Malays regarded the group. She said that she will see the cohesion …

With both Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim confident about becoming Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) helmsman and his supporters, some political analysts indicated the latter would be giving way. Talking to Malay Mail, the analysts said that, contrary to Dr Mahathir who is now heading a contested division of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, Anwar is now guiding PKR …

Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah today unveiled a news channel under Radio Television Malaysia ( RTM), a state-owned broadcaster, as part of the Putrajaya campaign to fight so-called “false news.” The communications and multimedia minister said the station, renamed Saluran Berita RTM (Malay’s RTM News Channel), will be broadcasting on channel 123 of MYFreeview and is also multilingual. Saluran Berita RTM @beritartm …

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today declared that both elected government officials will report their properties within three months of the day they were sworn-in. Muhyiddin, who chaired the Anti-Corruption Special Cabinet Committee (JKKMAR) by way of video conferencing earlier today, said the government would continue its attempts to strengthen governance and dignity by adopting the 2019-2023 National Anti-Corruption …