Malaysia

The Eliminating Deaths and Abuse In Custody Together (EDICT) has called for the government to conduct an inquest after a 42-year old security guard, Sivabalan Subramaniam died. EDICT has issued a statement urging the authorities to take the matters seriously as this is yet another occurrence of custodial death at Gombak police station. They have given emphasis that a thorough …

According to PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Asia should be the one to lead the start of patent protection in order to procure cheaper medicines used to treat critical illnesses such as Covid-19 and HIV/AIDS. As the administration under the US President Joe Biden has intended to support the provisional waiver of intellectual property (IP) protection for Covid-19 vaccine, the …

An online petition aiming for more severe punishment such as being put in jail has been launched against celebrity Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor and her husband for purportedly repeating violations of the Covid-19 SOP. The online campaign that has been already launched online before Neelofa and her husband, Muhammad Hariz Mohd Ismail were charged at the Seremban Court has been …

Johor Amanah deputy asked the state government to call on a special state legislative assembly in order to talk about the additional budget needed to purchase urgent extra Covid-19 doses. The deputy chief, Dzulkefly Ahmad said that as the state’s situation is escalating, it is necessary to hold a special meeting to discuss the matter. He recommended the state to …

According to Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, the former UMNO member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam should be found guilty of contempt after his intervention with the administration of justice as he asked for Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s trial concerning the 1MDB case to be dismissed. Sri Ram is the lead prosecutor of Najib’s trial and is also the acting prosecutor …

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said that the development of Yan as a port is expected to give rise to more shipping activities in the area as employment opportunities aimed for the locals and the surrounding areas are to be created. He also mentioned that these developments will contribute to the shipping industry in regards to promoting tourism …

Minister M. Kulasegaran, the former minister for human resources has been calling the government to investigate several firms for procuring falsified employment data in efforts to acquire funding under the Penjana hiring incentive program. The Penjana program is an economic recovery incentive under the Ministry of Human Resource, administered by Socso’s National Employment Services that aims to create employment opportunities …

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has called the attention of the Ministry of Education (MoE) to continue in its efforts in putting the needs of the educators, parents and pupils first as well as to be attentive to their suggestions in order to aid the development of the teaching and learning (PdP) platforms to ensure that the learning process remains …

An Opposition MP is pressing the Election Commission (EC) to implement reforms that will ensure a safer Sarawak state election even before its holding. DAP’s Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii has pointed out that Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg has been attempting to arrange a meeting with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong concerning the dissolution of the Sarawak …

UMNO Women Chief Datuk Seri Noraini Ahmad asserted that the party president never issued invitations to DAP representatives to any programs organized by the party. Noraini denied the allegation following the controversial WhatsApp conversation which was said to be a discussion among the members of the UMNO supreme council about the supposed directive. Noraini has given a statement saying that …