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While commenting on the position of the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU) that currently leads one state which is Sabah, the deputy president of BERSATU said that after being made to resign in December, Former Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu has hinted to return to the post. Sabah is the only state that is still being led …

Yesterday, the evidence submitted by Sarawak DAP Chairman Chong Chieng Jen in his defense against a suit of defamation involving other two companies from the Sarawak government and State Financial Authority was rejected by the High Court. The submitted evidence which involves the Titanium Management Sdn Bhd was instructed by Judicial Commissioner Alexander Siew How Wai to be taken off …

Former PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak appeal against his corruption charges which is related to the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal will be heard on Monday by the Malaysia’s Court of Appeal. Najib is facing accusations of embezzling US$4.5 billion (RM18.6 billion) from 1MDB which is a state fund that he co-founded in the year 2009. Related PostsGreed and ambition’ has driven …

Political experts have different opinions about having party elections right now after witnessing PAU 2020 where parties are involved in political quarrels and spite. However, senior researcher Anis Anwar Suhaimi at think tank O2 Malaysia thinks that having party elections is the best path for UMNO. Anis said that contradicting directions from authorities confuses people which is caused from the …

A businessman with the title of Datuk Seri was among 32 individuals arrested at an entertainment center at the Gemilang Business Center, at Friday midnight for violating standard operating procedures (SOP) during the conditional movement control order (CMCO). Seberang Perai Tengah District Police Chief (SPT), Assistant Commissioner Shafee Abd Samad said that all the arrested locals were between 20 and …

BERSATU’s future is perceived by previous UMNO supreme council official Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz to be mostly dependent on PM Muhyiddin Yassin’s political fortune. The Padang Rengas Member of Parliament said that because of that, BERSATU chose to continue working with PAS through the National Alliance (PN) because the Islamic party has grassroots strength as reported by Sinar …

A member of the UMNO Supreme council says that for the time being, talk about Muslim unity is irrelevant until the next general election (GE15) is concluded. Abdul Rahman Dahlan pointed out that that this does not mean to say that UMNO is setting aside the matter but to focus on the other issues that needed to be prioritized at …

There is no information received by the Immigration Department so far from the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) regarding the involvement of their personnel with the case of Datuk Seri Nicky Liow Soon Hee, a fugitive businessman. If their department’s personnel were discovered to be a part of the country’s largest money laundering syndicate, carried out by the Nicky Gang, director-general …

Political experts say that even if PAS recently announced its partnership with BERSATU, there is still a possibility that the Islamist party will partner with UMNO going into the next GE. Professor Azmi Hassan, a geostrategist at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia said the joint statement made by PAS and BERSATU was the same as always.  He said that the statement is just …

Statistics Department’s chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin said that fresh graduates who joined the job market in 2020 received lower pay than 2019, getting the absolute lowest salary allowed by law. He noted that the Covid-19 pandemic also caused a lower labour force participation (LFPR) among those fresh graduates. New graduates recorded a decline in monthly income where most of them …