Malaysia

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 …

JOHOR BAHRU: According to a government lawyer, an absolute ouster provision in the Federal Constitution renders it difficult for an MP to seek leave from the High Court for a judicial review of an Emergency proclamation suspending Parliament and state legislatures. The claimant, Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Abdul Karim, could only “knock on the door of the court but it …

PAGOH: Tensions have reached an all-time high in Johor, with the PPBM warning Umno that their arrogance might lead to the state government collapsing at any moment. Md Nasir Hashim, deputy chairman of the Johor PPBM, said that menteri besar Hasni Mohammad’s reign would come to an end if only two of his assemblymen withdrew their support. Nasir said his …

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here heard today that Umno and its politicians earned corrupt money traceable to 1MDB, which can be proved based on the money trail to Najib Razak’s bank accounts. Deputy public prosecutor Liew Horng Bin said tens of millions of ringgit were paid out to Umno and its associates through cheques or direct debits from Najib’s …

PETALING JAYA: Psychologists believe that the frequent lockdowns in elementary schools, daycare centers, and kindergartens during the past year have harmed children’s cognitive development. They claim that as the children adapt to their new learning environments, symptoms such as social isolation can emerge. A child mental health specialist from Oasis Place, Ong Su Sen, said preschool children, especially children in …