Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR – According to Trade Minister Azmin Ali, Malaysia’s economic rebound will likely be more U-shaped than V, dampened by renewed restrictions in the wake of a revival of coronavirus infections.In an interview with Bloomberg TV, the government tries to root out the virus without damaging industries by bringing back a national lockout, Datuk Seri Azmin said Still, he …

PETALING JAYA: In the event that Budget 2021 is not affirmed, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad states, respectful workers will still be paying their pay scales.  The former chief said that it is unfaithful to oppose Budget 2021, that respectful staff and frontliners will not earn salaries, pensions and remittances. A talk on the budget tabled in October did not go …

KUALA LUMPUR – On Nov 17, Malaysia announced that it had entered into an agreement with China to engage in the promotion of a safe and efficient antibody vaccine as part of efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the deal, in effect for an initial duration of five years, priority access to COVID-19 vaccines produced by China will be …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has decided to declare a state of emergency in Batu Sapi in order to delay the forthcoming by-election scheduled for 5 December, in order to avert a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. A statement released on Wednesday evening (Nov 18) by palace comptroller Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin …

MALAYSIA, KUALA LUMPUR Nov 18 —Conditional movement control order (CMCO) continued to remain the temporarily closing of Nightclubs nationwide as the order of the government, temporary measure to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading and said not mean to be permanent as long as standard operating procedures (SOPs) are followed with, Minister saidPrime Minister’s Department (special functions), Datuk Seri Mohd …

MALAYSIA, KUALA LUMPUR—Tan Sri Tommy Thomas Former attorney general said holding the highest legal office within the nation had uncovered him to the true nature of Malaysian politicians in for all intents and purposes major way.He made the remarks in a legal podcast that for all intents and purpose,  specifically reported by The Edge.Tan Sri Tommy Thomas in spite of …

Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) shared that the anti-graft body expects unethical practices and misuse of authority in Malaysia to grow in the coming years. According to a story by The Star today, he said this is because of the vulnerable and dynamic climate that Malaysia currently finds itself in, but did not …

Malaysia’s most wanted man claimed in the first audio recordings of Jho Low released that more than US$1 billion (RM4.11 billion at today’s exchange rate) that ended up in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s private bank accounts came from 1MDB and was not part of the generous contributions from the royal family of Saudi Arabia. The fugitive said King Abdullah of …

The extension of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) from November 9 to December 6, the trial of the Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor corruption case at the High Court here, which was scheduled to proceed today, has been postponed to 11th of December. Earlier this month, when the CMCO was extended to November 9, the graft case hearing was delayed. …

Parliament is taking a huge action in order to deal with false news and with this, the government will use current regulations. Looking back, on the 30th of January of this year the Anti-Fake News Act was officially repealed. In relation to this, current laws such as the Penal Code, the Printing and Printing Presses and Publications Act and the …