Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR – PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim failed in his bid to strike out the sodomy charges filed against him by lawyer Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz as the High Court today dismissed his application that would grant him full pardon granted on the case. High Court Judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir said that the plaintiff (Mohd Khairul Azam) …

KUALA LUMPUR – According to the official data, over 15,000 Malaysian have lost their job between January until July 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the labour market especially the service sector. According to Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan, the statistics were provided by the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore and that the service sector were worst hit …

KUALA LUMPUR – Muar MP and Former Malaysian youth minister Syed Saddiq confirmed on Sunday that he has been offered a scholarship placement at the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew’s Senior Fellowship in Public Service program at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Saddiq announced is admittance into the School’s Senior Fellowship in Public Service Programme in a Facebook post. The …

KUALA LUMPUR – PKR president Anwar Ibrahim expresses confidence today that he can get enough support from the MPs to be the next prime minister, if Pakatan Harapan wins the next general election. Responding to DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng’s remarks saying that Anwar should give way to Warisan president Shafie Apdal as the prime minister’s candidate if he couldn’t …

KUALA LUMPUR – Former prime minister Najib Razak said that only Barisan Nasional can defend the state’s sovereignity. This comment came in after the Philippine reiterated its claim over the state. Najib also expressed disappointment over caretaker Chief Minister Shafie Apdal move to urge the federal government to discuss the matter with the Philippine government in order to resolve the …

KUCHING – Sarawak war hero Awang Raweng will have a state funeral on Monday (September 21) and will be laid to rest at the Heroes Memorial, Malaysian Armed Forces Veterans Affairs Department Sarawak director Sarawak Major Pahot Joll confirmed. The late Awang was 91-years-old when passed away yesterday at his son’s residence in Sri Aman. Pahot said that his men …

KUALA LUMPUR – Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has filed for the registration of the  Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) as an official political party. The former Youth and Sports minister announced that the new party currently has 13 sponsors and has been encouraging response for the people to become members. The Muar MP arrived the Registrar of …

PETALING JAYA – Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba confirmed that more than 600 frontliners in the medical sector has been infected by Covid-19 since February. Out of the more 600 healthcare workers, 406 belongs to the government hospitals while the rest are from the private hospitals and university. According to Dr Adham, one of the policy taken to …

KUALA LUMPUR – Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob confirmed today that the government has yet to decided on whether the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) should be imposed in Sabah state’s Tawau and Lahad Datu. According to Ismail, there are currently 511,000 and 266,000 residents living in Tawau and Lahad Datu, respectively. He said that implementing the EMCO …

PETALING JAYA – The RM5 million fund given by Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor in 2016 was a  “political donation” to her husband, and the party Barisan Nasional’s election campaigns, Rosmah’s former aide Datuk Rizal Mansor told the High court today. Datuk Rizal Mansor once agains testified for the prosecution against his former boss as he …