Malaysia

DAP and Amanah today urged PKR to return to the consensus of Pakatan Harapan to support Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as the ninth prime minister if Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim fails to achieve majority parliamentary support. DAP organizing secretary Anthony Loke and Amanah communications director Khalid Abdul Samad stated in a joint statement that Pakatan Harapan (PH) had settled on …

Acute supply and supernormal rubber glove demand could persist in the next two years. Analyst, Raymond Choo Ping Khoon said glove makers issued new customer orders from airlines , hotels, retail apparel chains and hotel operators. When we look at the single capacity expansion figures, it seems daunting. Juxtaposed with annual growth in demand and new pandemic-led demand, the increased …

With the most extensive supply chain manufacturing and IoT computing ecosystem, COMPUTEX TAIPEI attracts more than 1,600 exhibitors and 40,000 foreign skilled visitors to Taipei, Taiwan, each June. They provide a one stop procurement platform for global buyers, ranging from key components to end products, consumer electronics to industrial solutions, ICT products to cross-field IoT solutions. Many of the world’s …

The High Court here today dismissed an appeal by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the other four disqualified Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) for a provisional injunction order to declare their expulsion from the group to be unlawful. The temporary complaint for injunction, which lists the expelled five and the Bersatu group itself as claimants, was lodged against party member …

Pakatan Harapan (PH) never formally named the elder statesman as his prime ministerial nominee in his negotiations with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Bersatu party and Parti Warisan Sabah. Instead, PH Chief Secretary Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the alliance has repeatedly named PKR President Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as its key contender to head the “restoration of the people’s …

Thousands of Sabah PKR members are expected to quit the party this Friday, claimed Datuk Karim Ghani, its acting strategic and election machinery manager. The step is seen as the new political effort to rock the Government of Warisan-led Sabah. Karim said that some representatives were dissatisfied with the leadership of the state and wished to be allied with the …

Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) debate on his nominee for prime minister is still underway, its chief secretary Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said tonight in the middle of this evening’s self-imposed deadline for decision. In a brief comment, Saifuddin, who is also Secretary-General of PKR, denied many media outlets stating otherwise, claiming that they are not the official stand of either …

DAP MP Hannah Yeoh said today that she was asked to appear for questioning in Bukit Aman on a post about child marriage related to social media. The former deputy minister of women, family and community development said she had received a call today from the headquarters of the Federal Police over a tweet in March. Bukit Aman has called …

Country Heights Holdings Bhd President Tan Sri Lee Kim Tiong confirmed that his other company had previously received an RM5.9 million check from Lewis & Co — a law firm named in Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi — for two Country Heights homes. Lee, who testified as the 57th prosecution witness in Zahid ‘s money-laundering and corruption trial, said that …

Xiaomi has launched its huge Mi Power Bank 3 30,000mAh which keeps more backup power on the go. This is effectively the higher-capacity variant of the 20,000mAh Mi Power Bank 3 that allows easy 2-way charging. It is priced at CNY 169 (about RM101) in China and comes with 2x USB-A, 1x USB-C, and 1x microUSB port. The device USB-C …