Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR – Top Police today had confirmed that the man arrested for allegedly insulting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is mentally unsound. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said that the suspect, who was said to have made the insult in a Facebook posting had a medical record of mental health problems. The police were investigating the person …

KUALA LUMPUR – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad blames Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for the downfall of the Pakatan Harapan government. Speaking to Bersatu members in a closed-door meeting on Sunday, Dr. Mahathir said the “real” crisis happened when Muhyiddin wanted to leverage Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s desire to be prime minister and took the party …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd posted a turnaround in the financial year of FY19 with a record profit booking a huge jump in gains from divestments as it braces for a challenging year due to the Covid-19 coronavirus. The sovereign wealth fund staged a profit from operations climbed to RM7.36 bil compared with a loss …

KUALA LUMPUR – Three more new Covid-19 cases were reported on Friday (Feb 28), bringing the total to 25. 22 patients have recovered and have been discharged. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said one of the new cases was a Japanese woman, aged 41, who works in Malaysia. She also had history of flying in Japan and Indonesia. …

KUALA LUMPUR – In a report released on Friday, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) presidential council states that Anwar gets the most number of nominations from MPs based on a system that was set by the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah several days ago. This is regardless of the palace’s statement which the Agong confirmed that he …

PUTRAJAYA – Should the Parliament gets dissolved in the stir of current political restructuring, the Election Commission (EC) is prepared to conduct an early general election. Chairman Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun states that Article 55(4) of the Federal Constitution stipulates that general elections must be held within 60 days of the dissolution of Parliament by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Approximately, …

PETALING JAYA – The Pakatan Harapan presidential council accused Dr Mahathir Mohamad of interfering with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the selection of next PM. The interim prime minister revealed yesterday that the king has yet to decide on who commands the majority to form the next government. “The announcement to call for the special parliamentary session challenges the rights …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Edge reported Friday evening that Tan Sri Tommy Thomas filed his resignation as Malaysia’s Attorney General. A source says that Thomas sent his letter to the interim prime minister who appointed him as AG. Thomas was the Attorney General from June 2018, marking his second term this year. As AG, he was persistent to go after …

With the current political turbulence that has been happening in Malaysia recently, it was revealed by Tun Mahathir himself that he was proposing to lead a unity government by inviting lawmakers from across the Opposition parties to join him. Tun Mahathir himself proposed the idea of a non-partisan and grand coalition ,a move that would see the country being governed …

PUTRAJAYA – Prime Minister’s wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali stopped by and distributed chocolates to journalist waiting outside Perdana Putra today. On her way to the Prime Minister’s Office at around 10am, she stopped by at the entrance to greet about 30 media personnel waiting there. Siti Hasmah handed out buckets of chocolates as she passed by a …