Malaysia

Eight Srikandi (Women’s Wing) leaders resigned en masse resulting to cracks within the Johor Baru Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) division to emerge after claiming lack of transparency in its leadership. Johor Baru Bersatu permanent Srikandi chairman Masazlina Bachok along with her deputy Khairunnisah Ali were among the women who have declared their resignation through an official letter which went …

MAHB, which stands for Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd has submitted a comprehensive and strategic plan for the long-term development of the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SAAS or Subang Airport) to the government. The airport operator, in a statement said the regeneration plan, which has been verified through extensive benchmarking and stakeholder engagements, is premised on three focus areas, namely …

Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Rais Yatim’s opinion that Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has the authority “during the Emergency” to call for Parliament to be convened were backed several Dewan Rakyat senators have expressed their agreement with. A statement today was revealed through a that included the Pakatan Harapan logo, and was co-signed by 19 …

Malaysia will move into the second phase of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) if the average Covid-19 daily cases will drop below 4,000 for seven consecutive days. Aside from that, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba also said that the occupancy of the beds in the intensive care units (ICU) must fall below 75 per cent on top of …

Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) and Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) have given their thanks to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah for saying that Parliament should reconvene immediately. The two parties, in separate statements said that they agree for the reopening of the Parliament as this would give rise to the opportunity to debate about the …

The Penang government has been seeking approval from its governor to ask for the Agong to allow the state legislative assembly to convene. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said that its state government felt the need for its state legislative assembly to convene as the declaration of Emergency has severely affected the state administration. In a statement, he said …

The opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that it should be clear that Yang di-Pertuan Agong wanted the Parliament to resume as soon as possible. In a live stream, Anwar cited a statement from Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin which is the Comptroller of the Royal Household saying that Agong is of the view that Parliament is such an significant …

The declaration made by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Conference of Rulers regarding the immediate reconvention of the Parliament has been noted by Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan. However, he pointed out that the Agong did not give any exact date for the reopening of the Parliament. In a discussion on Bicara Harakah, he said that the Agong did not …

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Conference of Rulers claimed yesterday that it is unnecessary to extend the current State of Emergency beyond August 1 which is its supposed end date. It was one of the seven recommendations concluded from the special Conference of Rulers meeting as stated by Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal Tan Sri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad …

Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has the power to call for the formation of an administrative body like the National Operations Council (Mageran). Before the Conference of Rulers meeting tomorrow, the Langkawi MP said in a virtual interview that his proposal to form a Mageran was not meant to overthrow or to …