Geo Politics

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment on Monday (Dec 21) after being convicted of corruption four years ago for accepting RM2 million (US$494,000) from a businessman.Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan of the High Court ruled that the prosecution had proven its case against Tengku Adnan, who turned 70 on Sunday, beyond a …

The Pheu Thai Party’s Pichai Lertpongadisorn was surprisingly elected chairman of the Provincial Administration Organization of Chiang Mai defeating his nearest competitor and old friend Boonlert Buranupakorn in the recent voting, according to an unofficial count of votes. Both Mr. Pichai and Mr. Boonlert, the current Chairman of the PAO, were once old mates and camp members loyal to Thaksin …

KUALA LUMPUR- Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah left for a special five-day visit today to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.Negara Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana, said that the special visit was made at the invitation of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Zayed Al Nahyan. In a statement released today …

Alternative media network AlterMidya and three affiliates of its network asked the Ombudsman’s Office to fire three officials of the anti-communist task force of the government over their baseless red-tagging, a tactic that endangers those identified as insurgents and terrorists. In view of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, AlterMidya, Bulatlat, Kodao Productions and Pinoy Media Center filed criminal and …

IPOH: All Perak assemblymen will receive an equal annual allocation of RM200,000 each from next year, either on the government bench or the opposition, following a decree by the state ruler.Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad, presenting the state budget at the state assembly today, said it would involve a total allocation of RM11.8 million per year. He said this was a …

President Rodrigo Duterte has requested for the swift formation of a separate department for Filipino migrant workers appears to pave the way for the contentious priority legislation to be implemented. In view of this, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, his long-time assistant, certified Duterte as an urgent 1949 Senate Bill just filed the last 14th of December. The bill creates a …

KOTA KINABALU: PKR President Anwar Ibrahim met with Christina Liew, head of Sabah’s party, for talks less than a week after former Chief Minister and Warisan President Shafie Apdal called for a change in the leadership of the opposition. In the national opposition leadership, which he described as disunited and directionless, Shafie Apdal had called for a shift across the …

The upcoming elections for the Provincial Administrative Organisation may cease to function in attracting a great deal of interest from young voters. This is from the study of the experts. In view of this, The elections will be held across 76 provinces with the seats of PAO presidents and representatives. It would be new for the local elections since May …

PETALING JAYA: In the midst of an ongoing debate between political parties over cooperation and alliances, some analysts suggest that if a stable government is to be formed, there is little choice beyond forming a grand coalition.Last week, PPBM Secretary-General Hamzah Zainudin proposed the idea of formally uniting the already formed coalitions of Perikatan National (PN), Barisan Nasional (BN), and …

There’s another issue that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is facing as he  commanded the government agencies to take immediate steps to tackle the air pollution that has plagued Bangkok and the surrounding provinces. The PM shared that the government had continuously introduced steps against the rising PM2.5 levels, but due to the current weather the problem had exacerbate. He encouraged …