KUALA LUMPUR:  Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has filed a complaint against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the federal government by initiating a judicial review questioning the advice of Mr. Muhyiddin to the king to suspend palliative sessions during the state of emergency of the country. Mr Anwar’s counsel, Ramkarpal Singh, claimed in a statement on Tuesday (January 26) that …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday (January 18) announced a new package of economic assistance worth RM15 billion (US$3.7 billion) to alleviate the effects of COVID-19. Mr Muhyiddin said in a televised address that the PERMAI package, or the Malaysian Economic and Rakyat Security Assistance Package, enhances the existing measures in place to help Malaysians deal with …

KUALA LUMPUR – According to a decree published late on Thursday (Jan 14), Malaysia’s emergency will not see any government reforms while it is in force, which means that unpopular Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will remain in power despite threatening to lose his parliamentary majority this week. This comes as the decision to suspend Parliament during the emergency – which …

Malaysia’s king declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday to curb the spread of Covid-19, a move that bolsters Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s precarious hold on power, and forestalls any attempt by opponents to force an early election. In a televised address on Tuesday, Muhyiddin said the parliament will be suspended for a stipulated period of time, and that …

After the coronavirus pandemic, the federal budget tabled by the Muhyiddin Yassin administration lacked a clear path for economic growth, as many bipartisan demands made by the opposition remained unmet in the budget. Their critiques raise the issue of whether the opposition, as the Malaysian King has consistently called for, would back this so-called Unification Budget. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim …

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today declared that both elected government officials will report their properties within three months of the day they were sworn-in. Muhyiddin, who chaired the Anti-Corruption Special Cabinet Committee (JKKMAR) by way of video conferencing earlier today, said the government would continue its attempts to strengthen governance and dignity by adopting the 2019-2023 National Anti-Corruption …

Former two-time prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has set his sights on the presidency for the third time and is confident that he can show anyone who succeeds him how things can be handled and resolved. In an interview with Malaysiakini, the 94-year-old said he was looking to a half-year term as prime minister if Pakatan Harapan (PH) were …

Positive social interactions can help us develop and sustain healthy mental wellbeing. Social interaction even allows us to properly control depression and also tends to enhance a variety of physical wellbeing effects. Sharing time with friends and relatives is one of most common ways of handling depression – and it works. Our families, friends, and co-workers. As friendships play a …

Noting so far that the current governing coalition had not displayed true coherence, Everyone should have come together to prevent disunity, which was one of the big shortcomings of PH. In view of this, political observers have played down PPBM president Muhyiddin Yassin’s possibility of bringing the party back to Pakatan Harapan (PH), the alliance that he abandoned before joining …

There is a problem that needs to see in the state government which is being hesitant to cooperate with the federal policy of restarting the economy today issued a notice that their acts were not focused on valid authority. The warning came in a statement from senior minister Azmin Ali, who said that the policy of the federal government has …