Malaysia – The incumbent president of the Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF), Datuk SM Muthu, was narrowly defeated by Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim. The margin of victory was only four votes. At the election for the 2022-2025 term that was conducted at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Shahidan got 20 votes as compared to Muthu’s 16 votes, while the …

Malaysia – Even with the large-scale preventative efforts put into tackling the issue, both Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim and Environment and Water Minister Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man must answer why people in the national capital experience periodic flash floods. Despite the millions of ringgit granted, Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng chastised the two ministers, claiming …

Malaysia – A disciplinary hearing was held against Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim by the Umno disciplinary board after claims that he had violated party discipline and etiquette. According to a Malay-language daily newspaper, Shahidan, the Arau Umno division chairman, arrived at the party’s headquarters in Menara Datuk Onn at around 2.45 p.m. yesterday in order to have a meeting with …

Malaysia – Teresa Kok, MP for Seputeh, chastised Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, calling him and the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) officials responsible for liquor sale licensing in Kuala Lumpur as inept. Kok also questioned the absence of a guideline authorizing the sale of liquor in the capital city during her debate on Budget 2022 with the ministry, noting that …

Thirty Barisan Nasional (BN) were alleged to have met secretly at Wisma Perwira as support to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. A source who wishes to be unnamed has asserted that a secret meeting has been held with thirty BN MPs present to sign statutory declarations to support the BERSATU prime minister. According to the unnamed source, the meeting …

Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, who is the MP of Arau has stated that he would not leave UMNO despite no longer holding the post as the Perlis UMNO liaison committee chairman. He has emphasized that there is no reason to quit the party since he has been doing a good job in leading UMNO even in the previous general election …