KUCHING: Those calling for Putrajaya to appeal the “Allah” ruling, according to a Sarawak deputy chief minister, are being “ridiculous” because Malaysia is a multi-religious country. According to James Masing, the High Court’s decision that Christians should use “Allah” in their religious education demonstrates Malaysia’s religious freedom. “I believe the judge had considered all aspects of religious and cultural sensitivity …

PUTRAJAYA: MCA filed a defamation suit against Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng, claiming that the party never used its own funds to send allocations to Chinese schools and instead pocketed public funds. The Federal Court dismissed the claim today. Lim’s appeal was allowed, and the single question of law asked “is answered in the negative,” according to a seven-member bench …

PETALING JAYA: Umno member Aziz Kaprawi told the Muhyiddin Yassin administration that after the Yang di-Pertuan Agong said yesterday that Parliament will reconvene during the emergency period that lasts until August, it can no longer do “as it pleases.” Aziz said that the King’s decree gave the Rakyat hope that the country’s parliamentary democracy will resume. “Therefore, I urge the …

PETALING JAYA: Najib Razak, former Umno president, says the party should be prepared to collaborate with those it might view as “enemies” but only if they are approved by the grassroots. He said not many would have expected to join forces with Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim, contributing to the defeat of Barisan Nasional in the 2018 general election. …

 PETALING JAYA: Former Umno Secretary-General Annuar Musa, long seen as a supporter of the PPBM, criticized one of its leaders for calling on the Supreme Council of Umno to announce the outcome of last Friday’s meeting. Annuar said today in a Facebook post that there was no need for PPBM to address the “internal issues” of Umno, particularly for those …

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Today, after stating that the latter called on Umno MPs yesterday to endorse a special parliamentary session to address the state of emergency, Tan Sri Annuar Musa chided his Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan. Annuar also accused the Secretary-General of Barisan Nasional (BN) and Umno of making unrealistic demands that could be “treasonous” to the Yang …

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno instructed his MPs to step down by the end of this month from their positions in government and government agencies in an attempt to press for a general election to take place as soon as possible. Two division leaders told reporters that the order was given by Party President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi at a meeting with leaders …

PETALING JAYA: Two Umno leaders have denied arguments that the party is not strong enough to stand on its own should it go to the opposite side of Perikatan Nasional in the next general election. In the 2018 general election campaign, former Supreme Council member Nazri Aziz and Sabah Umno leader Bung Moktar Radin both believed that Umno had weathered …

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 …

KUALA LUMPUR – Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan has told its alliest to stay out of the Batu Sapi federal seat by-election as an act political consensus in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was made after criticism that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has attempted to justify the state of emergency proposal by saying …