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Judge to decide November 6 if Najib’s three charges will be amended to lower amount
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — The High Court will decide on November 6 whether to allow the prosecution to make changes to three of the 25 charges faced by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the 1Malaysia Development
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PAS laughs off Anwar’s claim of being threatened by European MPs over Palestine as ‘alarmist’
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — Islamist party PAS today labelled claims made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that he had been threatened by certain European parliamentarians after speaking up for Palestinian rights in the Middle East as “strange”
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Roger Ng still under police 1MDB asset recovery investigation; he’s cooperating
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — Local police are still questioning former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng Chong Hwa who was convicted by a US federal court of conspiring in the theft of US$35 million (RM165 million) from 1Malaysia Development Berhad
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Open payment at Klang Valley KTMB to start from mid-November
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — Commuters of Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) Komuter in the Klang Valley will be able to use the open payment system from the middle of November, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Transport Minister Anthony
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PAC raps two news portals over inaccurate reports on HRD Corp citing anonymous sources
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has today slammed reports citing anonymous sources by news portals Free Malaysia Today (FMT) and Scoop over Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) as inaccurate. Citing FMT’s report, PAC
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Netanyahu can face trial for international crimes, but Malaysia can’t refer him since not party to Rome Statute
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir said today that the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, can be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face trials over atrocities against Palestine. However, he
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Leave schoolkids out of war politics abroad, SUPP women’s wing urges PM
KUCHING, Oct 26 — The women’s wing of the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today to separate schools from politics of war in foreign countries. Its chief Kho Teck Wan said the
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In Sarawak, Education Ministry’s solidarity week for Palestine in schools draws flak from civil society groups
KUCHING, Oct 25 — Seventeen civil society groups have voiced their disagreement with the Education Ministry’s instruction for all government education institutions to observe a solidarity week in support of the Palestinian cause. In a joint statement via Global Human
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Don’t involve students in ongoing Middle East conflict, Anglican Bishop tells education authorities in Sarawak
KUCHING, Oct 25 — The Ministry of Education and the Sarawak Education Department should focus solely on their core business and not drag young children into the complexities of the war in the Middle East, said the Rt Revd Datuk
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In Kota Kinabalu, father and son plead not guilty to cheating Sabah govt of RM1.3m in gold royalties
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 25 — A father and son were charged in the Sessions Court here today with 24 counts each of cheating the Sabah government by not declaring the actual proceeds of gold bar sales in an invoice, which
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