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KUALA LUMPUR — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s corruption trial involving over RM2 billion of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds will go on until December this year, after additional hearing dates were scheduled for the former prime minister’s case. This morning, the High Court fixed the additional hearing dates from August to December, with the dates […]

KUCHING — Pusat Pembangunan Kemahiran Sarawak (PPKS) retired Chief Executive Officer Datuk Baharudin Abdullah has been fined RM48,000 in default five months jail for abusing his power twice involving the supply of powerbanks and pendrives worth RM90,000. Baharudin pleaded guilty to the two charges before Sessions Court Judge Nixon Kennedy Kumbong who convicted him under […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysians have not fully accepted the need to digitise the economy despite the fact that the various stages of lockdown during the current Covid-19 pandemic forced many Malaysian businesses to go online. Leading technology experts say that while infrastructure is in place, Malaysian businesses risk being left behind if digital solutions are […]

On Wednesday (Feb 17), forces opposed to the coup in Myanmar called for more large-scale protests to debunk claims from the army that there is little support for leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a Reuters report. The junta held its first media conference on Tuesday to announce that a fair election would be […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who took office during one of the country’s most fractious and volatile periods, launched a 10-year blueprint to unite the nation this morning. The National Unity Blueprint 2021-2030 details the government’s action plan to achieve goals set out in the National Unity Policy, which among others, […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has filed an appeal with the Court of Appeal to continue his attempt to disqualify Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as the lead prosecutor in several of his trials related to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. Najib’s lawyer, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, confirmed […]

KUALA LUMPUR — The High Court has dismissed the defence’s application to recuse former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from prosecuting Datuk Seri Najib Razak on charges related to the 1MDB scandal. In delivering his decision, judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan said there was no evidence to suggest Sri Ram was biased and […]

KUALA LUMPUR — The National Covid-19 Immunisation Plan due to start this month end is crucial to restoring Malaysia’s economy, said Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin. In a blog post today, Khairy also stressed that any disruption to the implementation of the programme could see the extension of the various phases of […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will launch the National Covid-19 Immunisation Plan on Tuesday, according to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV). The committee said the plan will include details of Malaysia’s vaccine procurement strategy as well as the implementation of the national vaccination programme against Covid-19. “Prime […]

Malaysia – Ain Sabrina Yusof publicly reported being asked to lift up her shirt by a police officer who had stopped her at a Jalan Duta roadblock. Other women have also recently come forward with similar stories, which seems to point to the fact that this is nothing close to an isolated incident. Ms Yusof, […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Two former ministers in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration has accused the Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s first Cabinet in 2010 of being complicit in hiding the truth behind Yayasan 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) “donation”. Malaysiakini reported Datuk Dr Xavier Jayakumar, formerly minister of water, land and natural resources, saying that some in […]

KUALA LUMPUR — A former CEO of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has tested negative for Covid-19 and will be able to continue testifying in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s corruption trial next Monday. Former 1MDB chief executive Mohd Hazem Abd Rahman, who is the 10th prosecution witness, yesterday could not attend court and testify in the […]

Kuala Lampur — One of the few living friends of Bapa Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and national independence activist, ninety-year-old Tan Sri Mohd Yusof Latiff, the Penang Malay Association President, said on Tunku’s 118thbirthday anniversary two days ago that Tunku if still alive would have been depressed to see the present state of political affairs […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has once again dismissed claims that he had interfered with the judiciary during his first term as prime minister. He instead accused others of tampering with the judicial system, including those who came after him, Free Malaysia Today wrote. Despite these allegations still lingering to date, Dr Mahathir […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has reportedly blamed corruption for accelerating the downfall of the short-lived Pakatan Harapan government (PH) last year, after several MPs decided to defect and join forces with Umno and PAS then. In an interview with Free Malaysia Today, the Parti Pejuang Tanah Air chairman said […]