Malaysia

Malaysian couple joins the billionaires club in Australia

MELBOURNE, May 24 — A Malaysian couple has almost doubled their wealth in one year to become billionaires in the process.

David Teoh, 57, and his wife Vicky, 56, have achieved one of the biggest rises on this year’s BRW Rich 200 List, lifting their fortune from AUS$526 million (RM1.54 billion) last year to AUS$1.06 billion.

On the other hand, ... Read More

Devotees offer prayers on Wesak Day at the Kek Lok Si temple in Penang on May 24, 2013. — Picture by K.E. Ooi

Devotees offer prayers on Wesak Day at the Kek Lok Si temple in Penang on May 24, 2013. — Picture by K.E. Ooi

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PKR calls for end to post-polls conflict, moots bipartisan engagement

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

PETALING JAYA, May 24 — As the Najib adminisration widens its security dragnet on opposition supporters, PKR called for an end today to the widespread conflict over the results of Election 2013, urging ... Read More

Magistrate rejects remand request, Tian Chua, Tamrin, Haris released

By Ida Lim

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — The police today released three men who were detained for a probe under the Sedition Act 1948 and the Penal Code after a magistrate rejected requests for further remand.Pakatan ... Read More

Wanita PKR demands more women candidates in GE14

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

PETALING JAYA, May 24 — Wanita PKR pushed today for more female candidates representing the party in Election 2014, reminding the party leadership the importance of the women vote, which a recent survey ... Read More

PKR Youth targets rural Malaysia as party prepares for GE14

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

PETALING JAYA, May 24 — PKR Youth wing (AMK) will begin its preparation for the 14th general election immediately and will focus on infiltrating Barisan Nasional’s (BN) strongholds in rural Malaysia, its ... Read More

Pointing at crackdown on Pakatan, Kit Siang tells IGP to check police’s priority

By Ida Lim

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Keeping citizens safe from crime should remain the police’s topmost priority, DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang said today when hinting that an apparent crackdown on opposition leaders ... Read More

Tyranny cannot suppress opposition support, Anwar tells Najib government

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim accused the Najib administration of tyranny today for its nationwide crackdown on opposition dissent but said the widespread arrests and court charges would ... Read More

Paul Low resigns as TI-M president

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Datuk Paul Low today tendered his resignation as Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) president, following his appointment as minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in ... Read More

Transparency International-Malaysia elects new team

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Transparency-International Malaysia (TI-M)’s exco has elected a new set of office bearers, following the resignation of Datuk Paul Low today as the anti-graft watchdog’s president ... Read More

Idris Jusoh to sue Rafizi, PKR for slander

BESUT, May 24 —Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh will sue Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and its strategy director Mohd Rafizi Ramli for slander.Rafizi alleged that 24 Election Commission (EC) ... Read More

Middle-man shot dead in suspected business rivalry

KOTA BARU, May 24 — A middle-man for the local fishing fraternity was gunned down in cold blood when he drove out of a mosque after performing solat ishak prayers in Cherang Ruku, Pasir Puteh last ... Read More