Malaysia

Voting denial proves phantom voters, integrity of ICs in doubt, says Rafizi

PETALING JAYA, May 20 — PKR’s Rafizi Ramli today offered proof of phantom voters, which he alleged was widespread fraud that could potentially “discredit” the recently-concluded general election, besides put the integrity of Malaysia’s identity card in doubt.

“The moment you have similar IC used by different people, so much so that the genuine ... Read More

Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad arrives in the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court on May 17, 2013 to be charged over a Pakatan Rakyat rally held earlier this month. — Picture by Choo Choy May

Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad arrives in the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court on May 17, 2013 to be charged over a Pakatan Rakyat rally held earlier this month. — Picture by Choo Choy May Read More

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Umno likely to speed up party polls to August

By Jahabar Sadiq
Editor

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Umno is likely to bring forward its triennial party polls to August from October to prevent issues from festering and bogging down its leadership, say party insiders.The Malaysian ... Read More

Sabah issued 12 times more ICs than Sarawak since 1963, RCI told

By Boo Su-Lyn

KOTA KINABALU, May 20 — About 66,000 immigrants in Sabah have received blue ICs since 1963, a whopping 12 times more than those in Sarawak, the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants ... Read More

PKR: GST will ‘punish the poor’, BN should cut corruption first

By Ida Lim

PETALING JAYA, May 20 — The Barisan Nasional (BN) government should not introduce the “regressive” Goods and Services Tax (GST) which, together with promised tax cuts, will “punish the poor”, PKR’s Wong ... Read More

Chinese business boycott will hurt Malay consumers, says ex-MIER director

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — The call to boycott Chinese businesses is a double-edged weapon, former Malaysian Institute of Economic Research executive director Datuk Dr Ariff Abdul Kareem said today, ... Read More

‘Racial’ boycott will spook investors, stall economic reforms, warn business experts

By Boo Su-Lyn and Md Izwan

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Putrajaya cannot turn a blind eye to the call by Malay groups to boycott Chinese businesses as the campaign risks derailing the government’s economic transformation plans that could ... Read More

Despite EC’s remarks, Rafizi will still bring fraud evidence to People’s Tribunal

By Ida Lim

PETALING JAYA, May 20 — PKR’s Rafizi Ramli said he would still bring proof of electoral fraud to the People’s Tribunal despite the Election Commission (EC) saying that the tribunal set up by polls ... Read More

Ex-assemblyman drops RM10m defamation suit after open apology

By Opalyn Mok

GEORGE TOWN, May 20 — Former Batu Uban state assemblyman S.Raveen Tharan dropped his RM10 million defamation suit against a bank executive after the latter apologised in open court today.Raveen had filed ... Read More

Council gets judgment in default against PAS

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — The Kemaman Municipal Council (MPK) today obtained a judgment in default from the High Court against PAS over a defamation suit involving the Bukit Takal Zoo in Terengganu.In ... Read More

Parents told to encourage children to master IT

TAWAU, May 20 — Parents should encourage their children to master information technology (IT) as it has become an integral part of daily life, said Sabah Resource Development and Information Technology ... Read More

Domestic Trade Ministry to rotate officers for better enforcement

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — The Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry is to keep rotating its enforcement officers in terms of their place of deployment nationwide for more effective ... Read More