Malaysia

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

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 heard today.

Sarawak National Registration Department (NRD) director Datuk Abu Bakar Mat testified at the RCI here today that 5,373 immigrants in ... 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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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

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

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

Opposition already has equal media access, says Shabery

By Zurairi AR

PUTRAJAYA, May 20 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek rubbished claims that the opposition has unequal access to the media, saying today that the new media is already available to them.“Actually this has ... Read More

After PKR’s MB kerfuffle, Selangor DAP now disputes exco list

By Boo Su-Lyn

PETALING JAYA, May 19 ― The Selangor DAP is questioning the state executive council composition announced by Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim yesterday, barely a week after a furore in PKR ... Read More

No AirAsia ads till Azran Osman Rani apologises, ‘Utusan’ says

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Claiming AirAsia advertisements to be cheaper than hair and herbal products, Utusan Malaysia’s Awang Selamat has told the Umno-owned paper to stop taking the airline’s ads until ... Read More

Pakatan to resolve Selangor exco allocation in two days, says DAP

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The Selangor DAP has met Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim over the composition of the state executive council and the matter should be resolved within the next two days, ... Read More

Kit Siang accuses IGP, Zahid of ‘playing politics’, tells them to curb crime

GEORGE TOWN, May 19 ― The country’s new police chief and home minister should stop “playing politics” and start keeping Malaysians, tourists and investors safe from crime and harm, DAP’s Lim Kit Siang ... Read More

Sidelined Sarawak reps demand seats in Najib’s Cabinet

By Debra Chong
Assistant News Editor

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 ― Overlooked lawmakers in the Barisan Nasional’s (BN) East Malaysian vote bank say they should also be aboard Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s Cabinet, believing they had earned full ... Read More