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Sarawak CM, exco, lawmakers now get paid triple
KUCHING, May 21 – Salaries of Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, his Cabinet and lawmakers were tripled today despite the Sarawak chief minister being linked to corruption by environmental pressure group Global Witness earlier this year.
The Sarawak state assembly approved the pay rise today, but backdated to January 1, 2012. This will involve some ... 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 Read More
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Putrajaya tells Dong Zong to adapt for UEC approval
PUTRAJAYA, May 21 – The United Chinese School Committees’ Association of Malaysia (Dong Zong) must be “prepared to make changes” and meet conditions set by the Ministry of Education if the Unified ... Read More
MACC panel wants ministers, MBs, banned from government projects
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 – The MACC’s Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel (CCPP) proposed today that all government administrators and their family members at both federal and state levels be barred ... Read More
Non-paying Sabah foreigners incur RM21.7m government healthcare since 2007, RCI told
KOTA KINABALU, May 21 – The government has spent RM21.7 million for the past six years in healthcare on foreigners in Sabah who did not pay for their treatments, a Health Department official told the ... Read More
After elections, Najib has serious economic concerns on his plate
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s newly re-elected Barisan Nasional (BN) government faces what the Financial Times today called the serious economic problem of weakening exports.Amid fears ... Read More
Ambiga, Bersih crew to pass baton to new leadership soon
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan and the rest of Bersih 2.0’s 20-member steering committee are soon expected to relinquish their posts to make way for new blood in the leadership of the ... Read More
Tee Siew Kiong on leave from MCA with immediate effect: Soi Lek
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 – Datuk Tee Siew Kiong is on leave from MCA with immediate effect following his controversial appointment as a Johor executive councillor, said president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi ... Read More
Not wrong to question BN’s ‘minority’ rule, Guan Eng tells Zahid Hamidi
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Malaysians have the right to question why the country’s electoral system allows a minority government to stay in power, Lim Guan Eng said today as he slammed the government’s ... Read More
Singaporean jailed seven days for reckless driving
JOHOR BAHARU, May 21 – A Singaporean man was sentenced to seven days’ jail and fined RM5,000 or five month’s jail for reckless driving and endangering the public by causing a collision involving the ... Read More
Malaysia to work hard for UN Security Council seat
PUTRAJAYA, May 21 – Leaving no stone unturned, Malaysia will work hard to secure a seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the term 2015-2016, which would enable the country to play a part ... Read More
Genneva: Court allows BNM’s application to suspend release of assets
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 – The Sessions Court today allowed the application by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to suspend the enforcement of the order to release the assets of three directors and one former ... Read More
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- In Election 2013 results, beginning of the end for race politics
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- Ambiga, Bersih crew to pass baton to new leadership soon
- Over 2,000 at vigil for Adam Adli’s release
