Malaysia

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 Examination Certificate (UEC) is to be recognised, the government said today.

Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (picture) revealed that the ... 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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MACC panel wants ministers, MBs, banned from government projects

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

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

By Boo Su-Lyn

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

By Zurairi AR

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

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

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

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

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

MP’s aides assaulted at Adam Adli vigil

By Opalyn Mok

GEORGE TOWN, May 21 — A candlelight vigil for detained student activist Adam Adli Abdul Halim last night was disrupted when a scuffle broke out, resulting in two of Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari’s ... Read More

In Election 2013 results, beginning of the end for race politics

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Election 2013 demonstrated that Malaysia’s system of race-based politics is crumbling under the impact of urbanisation and the reality of Malay-majority rule, an opinion piece in ... Read More

PKA suit against KDSB goes for trial

PUTRAJAYA, May 21 – A civil suit brought by Port Klang Authority (PKA) against Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) over the rectification of a sales and purchase agreement for 1,000 acres of land for Port Klang ... Read More

Ambiga: Bersih’s ‘People’s Tribunal’ a ‘moral force’ to investigate electoral fraud

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Bersih 2.0’s “People’s Tribunal” may not have any legal standing but will serve as a “moral force” to investigate allegations of electoral fraud, said Datuk Ambiga Sreenavasan when ... Read More