Malaysia

Najib’s 100-day programme to woo national, party critics

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak is expected to roll out a 100-day programme within days to win over doubters and persuade Umno that he is the best to lead the party and the country, say sources.

The Malaysian Insider understands that borrowing some ideas from the Abdullah administration, the Najib government will also work to ... 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

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

By Ida Lim

PETALING JAYA, May 20 — PKR’s Rafizi Ramli today offered evidence of phantom voters, which he alleged was widespread fraud that could potentially “discredit” the recently-concluded general election, ... 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

‘Don’t play fire with me,’ Zahid warns news portal

PUTRAJAYA, May 20 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today warned news portal Malaysiakini to be more responsible in its news reporting.He said the news portal needed to uphold journalism ... 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