Archive - 20 June 2017

He went to her house to eat but there was nothing available so he slashed her with a machete.

Bersatu man claims Mukhriz Mahathir's firm given lucrative contract when his father was still PM and finance minister.

It has forced halt of plans to construction fire stations in Setia Alam and Bukit Rahman Putra, he says.

The US is making a mess out of Iraq and Yemen, now, they are coming for Malaysia, warns Umno info chief.

It's not an 'either-or' situation, people can vote and volunteer as polling agents at the same time, says Bersih.

Penang gov't must explain pricey bill for three road projects, claims BN strategic communications team.

Tan Seng Giaw hit nail on the head, says Penang MCA chief Tan Teik Cheng.

Blogger says filing a police report against him can backfire on the Bersatu Youth chief.

One of the accused, S Gokulan, breaks down after seeing his family in court.

President Mah Siew Keong said 45 candidates were identified comprising new and old faces. 

This is because two of the former premier's senior aides had gone to the US in relation to 1MDB, says the education minister. 

The couple is expected to have their statements recorded at MACC HQ in Putrajaya tomorrow, says report. 

The gov't should pledge that the plan won't be revived after GE14, says PKR veep Nurul Izzah Anwar.

Hutan Melintang assemblyperson S Kesavan says 22 voters have been recorded at a place that only has oil palm trees in Perak. 

UPDATED 6.15PM | 'It's as though there is no one else in the opposition that can become PM. That is what's troubling us Malaysians.'

'If there are no more candidates and if all parties agree I should be an interim prime minister, I'll come back.'

Joint manifesto proposes 50 percent of all taxes from each state be returned to the state coffers. 

He then announces that DAP will launch 'Stop the Bully' campaign to ensure a safe environment for children.

UPDATED 9.20PM | Pandan MP says his outfit Invoke also lacks volunteers to become polling agents and counting agents at marginal seats nationwide. 

He says distrust is one of the reasons holding up the coalition's formal registration.

Shoppers seek bargains at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman bazaar in Kuala Lumpur days before Hari Raya Aidilfitri, June 17, 2017.

Minister says Malaysia has its own system, and 'we will do it our way'.

Table a white paper in Parliament to explain the problem, says Ramon Navaratnam. 

Umno supreme council member predicts the gimmick will fail as the opposition is 'weak', especially after PAS refused to join the coalition.

Anina Saadudin emphasises the importance of basing the struggle on 'fakta bukan auta'.

UPDATED 6.25PM | This is part of a larger downtrend in support for BN in 52 seats that host Felda settlements.

Rizal Mansor rekindles the SD by a former deputy public prosecutor.

DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang wants the cabinet to establish whether it is so.

Crime incidents involving Uber drivers only accounts about 0.01 percent of total complaints received. 

Their lawyers were allowed to pose four novel questions in the suit filed by Najib and his wife.

Syed Saddiq urges people to talk about jewellery gifted to MO1's wife during Raya chit-chat. 

Khalid Samad also wants AG to tell her to follow in Leonardo DiCaprio's footsteps.

UPDATED 3.43PM | PAS Youth vice-chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari says he felt sorry for Spad, who will now be led by Isa as acting chairperson.

UPDATED 2.20PM | The Bersatu youth chief is 'touched' by Raja Petra's writing for claiming he's influential enough to be behind DOJ's suits against 1MDB. 

Najib is expected to win the next election. But the outcome, says an analyst, will determine how long he has in office.

UPDATED 1.54PM | Why blame Customs and make it the scapegoat, asks the PKR VP. 

This after concerns were raised about the expediting of cases over legal challenges in Selangor and Malacca.

UPDATED 6PM | Over RM688,000 and three luxury cars also seized in the operation against the Penang and Kedah-based money game operator. 

'The structural corruption in the country just gets deeper and deeper as Najib plays Mr Nice Guy.'

DOJ also confirms that they are not seeking to seize jewellery bought by or for MO1's wife. 

Its president Dr N Ravindran says what the doctor saw during Zulfarhan's visit might have been different from what was seen during the autopsy. 

The feud between the children of Lee Kuan Yew, over the future of the family home erupted publicly last week.  

PM Najib Abdul Razak is set to open the court in Putrajaya this Thursday. 

1MDB does not even deny that money was stolen.

Otto Warmbier, 22, had served 17 months of hard labor in the hermit nation for 'trying to steal an item bearing a propaganda slogan'.

YOURSAY | 'It could be a 90-year-old pakcik , or 80-year-old ah pek ... but will it change the facts?'

YOURSAY | ‘Someday we hope Hollywood will make a movie out of this saga.’

This is to heed the commission's recent call for 'brave' Malaysians to file reports on corruption, says DAP MP.

The proposed imposition of GST on 60 food items was made by the Customs Dept without consulting the Finance Ministry, says minister. 

KINIGUIDE | This time, it claims that US$4.5b (almost RM20b) had been misappropriated.

The Sungai Nenggiri dam will also displace more than 200 indigenous families.

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

Its last known location was on June 13 - three days before DOJ's latest filing.