Archive - 29 September 2018

UPDATED 12.05AM | UMNO AGM | The proposal is one of 21 that he announces during the party AGM.

UPDATED 11.55PM | UMNO AGM | He says that they will become valuable commodities if Harapan implodes.

UMNO AGM | Umno president says he has been focusing on fixing the party's internal management. 

UPDATED 11.30PM | UMNO AGM | 'They didn't win on their names, but they won because of Umno and BN,' president says.

UMNO AGM | This 'prejudice', he says, is why Malays find employment in the private sector difficult.

PKR POLLS | State police chief says he doesn't want to see a repeat of the scuffles in Kedah and Penang.

FT minister Khalid Samad says the selected candidate has vast experience in government service. 

Journalists' union points out that the paper on the brink of collapse got little attention at the meeting. 

UMNO AGM | Najib is attending the opening of the AGM, where his successor is slated to deliver a speech.

UPDATED 8.20PM | UMNO AGM | Deputy Youth chief also warns against the party lurching to the right.

UMNO AGM | 'We pledge to continue to be loyal to Umno as long as we are alive,' delegates chant.

PD POLLS | Two ceramahs planned in state seats of Linggi and Bagan Pinang, both held by BN.

Sports minister insists that the Mokhtar Dahari Academy director's RM175k salary will be reevaluated.

He says Mahathir 'has vast experience and is capable of discharging his duty', and others should wait their turn.

PM tells WSJ he wants to correct the misperceptions of former critics turned allies. 

UMNO AGM | He is the man who can oust Mahathir, says the delegate from Pendang Umno.

MP SPEAKS | How credible can their push for 'reform' be if they do not sack the former president? 

UMNO AGM | UPDATED 5.21PM | Forming gov't with other parties will lead to repercussions against Umno, says Mohd Farid Mohd Nor.

UMNO AGM | Noraini also calls for a loyalty pledge to stem the exodus.

UNGA | Prime minister takes aim at the 'hypocrisy' of the UN Security Council's permanent members.

PD POLLS DAY 1 | 'I don't want to just be remembered as PM, but as an MP,' he says.

PD POLLS | Former Anwar aide urges Port Dickson voters to choose him instead for a stable political environment.  

He seconds the motion for a committee to be set up to probe the apex court's decision.

The Umno president recently claimed he had spoken with MCA's top two leaders concerning the matter.

UMNO AGM | Traders at bazaar this year express concern over lack of customers and possible losses. 

PD POLLS | The ex-Negeri Sembilan MB says he wanted to seize the chance to contest in his hometown. 

Letters of demand have been sent to author Clare Rewcastle-Brown, publisher Gerakbudaya, and the printer. 

This comes after the tech giant confirms attackers can gain access to 50 million accounts of the social media site.

Six candidates from PAS to Isa Samad and other Independents plan to give Anwar a run for his money.

UMNO AGM | UPDATED 1.57PM | Asyraf pokes fun at finance minister for being overly sensitive to criticism.

UMNO AGM | 'We don't need to rush to find or gain sympathy from any quarter for us to form a government'.

UMNO AGM | Zahida Zarik Khan criticises defectors for 'selling their Umno positions to enemies'. 

'We are told he is in China among other places. We are also told he is in Bangkok.'

'Does the world watch massacres being carried out and do nothing?' he asks at the general assembly.

PD POLLS | UPDATED 1.38PM | Harapan supporters at the nomination centre voice disdain for Anwar's former aide.

Police are still gathering information on the 29-year-old man, tested positive for petrol addiction.

The viral circular purportedly stated that the workshop was compulsory for non-Malay local councillors.

Decades after independence, he makes it to the list as the first Sikh in the country to be appointed minister.

UMNO AGM | Asyraf Wajdi says these leaders should not use Umno as a shield.

UMNO AGM | Delegates boo when Umno Youth chief explains MCA counterpart was unable to join wing assembly today.

The minister tells telcos to ensure no SST is charged for M'sians buying prepaid cards.

The peaceful ushering in of a new Harapan gov't has impressed the world, says the PKR chief.

COMMENT | If and when Port Dickson residents elect Anwar, they shall gain from the same leadership that IIUM received under him.

Last year, Trump ordered US embassy in Israel relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Clooney is a member of the legal team representing Reuters journalists.

This is over allegation by nonprofit group that Harvard’s admissions process significantly disadvantages Asian-Americans.

UPDATED 4PM | A tsunami up to six meters high swept through Palu on Friday. 

COMMENT | Changing laws is part of reform, but we need to change ‘mainstream media’ culture too.

COMMENT | Umno may be destroyed, but its soul will find a new vessel.

Attackers took advantage of flaws on Facebook's 'View As' feature to gain full access to victims' accounts.

PD POLLS | 'Can't Port Dickson voters accept a candidate who had previously brought glory to the nation?'

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

The Negeri Sembilan chapter of Bersatu was dissolved upon the advice of the Registrar of Societies to resolve outstanding issues.

YOURSAY | ‘The nation is bigger than any one politician.’

Education minister says checks found no threats were made to undergraduates attending ongoing Umno AGM.

PD POLLS | LIVE | Malaysiakini brings you the live reports of the nomination day as it unfolds.

He says PD beaches should not just for ‘tauke besar’ (big bosses).

Appointment seen as a consolidation of the army's relationship with the monarchy.