Sabah Umno has identified four individuals as potential candidates to contest in the double by-elections which will be held in Lamag state constituency and Kinabatangan parliament constituency. Sabah Umno liaison chairman Datuk Jafri Ariffin said that the party is scrutinising the criteria of a winnable candidate after discussing with grassroot leaders. “We have identified several…
Sharifah Munirah Alatas We should not keep weaponising language discourses (English, Mandarin, UEC, BM, etc.) while perpetually remaining ignorant of the conditions of world order today…it is moving towards a “multiplex” system, whereby the world may no longer be unipolar, dominated by the US, or any one power. China and other spheres of influence have…
UK police made their first arrests Wednesday since announcing officers will detain people who publicly chant pro-Palestinian calls to “globalise the intifada”, in a change prompted by Australia’s Bondi Beach attack. London’s Metropolitan Police said two people “who shouted slogans involving calls for intifada were arrested for racially aggravated public order offences” at a pro-Palestinian…
A government backbencher has questioned why no policemen were arrested to assist in the probe over the Durian Tunggal police shootout in Melaka last month that led to three men being killed. Lim Lip Eng (PH-Kepong) noted that it has been two days since the Attorney General’s Chambers reclassified the probe as murder. “Malaysians do…
The Danish government said Wednesday that it is proposing to extend the country’s ban on full-face veils in public places to schools and universities. “Burqas, niqabs, or other clothing that hides people’s faces have no place in a Danish classroom,” Minister for immigration and integration Rasmus Stoklund said in a statement. “There is already a…
LEE CHEAN CHUNG I congratulate my colleagues who have been appointed to the new Cabinet line-up and wish them every success in their responsibilities ahead. To borrow a football analogy, a half-time review is essential — to identify vulnerabilities, substitute underperforming players, and adjust strategies in pursuit of victory. A Cabinet reshuffle serves a similar…
The Melaka police chief Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar’s dare to the lawyers to sue him shows that he has a disturbing misunderstanding of the matter. He was also taken to task for using his office as a platform for taunts and bravado. The lawyers – Rajesh Nagarajan and Sachpreetraj Singh Sohanpal – also pointed out that…
Ti Lian Ker This is not a coincidence. It Is a warning. It is not coincidental that BN chairman Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi warned component parties “not to regret leaving BN because they will not be accepted back” when officiating the Indian Progressive Front (IPF) general assembly today. While this warning was purportedly aimed at…
BY: S HARIKRISHNAN Last night (Dec 16) MIC held a pomp event at a leading venue in the federal capital to celebrate party president Tan Sri SA. Vigneswaran’s 60th birthday celebration. The bow-tie event was attended by more than 1,500 party leaders, businessmen, friends and other well-wishers of the president with singers from India as…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim may have yet assembled a “dream team” to handle the rigours of global trade when he reshuffled the entire ministry. After the enforced end of Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz’s tenure as the Minister of International Trade and Investments (MITI) after his Senatorship tenured expired, the prime…
