Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has appointed Bingkor state assemblyman Datuk Mohd Ishak Ayub of Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) as Assistant Minister in the state cabinet. Ishak is also Sabah Governor Tun Musa Aman’s nephew. STAR president and Tambunan state assemblyman Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan however has declared that STAR would be…
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail would be moving a motion to suspend Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan (PN-Kota Bharu) from attending Dewan Rakyat session and Selection Committee meeting for six months. The motion is listed in the Dewan Rakyat Order Paper. The motion is being tabled due to Takiyuddin’s allegations that the Malaysian Maritime…
Healthcare financing reforms are among key issues undertaken in the Health White Paper and the ministry is looking at establishing National Health Fund in the long term. “Basically the National Health Fund would function as fund collector and trustee. It would source for funds from various sources and government funding would be the core. “It…
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed that the police opened an investigation paper and investigated a Pas assemblyman Mohd Hafez Sabri (PN-Manjoi) for his racial posting regarding the security breach involving Perak Sultan during the state level Independence Day celebration. “The Royal Malaysian Police opened an investigation paper on Sept 1, 2025. The…
Ex-Sabah Law Society (SLS) president Datuk Roger Chin who was a party in the 40 percent Sabah special revenue case is one of the six who became appointed assemblyman in Sabah yesterday. He is among those who had championed the rights as stated in Malaysia Agreement 1963. Five others are as follows: Datuk Mohamed Razali…
Lawyers acting on behalf Albert Tei’s wife, Lee Pei Rie – Rajesh Nagarajan and Sachpreetraj Singh have demanded the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) to release the digital video recorder of a CCTV unit to prove that the MACC had indeed brandished firearms at Tei and Lee. The lawyers want the MACC to do the…
Penang Hindu Endowment Board (PHEB) can apply for federal fund allocation by forwarding the application to the National Unity Ministry, said its deputy minister Senator Saraswathy Kandasami. “For federal funds, PHEB can apply to the Finance Ministry. We at the National Unity Ministry will help coordinate the application,” she said during the oral question session…
DAP strategic director Liew Chin Tong confirmed that his party would learn and reset following the party’s humiliating defeat in the Sabah state election on Nov 29. “We will listen, learn, regroup, and reset. We will come back stronger,” he said in a Facebook. All eight candidates of the DAP was defeated. The eight includes…
There would not be any change in the seating of MPs in the Dewan Rakyat even though UPKO has quit being a component of Pakatan Harapan and its president Datuk Ewon Benedick quit the cabinet. Ewon did the above as he had disagreed with the decision of the federal government that decided to appeal against…
MIC clarified that it sent a letter of inquiry for more information regarding federal opposition bloc, Perikatan Nasional (PN), not an application letter. “The letter focused on several issues, including the nature of the party’s potential membership, entry processes and MIC’s potential status as a PN component member,” said MIC secretary general Datuk S Ananthan,…
