In welcoming the call by Economy Minister Akmal Nasir to redefine poverty based on Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), Bukit Gasing state assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran urged the federal government to recognise and adopt relative poverty as a primary metric alongside the existing absolute poverty metric. The following are the three reasons why Akmal should adopt relative…
Bersatu’s leadership crisis continues as its embattled deputy president Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin would not be attending a disciplinary board hearing scheduled tomorrow. Hamzah who is also Opposition Leader is in Sydney, Australia to accompany and assist his daughter with her university enrolment, his private secretary Ahmad Ikhwan Fadhli confirmed. Hamzah received the notice to…
The recent 2-day visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 and 8 February is vital for India for several reasons. The two day visit was marked by the gathering of 15,000 Indians in MINES was attended by both Modi and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. In addition to that the 10th India…
Sarawak is prepared to increase its production of live pigs. This comes in the wake of a decree from Selangor Sultan, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah who is against pig farming in the state. “We are also open to supplying to other states that wish to import,” said Sarawak’s Minister for Food Industry, Commodity and Regional…
Indonesia has become the first nation that committed its troops to Gaza. It would be sending 8,000 of its soldiers to Gaza in support of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. “(We are deploying) a brigade, likely around 5,000 to 8,000 (personnel). But nothing is set in stone yet. So, the numbers aren’t final,”said…
In the past decade, since 2015 until 2025 a total of 327 criminals who were involved in 193 cases were shot dead. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed that no police personnel were charged for gunning them down. The lowest number of cases was recorded in 2023 and the highest, 32 was in…
Selangor will regulate illegally built non-Muslim places of worship via its existing structure the Selangor Five Religions Houses of Worship Committee (LIMAS) that has been in place for a long time, said Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. “Over the past 15 years, we have not only allowed houses of worship to operate at…
In supporting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s call for the rule of law to be upheld in the controversy surrounding “illegal temples”, Kota Kemuning state assemblyman Preakas Sampunathan said that authorities must differentiate temples that are of historical heritage and those that are encroaching the land. “While it is true that, strictly speaking, occupying…
Malaysia has risen three spots in Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), from the 57th spot to the 54th. It scored two additional points to 52 points, from 50 points that it scored in 2023 and 2024. In 2022 Malaysia scored 47 points, 48 in 2021 and 51 in 2020. CPI ranks 182 countries…
PKR deputy secretary general Sivamalar Genapathy has called for the establishment of a centralised Non-Muslim Places of Worship Commission at the federal level. “Enforcement must be the last option, not the default response. Dialogue, mediation, and administrative solutions must come first. “The establishment of a centralised Non-Muslim Places of Worship Commission at the federal level…
