A total of 123 Malaysians, including 80 students, have returned from Bangladesh on a chartered flight today at 5 pm. The flight landed at KLIA2. Their return comes in the wake of violent protests in Bangladesh that have resulted in nearly 150 deaths. Siti Nurathirah Afrina Azree, 25, one of the returning students, shared that…
DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke will consult the Cabinet tomorrow on the fundraising activities by beer companies for Chinese school development. “Tomorrow I will go to the Cabinet. “I will tell them that this guideline should be revised. “The guidelines should not have such restrictions, at least not for Chinese primary schools,” Loke said. He said…
Democratic Action Party (DAP) national chairman Lim Guan Eng questioned why Pas did not raise concerns about beer company sponsorships for Chinese schools when Perikatan Nasional (PN) was in power. “They are playing both sides. “PN and PAS are playing a double game, they stay quiet while in power and then dramatically change their stance…
Bangladesh is expected to formally accept on Tuesday a court ruling to cut quotas for government jobs, media said, meeting a key demand of students whose protests sparked one of the worst outbreaks of violence in years that killed almost 150 people, Reuters reported. Calm prevailed in the capital, Dhaka and most major cities for…
Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Aiman Athirah Sabu labelled Pas as a “hypocrite” as the party criticised her participation in a recent school fundraising event where a brewery company donated to a Chinese school. The Sepang MP pointed out that Pas leaders had no issues sitting among non-Muslims who were consuming alcohol during…
WhatsApp and Telegram needs to crackdown on criminal activities on its respective platforms, said Communication Minister Fahmi Fadzil. This measure is necessary to ensure a safer space for Malaysians to use amid complaints of sexual grooming, pornography distribution and online scams. “There are many applications that are used such as WhatsApp and Telegram, we found…
Datuk Mohd Nizar Najib the Peramu Jaya state assemblyman who is also Pahang Investment, Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation committee chairman denied metting opposition Perikatan Nasional representatives to discuss plans to topple the Pahang state government. “I strictly deny claims that I met with opposition leaders to topple the Pahang state government. The fictional meeting…
The alleged mastermind of the 1MDB fund scandal Low Taek Jho have been ordered by a US federal judge to forfeit diamond rings and diamond ear rings. Yesterday, a federal court judge in Los Angeles ordered the fugitive financier, infamously known as Jho Low to surrender claims to a 7.35 carat diamond ring as well…
Penang’s tourism pamphlets are available in multiple languages, said Penang state exco for tourism and creative economy Wong Hon Wai. “My response is that not only is there content in the national language, but also in Arabic. “The Arabic version by Penang Global Tourism was launched by me at the Arabian Travel Mart in May…
China Press headlined that the Education Ministry stated that it is taking a serious view of a recent fundraising event at a local school involving sponsorship by a beer company and is investigating the matter. Nanyang Daily reported that Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that strict action will be taken…
