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,…
Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Tan Sri Mahiaddin Yassin has confirmed that MIC applied to join the coalition. The application approval would be determined during a PN supreme council meeting. All of the PN components have been supportive of MIC joining the bloc. “We couldn’t convene a PN Supreme Council meeting before this as we were…
Former Klang MP Charles Santiago has called upon the DAP go back to basics in light of the crushing defeat the party received in the Sabah state election yesterday. “Sabah’s results weren’t a fluke. They were a message. Whether DAP listens now will determine if this is just a setback or the beginning of a…
Pope Leo XIV has warned that conflicts at the global level endangering humanity. “We are now experiencing a phase marked by heightened level of conflict on the global level, fueled by prevailing strategies of economic and military power. “This is enabling what Pope Francis called a Third World War fought piecemeal,” he said at an…
Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for Kapayan Datuk Jannie Lasimbang took former ally UPKO president Datuk Ewon to task for stoking up a divisive Malaya vs local party narrative in the latter’s campaign against PH and the DAP. “Political differences can be discussed rationally, but demonising ex-long-term partners neither helps voters make informed decisions nor hides…
Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming defended the 30-year threshold for buildings in the Urban Renewal Bill based on four obsolescence. “The 30-year threshold for buildings are re-looking at the threshold age. It must be explained that the 30 years building age were fixed based on certain factors that was not limited to…
