As ASEAN chair, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stressed that peace is the only option for Thailand and Cambodia. “I have messaged both PMs. I am looking forward to speak to them this evening or tonight. Developments are concerning. They are close to Malaysia. The least is we can expect them to stand down….
Dewan Rakyat special select committee on international relations and international trade Wong Chen has called upon Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to convene a meeting to de-escalate the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. “Border clashes have started between Thailand and Cambodia. Malaysia as the ASEAN chair must act immediately to convene a meeting to…
Former Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad took a lesson from the UK to remind Pakatan Harapan against taking its supporters for granted. “Some UK Labour party leaders in the past said that they don’t need to win over their base, the working class voters as “they have no where else…
Klang MP V Ganabatirau said that the Attorney General’s Chambers claim that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute controversial Muslim convert preachers such as Zamri Vinoth and Firdaus Wong defies logic since those who insult or provoke sentiments of minority faiths are allowed to walk free. “This explanation is not only unacceptable but also sends…
Under the 13th Malaysia Plan, the government would offer fund assistance for farmers to implement Closed Pig Farm Transformation Program by implementing Modern Pig Farming (MPF) and Pig Farming Area (PFA). MPF and PFA are long term plans that would be implemented in states that are involved in pig farming. “State governments would supervise the…
A Malaysian female lawyer is at the centre of sexual harassment allegations involving the chief prosecutor Karim Khan at the International Criminal Court. Khan is currently facing sexual harassment allegations that he tried for more than a year to coerce the aide, who is in her late 30s, into a sexual relationship and groped her…
Despite the hundreds of police reports lodged against controversial convert preachers Firdaus Wong and Zamri Vinoth, no further action has been taken against the duo due to lack of evidence. “Based on the feedback from the Attorney General Chambers (AGC), I was informed that AGC has thus far found there is a lack of evidence…
Malaysia recorded a 20.4% rise in foreign tourist arrivals in the first five months this year with a total of 16.94 million visitors compared to 14.07 million for the same period last year. Singapore remains the biggest source of tourists with 8.34 million visitors, which is a 26.5 percent increase. Indonesian tourists rose by 10.3%…
Twenty-eight countries including Britain, Japan and a host of European nations issued a joint statement Monday saying the war in Gaza “must end now” — the latest sign of allies’ sharpening language as Israel’s isolation deepens. The foreign ministers of countries also including Australia and Canada said “the suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached…
A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school in Dhaka, the country’s capital, shortly after takeoff on Monday afternoon, killing the pilot and 24 other people, most of whom were students, officials said. The jet crashed and caught fire, leaving also 171 people, mostly students, injured. They were rescued from the school’s smoldering…
