Fahmi Fadzil perlu beri penjelasan, bukan beri alasan https://youtu.be/Yry44T2uv-4   The post Fahmi Fadzil perlu beri penjelasan, bukan beri alasan appeared first on Malaysia Today ..read more

MALAYSIA is in early discussions with tycoons on opening a casino in Forest City, sources familiar with the matter said, in a bid to revive the beleaguered US$100 billion property project that counts the country’s monarch as one of its shareholders. (Business Times) – Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met Berjaya founder Vincent Tan and Genting Group’s Lim Kok Thay last week at the development on the southern coast of Malaysia near Singapore, the sources said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. King Ibrahim Iskandar was also represented, the sources said. The talks are ..read more

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia has met tycoons Vincent Tan and Lim Kok Thay to discuss the opening of a casino within the Forest City development near Singapore, reported Bloomberg News, quoting unnamed sources. (The Edge Singapore) – Shares of Genting Singapore G13 -2.13% , whose chairman is Lim, dropped 3.19% as a 9.10 am. The project reportedly includes Malaysia’s King Ibrahim Iskandar, according to Bloomberg. He is known to have an interest of around 20% in the master developer of the Forest City project, led by China’s Country Garden, as well. According to ..read more

Research by a St Catharine’s postgraduate student has debunked a longstanding myth about the birth of an independent Malaya. (St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge) – Chee Yong Tan, a Development Studies PhD student, was working on his thesis in the UK’s National Archives when he discovered a document that challenged what he and many other Malaysians believed about a major participant in Malaya’s journey to independence, Tan Tong Hye (known as Tan T. H.). Timeline: The making of a myth March 1956: Queen Elizabeth II and Malay rulers appointed a commission (known as the Reid Commission) to d ..read more

Lead counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik says Court of Appeal president Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim has agreed to the defence team’s written request. (FMT) – A five-member Court of Appeal bench will hear a review application brought by former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin in a bid to restore his acquittal by the High Court of four abuse of power charges last year. Lead counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik said Court of Appeal deputy registrar Muhammad Noor Firdaus Rosli conveyed the matter to parties during case management today. “The matter was called up and we were informed that Court of Appeal president ..read more

If Malaysia is to claim innocence at all on the subject of wishing the Jews harm, we can only do so in terms of action. In intention and speech however, we can’t fully claim innocence. Nehru Sathiamoorthy Is Malaysia pushing for a “second Holocaust against the Jewish people”? American academic Bruce Gilley certainly thinks so. The professor of political science from Portland State University made a statement to that effect In a talk titled “Will Malaysia Become an Active Middle Power” at Universiti Malaya on April 23. Other than purporting that Malaysia has genocidal intent against the Jews ..read more

The PH leader says DAP vice-chairman Nga Kor Ming has given PN numerous reasons to attack him ahead of the May 11 by-election. (FMT) – DAP vice-chairman Nga Kor Ming’s unpopularity within the Malay community could cost the unity government the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election, says a Pakatan Harapan (PH) leader. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the leader said Nga, the housing and local government minister, has given Perikatan Nasional (PN) plenty of ammunition with which to attack him ahead of the battle for the Selangor state seat scheduled for May 11. Last month, Nga courted controversy fo ..read more

Penganalisis berkata DAP mengekalkan strategi untuk mengekalkan penyokong terasnya iaitu pengundi bukan Melayu pada PRK Kuala Kubu Baharu. (FMT) – Penganalisis berpendapat DAP mengambil risiko dengan mengekalkan calon Cina pada PRK Kuala Kubu Baharu, walaupun sebelum ini diuar-uarkan mahu menampilkan pemimpin Melayu berikutan majoriti pengundi dari kaum itu. Awang Azman Awang Pawi dari Universiti Malaya berkata langkah meletakkan Pang Sock Tao itu mungkin sebagai strategi DAP kerana mahu mengekalkan penyokong terasnya iaitu pengundi bukan Melayu yang telah memilih Lee Kee Hiong pada PRN Ogos ..read more

Dilema calun PRK KKB: Melayu atau Cina? ARVE Error: src mismatch provider: youtube url: https://youtu.be/wPjUN1FLoG8 src in org: https://www.youtube.com/embed/wPjUN1FLoG8?wmode=transparent&rel=0&feature=oembed src in mod: https://www.youtube.com/embed/wPjUN1FLoG8?wmode=transparent&rel=0 src gen org: https://www.youtube.com/embed/wPjUN1FLoG8   The post Dilema calun PRK KKB: Melayu atau Cina? appeared first on Malaysia Today ..read more

Unity government spokesman Fahmi Fadzil dismissed a report by Amnesty International claiming that there was dwindling space for freedom of expression in Malaysia, a year after the promised reforms. (NST) – In a press conference, Fahmi said no journalists have been detained and no publications have been closed down. He said while the government accepts the views of Amnesty International, there was a difference when it came to any ‘freedom’ to spread slander. “There is a difference between freedom of expression and freedom to spread slander. There is no issue to criticise the government, but th ..read more