PUTRAJAYA: The police have launched a probe into the report made against Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan for allegedly making ‘treasonous’ remark against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin (pix)

Palace reposts ‘Parliament must sit’ poster after removing it earlier Updated 3 hours ago · Published on 18 Jun 2021 5:25PM · Share this article × FACEBOOK and Instagram posts of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decree for Parliament to sit which were removed earlier today have been reposted on the Istana

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 6,440 new cases of Covid-19. This is the first time cases have been over 6,000 since June 11. This is also the second day in a row with rising case numbers. New cases by state Selangor (2,095) Negeri Sembilan (870) Kuala

KUANTAN: Form Five students will be getting their getting their Covid-19 vaccination by next month, says Khairy Jamaluddin (pic). The coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme said that these students would be given the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, adding that this is being done to open up the option of

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s Covid-19 vaccination rate reached another high on Thursday (June 17) as 221,706 jabs were administered throughout the country. According to the Special Committee on Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV), 177,876 people received their first dose while 43,830 people received their second

The initially-scheduled hearing of the government’s 1MDB-linked forfeiture suit against Najib Abdul Razak and 17 others today has been vacated due to the ongoing movement control order (MCO 3.0). The former prime minister’s counsel Nur Syahirah Hanapiah said that the hearing initially scheduled before the Kuala Lumpur

The Conference of Rulers’ view, that the state of emergency should not be extended beyond Aug 1, paves the way for the Sarawak state polls and several by-elections to be held after being suspended. Elections amid the pandemic still pose the risk of exacerbating infection rates – as was seen after

A foundation lecturer teaching at a Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) campus in Selangor has been accused of sexual grooming and harassment by his former students. Several victims shared with Malaysiakini their experience with the alleged perpetrator, who is still teaching at the university. All names have been changed to protect

PETALING JAYA: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong can install a new prime minister in the midst of an emergency if the candidate commands the confidence of the majority of MPs, a lawyer said. Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin said this was possible even though Parliament was not in session. He said the

PETALING JAYA: Pundits are questioning the government’s apparent reluctance to heed Wednesday’s call from the King and Malay rulers to end the state of emergency and reopen Parliament as soon as possible. One of them, political analyst Azmi Hassan, told FMT he saw “no eagerness” to respond to

An area covering 4,600 hectares at Tasik Chini in Pekan, Pahang – said to have been made a permanent forest reserve in 2019 to protect its biodiversity – has yet to be officially gazetted. Malaysiakini learnt that the gazetting has not taken place more than two years after the Pahang State

PETALING JAYA: Walk-ins to vaccination centre will be introduced possibly by the end of August or mid-September, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme said the government would introduce it once those who were registered had been immunised. “I think once we have cleared them

KUALA LUMPUR: There is much riding on Malaysia’s vaccination programme as the country fights its biggest wave of infections since COVID-19 became a full-fledged pandemic. While the extended Movement Control Order (MCO) restrictions have been critical in getting new daily cases down to just below 5,000 from a

KUALA LUMPUR: Employers in the manufacturing sector will be immediately issued with compounds without further warning if they were found infringing the Movement Control Order (MCO) standard operating procedures (SOP), said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, today. After conducting an MCO compliance monitoring visit to several factories and industrial

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) has filed an application to seek leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s ruling to allow Grab Holdings Inc and its subsidiaries to commence a judicial review to challenge the commission’s proposed imposition of an RM86.77 million fine on them.

MADRID (Reuters) -Sergio Ramos burst into tears as he said farewell to Real Madrid on Thursday after 16 years but left with a parting shot, saying he was surprised that the club decided to withdraw a one-year contract offer to him by claiming it had expired. Ramos, who made 671

PMO’s response to king’s decree on Parliament ‘meaningless’, says Najib Updated 21 hours ago · Published on 17 Jun 2021 7:58PM · Share this article × UNLESS notice is given to MPs to convene Parliament, the response by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has acknowledged the king’s views and will take follow-up measures based on the Constitution and the laws, said the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday (Jun 17).  The King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Mustafa Billah Shah has said that the parliament should reconvene as

KOTA BHARU: Walk-in vaccinations will be made available to individuals nationwide, but only after those who have already registered receive their vaccine shots. National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin said this was among the government’s strategies to achieve herd immunity by the end of the year. “We

More than 350 doctors and medical workers have caught Covid-19 in Indonesia despite being vaccinated with Sinovac and dozens have been hospitalised, officials said, as concerns grow about the efficacy of some vaccines against more infectious variants. Most of the workers were asymptomatic and self-isolating at home, said Badai Ismoyo,

KUALA LUMPUR: Eighteen Malaysian youths today obtained leave from the High Court to challenge the government’s action in delaying the implementation of Undi 18, a move to lower the voting age to 18 and to enable automatic voter registration. Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid, in allowing the leave

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has approved wage subsidy applications worth RM1.215 billion under the Wage Subsidy Programme 2.0 (PSU 2.0) as at June 4, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. “A total of RM1.215 billion has been channelled to 74,075 employers to

De facto religious affairs deputy minister Ahmad Marzuk Shaary and the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) have taken issue with the Human Rights Commission’s (Suhakam) plans to research possible legislation to recognise a third gender. Jakim yesterday said it was demanding a clarification from Suhakam over the study while Marzuk