Ku Li said Umno would uphold Malay rights while looking after the interests of other communities.   (FMT) - Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has announced his candidacy for the Umno president’s post,…

(TMI) - By all accounts, discussions between 1MDB investigators and Malaysia's most wanted man, Low Taek Jho, have begun. The fugitive financier is a key player in the scandal of the decade…

Malaysia's third national car will also be privatised (The Star) - The Government will consider reviving the High Speed Rail (HSR) project that will link Kuala Lumpur and Singapore sometime in the…

The New York Times report noted, however, that Malaysia’s problems did not start with Najib. (FMT) - Before the 14th general election, Pakatan Harapan (PH) felt things were rotten at the core of…

(MMO) - Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun is contemplating suing a Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) ally after being tarred in the corruption controversy raging over rent-seeking in Masjid India.…

(MMO) - Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun today admitted writing a letter to City Hall (DBKL) to support the application of a Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) Youth member at the centre of…

Company chief sees opportunities in Mahathir's drive to cut debt (Nikkei Asian Review) - San Miguel, the Philippines’ largest company by sales, is eyeing the acquisition of state-owned assets in…

(Reuters) - Malaysian authorities investigating scandal-hit state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) are considering charging former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak with money…

(TMI) - MALAYSIANS should brace themselves for another major financial scandal "related to the finance ministry" when it was helmed by Najib Razak, Channel NewsAsia reports today. Finance…

(The Star) - Vital files were only accessible to one person – former prime minister Najib Razak, who was also the finance minister. The new government stumbled upon reams of shredded documents…

(The Star) - Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) Licensing and Petty Traders Development Department director Anwar Mohd Zain said he was forced to approve Bersatu youth leader Mohd Noorhisyam Abd…

(MMO) - Several traders at Jalan Masjid India here claimed people dressed as Pakatan Harapan members demanded inflated fees to ensure that lot allocations for a Ramadan bazaar were not revoked.…

(FMT) - Sabah Chief Minister Shafie Apdal has reiterated the state government’s demand for 20% oil royalty from the federal government, up from the current 5% cash payment.  Speaking at a…

(Bernama) - Barisan Nasional (BN) was dealt another blow when four of its component parties in Sarawak decided on a divorce and leave the coalition after 45 years of bitter-sweet union. With…

(FMT) - Straits Times daily says the roughly equal split in Malay votes among PH, PAS and BN will have major implications in future elections. About 95% of Chinese voters chose Pakatan Harapan…

(The Star) - Perlis Umno chief and former mentri besar Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (pic) has suffered a minor stroke. State Umno secretary Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin said Shahidan suffered a…

(MMO) - Foreign media’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) coverage — particularly US’ Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Singapore’s Straits Times (ST) — were heavily influenced by the politics in…

(The Star) - The hunt for Low Taek Jho has now shifted to Dubai as the fugitive financier had expressed his keenest, through his lawyers, to meet up with 1MDB investigators. A source said based…

A 12-page document has been submitted to the health minister, claiming corruption in the supply of drugs to the government. (FMT) - Shocking and detailed revelations have emerged on how companies…

(MMO) - The price of ‘ikan rakyat’ will continue to rise if the government does not introduce measures to bridge the gap between the supply and demand of fish produce in Malaysia. Marine Fish…

(MMO) - Sime Darby Property and SP Setia today asserted that they had acquired Battersea Power Station (BPS) in the UK through “a competitive tender process”. In a joint statement, the two…

(MMO) - Veteran newsman Datuk A. Kadir Jasin today said he still has a good relationship with PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, despite the latter disparaging his blog post on the Yang…

(The Star) - Moody's Investors Service is maintaining its estimate of Malaysia's direct government debt at 50.8% of GDP in 2017. It said on Wednesday its assessment of contingent liability…

(TMI) - DAP veteran Teresa Kok and newbie Yeo Bee Yin are among the party’s candidates set to be inducted into the 26-member cabinet of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, highly placed sources…

(MMO) - All revenue or income of the Sultanate of Johor has come from plantation management since the late Sultan Sir Ibrahim’s reign to date. The Johor palace took to Facebook today to clarify…

(FMT) - BN leaders needed to accept the fact that the coalition was no longer marketable, adding that it was because of component parties like MIC, MCA and Gerakan – which the people no longer…

(FMT) - The Bukit Gelugor MP says it is a basic hallmark of any democracy that the executive does not interfere in the affairs of the judiciary. Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh today said…

(MMO) - Nurul Izzah Anwar has finally broken her silence over a meeting she had with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in London last year, at a time when the latter was reportedly contemplating leaving…

(The Singapore Straits Times, 7 Jan 2018) - Japan is making an all-out bid to construct the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR), touted as South-east Asia's largest infrastructure …

(NST) - The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail project has only been postponed and not scrapped. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohomad, in an interview with Nikkei Asian Review, said there…