(Malay Mail Online) - Most of the controversies surrounding 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has to do with misconceptions over the nature of the state-backed investment fund’s business, said…

(TMI) - In a bid to get Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to meet with moderate Muslims, three civil society leaders met privately with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad last week to discuss their…

(The Sun Daily) - Malaysia's finance ministry has asked government-linked companies (GLCs) and statutory bodies to temporarily halt purchases of foreign assets, in response to falling commodity…

Nik Abduh is quoted as saying PAS is finding ways to enhance cooperation beyond disaster management Amin Khairuddin, Free Malaysia Today PAS and Umno have shown their willingness to set…

Hasbullah Awang Chik, The Malaysian Insider Malaysian gambling kingpin Paul Phua Wei Seng is turning out to be a hot potato no one wants to touch after a letter by the home minister clearing…

(TMI) - Sources said among candidates being considered as the new MCMC chairman is an Umno man who had  contested for the Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat against opposition leader Datuk Seri…

Athi Shankar, Free Malaysia Today Penang PKR Chairman Mansor Othman may be facing a mutiny. Seven of the 13 party divisions in the state are seeking to install former Balik Pulau MP Yusmadi…

(FMT) - "He should go to that avenue (Syariah), as there is remedy under Sections 233 and 234 to judge the precept of Islam.” The High Court said on Tuesday that it was reluctant to provide the…

Perkasa insists Home Minister reveal why he has asked the FBI to release Paul Phua despite him being charged for illegal gambling in the US. (Free Malaysia Today) - Perkasa, the Malay NGO in…

(Malay Mail Online) - 1Malaysia Development Bhd, a state investment company, failed to repay a RM2 billion loan due on December 31, the Edge Financial Daily reported, citing people it didn’t…

(Malay Mail Online) - Ageing Muslim intellectual Kassim Ahmad said today that he is a "fighter" and will appeal against the civil court's decision to throw out his legal challenge against a…

(TMI) - 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has the distinction of being possibly the only government-linked company (GLC) to have changed three chief executive officers (CEOs), three external…

(MMO) - The complexity of Malaysia’s goods and services tax (GST) system coming into effect in April at a flat rate of six per cent has likely discouraged small businesses from registering for the…

(The Ant Daily) - The integrity and impartiality of the Election Commission (EC) has long been suspect. But the admission by Tan Sri Rashid A Rahman, a former EC chairman and now a vice-president…

(Asia Sentinel) - Ahmad Zahid Hamidi tries to get a major gambling kingpin off the hook in a US trial Malaysia’s Justice Minister has dealt his floundering government coalition a new blow by…

(NST) - 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) Mohd Hazem Abd Rahman (pic) resigned as its managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) as part of a transition plan, says chairman Tan Sri Lodin…

Isma deputy president says MCA is desperate for Chinese votes and is using The Star to win back those who support DAP (Free Malaysia Today) - Keeping a keen eye on the politics of the day is…

The heavy floods, the worst in decades, upended a scheduled December 29 sitting on the matter. (Free Malaysia Today) - The Kelantan Government seems more concerned about its hudud than saying…

(Malay Mail Online) - Lies about the use The National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) funds spread by opposition politicians destroyed his family and business, according to the husband of ex minister…

(Malay Mail Online) - A 41-year-old convicted for rape and who later married his under-aged victim, will serve out his 12 year jail sentence following the dismissal of his appeal here today.…

(The Ant Daily) - The gloves have come off. With the threat of deregistration hanging over the party, MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel has now gone after Datuk Seri S. Vell Paari, the son of…

(FMT) - It’s not the done thing for a lawyer in private practice to spring to Zahid’s defence and start issuing statements on the issue. The Opposition has called on Home Minister Ahmad Zahid…

(FMT) - Why did Najib go to Bangkok without fanfare? Questions are being asked as to the reason Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak went to Thailand on Friday without fanfare, especially when the…

Party chief dismisses claims by his challengers that MIC may be shut down. (Free Malaysia Today) - MIC president G. Palanivel, dismissing claims by his challengers that the party was heading…

(Bernama) - Uncontrolled logging is the main cause of the massive flooding in Kelantan, according to Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, minister in the Prime Minister’s Department. He called for…

(Bernama) - Letters of demand will go out tomorrow to eight former staff of Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to recover a total of RM2.6 million paid to them as compensation for termination of…

(Bloomberg, 5 Aug 2014) - When FBI agents went into Villa 8882 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on the afternoon of July 9, they found Wei Seng Phua and his son watching the World Cup semifinal…

(Bernama) - The Malay right-wing group Perkasa has proposed a 25-year freeze on logging in flood-prone states as a measure to avert the repeat of massive floods. Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali…

Mahathir ally says PM's Department must explain whether malicious "shopping trip" stories are true. (Free Malaysia Today) - The Prime Minister’s Department has been urged to make a speedy…

(The Malay Mail) - Islam prohibits its married men from being the homemaker in the family, the government’s Malaysian Institute of Islamic Understanding (Ikim) has said, amid Putrajaya’s efforts…