PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth chief Datuk Dr Akmal Saleh has suggested that it may be time for him to step aside, after having done his best to voice the concerns of the grassroots. In a cryptic post on Wednesday morning (Jan 7), he said he had done his best and conveyed the party's grassroots message as...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have received 13 reports nationwide in connection with a book author, who is also an entrepreneur, for a Facebook post allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad, says Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. The Inspector-General of Police said that investigations are being carried out after receiving all the reports up to 11.30pm on Sunday (March 16). He said...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has instructed the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry to coordinate and increase programmes related to the Indian community. He said that for this purpose, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Deputy Minister Datuk Seri R Ramanan has been tasked with overseeing the efforts to ensure that the RM130mil allocation under...
PETALING JAYA: Former Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar will soon lodge a police report over a slanderous posting made against her. In a statement on Facebook, the daughter of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, said that her lawyers would lodge a report sometime next week after the Chinese New Year celebration. "Let's not forget the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Blogger "Sang Kelembai" pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here Wednesday (Jan 31) to a charge of making an offensive post about vaccine procurement matters on his Facebook page four years ago. Datuk Abd Zarin Mohd Yasin, 72, was charged with creating and initiating the transmission of offensive communications with intent to annoy...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail have extended prayers and well-wishes for the marriage of Sultan Brunei’s son, Pengiran Muda Abdul Mateen Bolkiah and his wife, Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anisha Rosnah Adam. In a post on Facebook, Anwar said he and Dr Wan Azizah...
SHAH ALAM: Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has announced that he will not be defending his post in the next party polls to be held next year. The former prime minister said this in his policy speech at Bersatu’s 6th annual general meeting (AGM) held at the Ideal Convention Centre (IDCC) here Friday (Nov 24). ALSO...
KUALA LUMPUR: An unemployed man was sentenced to six months in prison and fined RM10,000 or three months prison in default, by the Sessions Court here after he pleaded guilty to posting an offensive message against the Sultan of Selangor and failing to provide his Facebook password. Judge N. Priscilla Hemamalini ordered Mohamad Azlan Ibrahim, 47,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic) made a donation to Sazali, the son of the late Tan Sri P. Ramlee, who is disabled due to an accident. In a Facebook post, he said the donation was handed over by his political secretary Farhan Fauzi on Friday (Sept 1) afternoon. "A recent report revealed the...
