Tag - Prime Minister's Office

MACC to probe alleged bribery involving Albert Tei, Shamsul Iskandar

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission will investigate claims that businessman Albert Tei bribed Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin. MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said both Tei and Shamsul Iskandar will be summoned soon to provide statements. He added that other relevant parties will also be called to assist in gathering evidence. “The public...

Malaysian Bar’s walk aimed at defending judicial integrity, not about politics

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Bar states that its peaceful walk to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) aims to defend judicial integrity, and is not about politics. Its president Mohamad Ezri Abdul Wahab said the walk was organised in defence of judicial independence. "Let it be seen clearly this march is in defence of judicial independence, rooted in law...

Doctors in black gather at PMO to protest drug price display order

PUTRAJAYA: A group of about 300 doctors has gathered in front of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here in protest of the new law mandating the display of price lists at private healthcare facilities. The doctors, mostly clad in black, gathered here since 9am Tuesday (May 6). Initially, the gathering was called "Doctors Betrayed: The Long Walk...

Nine million Malaysians to benefit from Phase 2 of Rahmah Cash Aid

PETALING JAYA: Phase 2 of the Rahmah Cash Aid (STR) will benefit nearly nine million people, involving an allocation of RM1.7bil. During the daily briefing from the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday (March 27), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's senior press secretary Tunku Nashrul Abaidah said the aid, which was distributed starting Monday (March 24), civil servants...

Opposition asks if pixman who claimed MP was vaping in the House has been called up

KUALA LUMPUR: Tanah Merah MP Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham wants to know if the photographer who claimed he was vaping in the Dewan Rakyat has been called up. Ikmal, from Perikatan Nasional, said the photo by a photographer from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had garnered over a million views. He said he had already declared that...