Despite the authorities launching a sedition crackdown which saw 20 people charged or investigated since last month, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Paul Low maintained that the independence of the attorney-general and judiciary has not been compromised. Low today said the governmen …

[LATEST UPDATE] BN has won the by-election in Pengkalan Kubor, one of the few Umno forts in PAS-dominated Kelantan, with a higher majority. According to Bernama, Umno took the seat with a majority of 2,625 votes – an additional of 889 votes to the majority it garnered at last year's gener …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today reaffirmed Malaysia’s commitment to bring home the remains of the last three Malaysian victims of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 tragedy. “We will continue our efforts to bring home the remai …

A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Pekan Baru, Ipoh for alleged cheating by offering non-existent jobs via Facebook. Perak CCID chief Supt Maszely Minhad said the suspect was arrested at 5pm yesterday after police received a report from a 22 year-old victim. Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.c …

Child trafficking is a crime that affects girls and boys all over the world. Any form of recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of children, women and men, for the purpose of exploitation, is a violation of their rights, well-being and potential. The invisible and clandestine n …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 (Bernama) — Malaysian food products have made inroads into the Latin America market through a promotion drive carried out by the Malaysia External Trade Development Corp’s (Matrade). Eight Malaysian companies had showcased their products at a specialised marketing m …

Questioning the proposed water tariff hike in Johor, a DAP parliamentarian has instead called on the state government to review the price of raw water that it sells to Singapore. Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching said the proposed water tariff increase was “totally unacceptable” as Johoreans currently pay the …

A police volunteer constable offered assistance to the Semporna district police chief over a skirmish in Kampung Sri Jaya, Simunul, on March 2 last year, the High Court in Kota Kinabalu heard today. Thanyman Antonysamy said he decided to help as he was familiar with the water village and it was only …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 (Bernama) — Relatives of people in prisons, rehabilitation centres and the Henry Gurney School can visit them on Oct 6 and 7 in conjunction with Aidiladha on Oct 5, according to the Prisons Department. It said in a statement that the visiting hours were from 8.15 am to 4. …

The Pengkalan Kubor by-election, which is taking place today, is being seen as one of the calmest by-election to have taken place in the country since the conclusion of the 13th general election. The Election Commission (EC) had received a total of three complaints of offences during campaigning, bu …

VIDEO l KiniTV: Parti Socialis Malaysia (PSM) and Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (Jerit) said in a survey their conducted in 16 schools, 14 of them have contractors who were paying their workers as low as RM650 a month. Education Ministry flayed for no minimum wagewww.kinitv.comKiniNews: Several groups t …

From Jamaluddin Muhammad NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said on Wednesday Malaysia did not choose between the United States and China in developing its relationship with the two superpowers. The Malaysian prime minister said Malaysia developed, and did not choose, rel …

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#MH17 Kiev cannot guarantee safe passage for an international investigation team to enter the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 went down in eastern Ukraine last July because it is unsafe, Najib Abdul Razak said on Wednesday (Thursday in Malaysia). The Malaysian prime minister said this was c …

From Jamaluddin Muhammad NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the government was committed in ensuring the betterment of the people’s economy as the country moved towards attaining a high-income nation status by 2020. He said the people’s wag …