The Penang state Education Department has directed the North East district education office to investigate claims that a Year One pupil in Tanjung Tokong, near Bukit Mertajam was slapped by a teacher yesterday. Penang Education director Osman Husain said a report on the incident was expected to be k …

PAS members who do not agree with the party’s involvement in the Pakatan Rakyat coalition should simply leave the party instead of causing internal problems, said PAS central committee member Khalid Samad. “The tahaluf siyaasi (political understanding) is a PAS muktamar decision. I urge those who do …

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Design Development Centre (DDEC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara), will organise the Design Summit 3.0 program in February next year. The DDEC said in a media statement here today that the summit, with the theme ‘Cel …

Violence at a Kulai factory escalated last night with a portion of the factory was torched, after discussions between worker and factory management fell through. According to police, 39 workers, mostly of Nepalese origin were detained following two incidents of rioting, the first of which occurred a …

#MH17 The process of identifying the remains of the remaining MH17 Malaysian crash victims has now entered the difficult and challenging phase. MH17 Victims Identification Board member Dr Zahari Noh said the cases was getting more complex because the forensic expert could now only depend on DNA, whi …

PKR de-facto leader Anwar Ibrahim said his wife Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was chosen as a candidate for the Selangor menteri besar’s post because she is the party president and a capable former opposition leader. Anwar said he was surprised with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's criticisms on n …

A Malindo Air flight OD1158 bound for Penang with 37 passengers and crew on board was delayed for several hours after the plane was halted due to a 'bomb threat' before take-off at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang yesterday. The hybrid airline, in a statement, said the flight c …

Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has suggested that Malaysia Airlines provide its Muslim cabin crew with the option to put on the hijab, to observe the Muslim dress code if they choose to. "Those who want to cover their aurat should be able to do so," Khairy, who is also Umno Yo …

YOURSAY | or Najib, Sedition Act is the new ISA: ‘This is only the beginning. Worse is yet to come.’ Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/272839 [FREE] For Najib, Sedition Act is the new ISAwww.malaysiakini.comYOURSAY ‘This is only the beginning. Worse is yet to come.’ Shah Alam MP to be cha …

Indonesia’s Joko Widodo, widely known as Jokowi, will announce his cabinet team in early October, according to a senior adviser to the president-elect, as he steps up preparations to become the next leader of the world’s third largest democracy. All eyes are on Jokowi’s choices to head the main econ …

Unfortunately for FGV, the price of crude palm oil (CPO) as reported by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) continued its downward slide to close at RM1,977 per tonne yesterday. FGV ‘likely to make losses’ if palm falls below RM2,000www.kinibiz.comAnalysts predict a turn to losses for Felda Global V …

Fairchild Semiconductor is closing down its Bayan Lepas manufacturing plant along with its facilities in West Jordan, Utah and Bucheon, South Korea as the group plans to consolidate is operations. Special Adviser to Penang Chief Minister, Lee Kah Choon, said the state government investment promotion …

The statement from the Selangor palace asking for two nominations for the post of menteri besar from each Pakatan Rakyat party is “very consistent” with PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s views, Selangor PAS secretary Mohd Khairuddin Othman says. “(Hadi’s) views are very consistent with His Royal High …

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) — The Member of Parliament for Shah Alam Khalid Abdul Samad on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to making a seditious statement on the executive powers of the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) in June. Khalid, 57, made the plea at the Sessions Court, here, afte …

Video | KiniTV: Outgoing Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim says the sultan has not rejected PKR President Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as his replacement. Sultan has not rejected Azizah as MBwww.kinitv.comKiniNews: Outgoing Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim says the sultan has not re …