“Hudud has no place in Malaysia, most especially in Sarawak. “We would like to reassure all Sarawakians, that in matters affecting Sarawak and our people, we are ‘Sarawakians First’,” Baru Bian said at a press conference this morning. Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/293317 S'wak PK …

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has won a defamation suit against Perkasa senior leader Ruslan Kassim and three newspapers – the New Straits Times (M) Bhd, Berita Harian Sdn Bhd and Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd. Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/293324 CM wins suit against 3 papers, Per …

Najib yesterday said that the fees paid to Goldman Sachs was "appropriate", but Pua flayed Najib for refusing to reveal the commissions, accusing the premier of "pretending" not to know that Malaysia had been ripped off in the bond exercises. Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.c …

Gov’t wants the truth on 1MDB, says Low – Audit not to distract comments away from debt-riddled firm, vows minister. http://ow.ly/2WvbvL Gov’t wants the truth on 1MDB, says Lowwww.malaysiakini.comAudit not to distract comments away from debt-riddled firm, vows minister. Malaysiakini’s Fa …

#UPDATED The co-pilot of a Germanwings jet that went down in the French Alps, killing 150 people, appears to have crashed the plane deliberately, a Marseille prosecutor said on Thursday. The German citizen, left in sole control of the Airbus A320 after the captain left the cockpit, refused to re-ope …

Several PAS lawmakers protested, with one receiving the marching orders, after a minister revealed that the federal government did not bring the proposed hudud amendments to the conference of rulers on March 11. Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/293347 Tempers flare in the House over hudu …

Video | KiniTV: Today: Cops will monitor social media to thwart seditious statements; Hadi tells Muslims not to use Islamic terms to justify their refusal to support hudud; PAS says Pakatan Rakyat parties practice double standard by attacking Hadi. Fact Sheet – March 26: Cops to monitor social …

"I believe one should be circumspect and and not just believe everything that is viral, especially on social media," Communications and Multimedia Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek told reporters. Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/293321 Gov't will probe fake 'Rulers Counci …

The Penang state government opposes the federal government's plan to increase ferry fares to cover the losses of the company which runs the service. Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/293314 Penang CM: Improve ferry services, not hike fareswww.malaysiakini.comGuan Eng opposes federal …

More than 1,300 medicines have been added to the goods and services (GST) zero-rated supplies list, bumping up the total to 4,215 medicines. [List of zero-rated medicine: https://docs.google.com/a/malaysiakini.com/file/d/0B7__2z7rvfoMOFVFRTBhelBRbEE/view] This includes cholesterol-reducing Simvastat …

Video | KiniTV: PKR has threatened to refer Second Finance Minister Husni Hanadzlah to the parliamentary rights and privileges committee for contradictory answers from the government on billionaire Ananda Krishnan's involvement in a RM2 billion funding for 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). Mini …

Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar is in for rude awakening tomorrow when he sees a banner calling for him to be sacked. The four meter by 1.8 metres banner with 'Pecat IGP' (‘Sack the IGP’) written on it was hung at a junction across the street from City Hall at Jalan Raja, a st …

The death of convict Mohd Zafari Mohd Yunus in lockup is the sixth in just three months of 2015, and the police have been urged to reveal the results of the initial autopsy. “Usually in the case of custodial death, the police would issue a statement regarding the results of the initial investigation …

FREE: With the recent passing of the architect of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, KiniBiz revisits two older articles, updated and combined into one for this purpose, written in 2013. It compares and contrasts the different styles of Lee with those of Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohama …

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