The DAP has questioned why there was no debate at the Umno General Assembly about Low Taek Jho, a young Umno-linked businessman who has donated US$ 25 million to the United Nations: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/281814 The party's secretary general Lim Guan Eng said instead, Umno was "m …

The big losers from falling oil prices include several countries that are not friends of the US and its allies, such as Venezuela, Iran, and Russia. The geopolitical impact of cheap oilwww.kinibiz.comThe price of oil has fallen more than 25% in the past five months, to less than US$ 80 a barrel. If …

PKR's Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli has urged the government to reveal recipients of loans from Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad (MDV) amounting to some RM2 billion: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/281803 Rafizi said this is after the government "wrote off" RM400 million in debt for MDV which …

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s decision to maintain and further strengthen the Sedition Act has drawn mixed responses: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/281779 Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) executive director Eric Paulsen dismissed the prime minister, who had earlier promised to repeal the Act, as a …

Sarawak governor Abdul Taib Mahmud said during his tenure as chief minister, he had “shut out CMS from his life until now”. I shut out CMS from my life, says Taib Mahmudwww.kinibiz.comCahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (CMS) had never taken advantage of its links with the state government to become a success …

Video | KiniTV: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has flayed Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak for going back on his promise to do away with the Sedition Act, calling it an act of bowing to extremists. Anwar: Najib bowing to extremists over Sedition Actwww.kinitv.comKiniNews: Opposition Leader Anwar Ib …

Azly Rahman | What Umno reps need to talk about As a child growing up in the birthplace of Umno in the 60s, who saw his beloved grandfather a devoted member of this party of the 50s cry like a child in a corner by his radiogram when Abdul Razak Hussein died in the 70s, and one who has studied how th …

While Umno's Youth chief has been beating its chest over the alleged loss of Malay reserve land, PAS Youth said the ruling party should ask itself who is responsible for the situation: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/281739 PAS Youth information chief Mohd Nasaie Ismail said the principles beh …

Umno leaders' claims that the Sedition Act 1948 must be maintained to protect the Malays, the royalty and Islam are "baseless" said PKR, because the federal constitution already offers that protection: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/281730 In a statement today, PKR central committee …

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UMNO AGM | Puteri Umno has criticised Muslim politicians who do not defend their religion because of political agendas and personal interests: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/281687 Speaking at the wing’s annual assembly today, its chief Ermieyati Samsudin said these leaders were fearful that suppo …

UMNO AGM | The award of the SPM Certificate should need a credit in the Malay language instead of the current requirement of just a pass, mooted Pahang Umno Youth delegate Mohd Sahar Abdullah today: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/281695 “This is what we call a Malaysian citizen. This is what we ca …

The United Nations (UN) will spin off its humanitarian news service Integrated Regional Information Networks (Irin) as an independent Swiss-based foundation, after getting a US$ 25 million (RM83.7 million) 15-year investment from a Hong Kong-based philanthropist: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/281 …

DAP bashing continued at the sidelines of the Umno meet, with the party’s Penang Youth deputy chief stating that a subtle plan seemed to have been hatched to drive out Malays from the state: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/281700 Jasmin Noordin was responding to DAP lawmaker Zairil Khir Johari, who …

Idris: Leaks not main factor in UPSR performance He says the government was looking into using Radio Frquency Identification Technology. Idris: Leaks not main factor in UPSR performance