PUTRAJAYA, July 4 (Bernama) — A theme song writing competition is being organised from today until Aug 31, this year to select the best as the official theme song for Malaysia’s chairmanship of Asean in 2015. Organised by the Foreign Ministry in collaboration with the Tun Abdul Razak Bro …

Police arrest four suspected Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers The IGP says the four were arrested in raids in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. Police arrest four suspected Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers

Anwar denies meeting PAS to replace MB with Azizah The issue has not come up ‘yet’, says the PKR de facto leader. Anwar denies meeting PAS to replace MB with Azizah

CYBERJAYA, July 4 (Bernama)– Malaysians can have the opportunity to write unofficial letters to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to channel their ideas and suggestions to enhance the country’s tourism industry through the ‘2014 1Malaysia Letter-Writing Competition.’ …

Tian Chua | Feeding the homeless an issue to the gov’t? Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor has asked Pertiwi Soup Kitchen to move its operations out of the city centre as a measure to clean up vagrants and beggars from the city. He also mentioned providing food to the homeless a …

Third case of JE reported in Penang State gov’t grapples with the lack of information from Health Ministry. Third case of JE reported in Penang

KUCHING, July 4 (Bernama) — The Health Ministry (KKM) is mulling to create more senior posts in hospitals throughout Sarawak in efforts to attract specialist doctors to serve in the state. Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said today the challenge faced by the health mana …

Video | KiniTV UM students staged a protest today, urging the university administration to restore their academic freedom. This follows the alleged forced resignation of UM Centre of Democracy and Elections (UMCEDEL) director, Redzuan Othman. UM students: Give us back our academic freedomwww.kinitv. …

Lawyers: Diplomat can’t be tried in Malaysian court Senior lawyers in Kuala Lumpur believe that the Malaysian government has no option but to let the diplomat involved in the offences of attempted burglary and sexual assault in New Zealand be sent back to the country and be tried there. This is beca …

Datuk Sabariah HassanKUALA LUMPUR, July 4 (Bernama) — Two deputy secretary- generals, Datuk Sabariah Hassan and Datuk Mohd Arif Ab Rahman, have been promoted to secretary-generals. Their appointments are effective from Monday, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa said. He sai …

1MDB seeks more than US$ 3bil from energy assets IPO Malaysian state investor 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) is seeking to raise more than US$ 3 billion through a stock market listing of its energy assets, in what is set to be one of the nation’s largest initial public offerings. Struggling under …

KUCHING, July 4 (Bernama) — The Health Ministry will study the move by Sarawak on compulsory vaccination of babies aged nine to 21 months as among the measures to control the spread of Japanese encephalitis (JE). Its minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said Sarawak was the only state which g …

Video | KiniTV Three women and a young man want the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) punished for allegedly wrongly arresting them and demanding money for khalwat (close proximity), when they were merely moving house. Lawyers for Liberty's Latheefa Koya said the foursome, aged between …

VIDEO l KiniTV: Greens party Senator Lee Rhiannon and environmental activist Natalie Lowrey said they are doing this to show "continuing solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of Malaysians who oppose Lynas Corporation's toxic and polluting rare earths refinery in Malaysia". The &# …

ALOR SETAR, July 4 (Bernama) — The Malaysia Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) has built 55 homes for fire victims throughout the country since 2012. Its deputy director-general (Development), Datuk Amer Yusof said the house rebuilding project was implemented under the National Blue Ocean Strat …