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There must be much relief in quarters wanting to see Pakatan Rakyat survive intact until the next general election following the announcement by Kota Baru PAS that they have nominated a candidate to challenge incumbent Abdul Hadi Awang for the post of president in party polls in June. Read more here …

In surprising turn of events, former United States ambassador to Malaysia John Malott's online petition has been removed from the White House website ‘We the People’ citing "a violation of their terms of participants." Final push for signatures in ‘Free Anwar’ petitionwww.malaysiakini …

YOURSAY | Cabinet cannot evade culpability on 1MDB: ‘Have they forgotten they are trustees for taxpayers' monies?’ Read more here: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/291482 [FREE] Cabinet cannot evade culpability on 1MDBwww.malaysiakini.comFREE YOURSAY ‘Have they forgotten they are trustees for t …

Fireworks may yet light up the 1Malaysia sky in this ongoing political drama. Read more here: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/291478 Daggers lurk behind Umno’s smiles for PM?www.malaysiakini.comCOMMENT Only a handful of Umno ministers have come out to defend their boss. Malaysiakini’s Faceboo …

Ridhuan Tee Abdullah has welcomed the Terengganu state government's move to tighten Islamic regulations concerning riding pillion on motorcycles, skipping Friday prayers and dressing provocatively in public. Read more here: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/291430 Ridhuan: Extend 'modest at …

An Umno leader tells PAS veep to focus on his party's internal problems. Don't be stupid to tell PM to quit, PAS told Malaysiakini’s Facebook Wall

PAS vice-president Husam Musa has urged the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to relinquish his position as chair of 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) advisory board and finance minister pending a probe on the troubled company. Read more here: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/291440 'PM sh …

An Islamic state is not evil, like the IS, says adviser to gov’t Rais Yatim. IS should be 'terrorist group', not Islamic State Malaysiakini’s Facebook Wall

Row breaks out over picture of a Muslim woman at a Penang dog donation drive. Dog event group wants apology after 'Muslim' pic Malaysiakini’s Facebook Wall

Family with ex-religious school head Ustaz Abdul Rahman Yassin at the time. Muhyiddin's elder brother dies of old age Malaysiakini’s Facebook Wall

Prime Minister Najib Abduil Razak says these will be tabled in Parliament this year. Bills involving people's well-being to be tabled Malaysiakini’s Facebook Wall

UPDATE: FB page sorry for Muslim woman with dog post Facebook community page Penang Kini apologised over a posting feature a woman in a tudung holding a dog at an adoption drive at Penang Times Square last Sunday. This comes after organiser, a local animal rights group Save our Strays (SOS) demanded …

#Updated Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak will be one of the targets of investigations by a three-agency taskforce set up to probe 1Malaysia Development Bhd, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said. Special task force set up to probe 1MDBwww.malaysiakini.comTask force will comprise the pol …

SOS animal rights NGO wants Penang Kini to apologise for Muslim touch a dog claim Save our Strays (SOS) – a well-known local animal activist NGO – has lashed out at anonymous Facebook page Penang Kini for trying to tarnish a dog adoption drive held last Sunday at the Penang Times Square. …

#PARLIAMENT PKR and DAP parliamentarians are donning black as a sign of protest following Anwar Ibrahim's imprisonment and the refusal of the government to allow Anwar to attend the Parliament session today. Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/291373 PKR and DAP MPs don black in protes …