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FREE & LIVE Updates: Anwar Ibrahim's ceramah at Padang Timur, Petaling Jaya: 9.00pm: Anwar speaks in front of 1800 people who filled up the 200 tables. "Whether Anwar stays out (of prison) or goes inside, Pakatan will solidly go forth for Malaysia," he tells the audience who are a …

Gobalakrishnan nabbed over '04' tweet Police has arrested former Padang Serai MP N Gobalakrishnan over his claim that some state Indian police officers were backing notorious organised criminal group known as '04'. George Town deputy OCPD Abdul Rahman Ahmad said Gobalakrishnan ca …

Tan Keng Liang: “Gerakan Youth reiterates its stand that PAS' hudud laws are against our federal constitution and never agreed upon when Malaysia was formed." Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/288697 ‘Implement hudud and we’ll see you in court’www.malaysiakini.comGerakan Youth s …

TigerTalk – Iskandar Waterfront’s RM2.4 bil deal with Greenland skimps on details and smacks of poor corporate governance. What gives? Iskandar’s RM2.4 bil land deal lacks corp governancewww.kinibiz.comIskandar Waterfront’s RM2.4 bil deal with Greenland skimps on details and smacks of poor cor …

EPF has not been approached on a possible involvement with 1MDB's proposed listing of its power assets. EPF not approached yet on 1MDB power IPOwww.kinibiz.comRetirement savings fund Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has not been approached on a possible involvement with 1Malaysia Development Berh …

Some 30 Bernama TV (BTV) staff have lodged a complaint with the Labour Department after the government-linked news station failed to pay wages, again: http://goo.gl/FAppO3 Journalists working for the multilingual news station told Malaysiakini on condition of anonymity that they have not received th …

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has "received an inheritance" which is his source of wealth, a statement from his office reportedly said. The New York Times (NYT) today quoted the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) saying this when asked how Najib acquired his money. The report concerned …

A verbal war of words has erupted between Gerakan and the Penang government over the future of Pulau Jerejak as a gazetted forest reserve. Pulau Jerejak is an island off Bayan Lepas in Penang, which was during colonial times a leper patients holding centre, a detention centre and was also used as a …

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CIMB Group Holdings Bhd, Malaysia’s second-biggest lender by assets, said today it was closing its investment banking operations in Australia following a review of its entire business: http://goo.gl/tRXtxR On Friday, CIMB said it was looking to cut costs in the investment banking and equities segmen …

Chong Eng | Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) last Friday (Feb 6, 2015) delivered a sermon titled “Aurat: Antara Kebebasan dan Maruah Diri.” In the sermon, Jais said Muslim women should cover up their ‘aurat’ to prevent “being harassed physically or mentally… so as to prevent false accusatio …

MIC Youth has expressed “shock” that the opposition led Selangor government has decided not to follow its neighbour in a proposal to enforce a “divorce first, then convert” requirement to Muslim converts. MIC Youth Chief C Sivarraajh in a statement today took a swipe at Pakatan’s progressive credent …

Stormy winds of change blowing in PAS FREE YOURSAY 'Strife between conservatives and progressives becoming more open.' Stormy winds of change blowing in PAS Malaysiakini’s Facebook Wall

Sharks are still hunted for their cartilage and livers Come to think of it, sharks are still being caught and ‘killed’ by fishermen despite people at large from Asia having tried to save them from extinction, by no longer taking sharks fin soup. Sharks are still hunted for their bones and livers Mal …

'Revisit Ismail Sabri case at next cabinet meeting' COMMENT Why is Najib the only PM who would defend Ismail’s racist remarks? 'Revisit Ismail Sabri case at next cabinet meeting' Malaysiakini’s Facebook Wall