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Susan Loone has been told to be at the district police station at 3pm. Police to question Mkini journalist this afternoon

FREE YOURSAY ‘Who are to be blamed for this state of affairs in Sabah and Sarawak?’ Jeffrey Kitingan throws down gauntlet at Putrajaya

COMMENT Aligning with Umno is anathema for Indian Malaysians. Is Hindraf heading for a split?

FREE YOURSAY Is 'Coalition of Penang Malay Representatives’ registered with ROS? Journalists now targets in sedition crackdown

The Malaysia Airlines webpage promoting its ‘My Ultimate Bucket List’ marketing campaign is no longer accessible, after receiving flak for the campaign’s “ill-advised” name. It is unclear whether this had been a technical error, or that the competition has been withdrawn. According to Time magazine …

PKR parliamentarians plan to table an emergency motion on the Sedition Act at the upcoming Dewan Rakyat sitting, following a spate of sedition charges in the past month. PKR’s MP for Pandan Rafizi Ramli said the move is meant to "send a clear signal" from the rakyat to the Najib Abdul Raza …

A clerk failed in her appeal at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya today to quash the National Registration Department’s (NRD) decision in rejecting her application to change her name and remove the word ‘Islam’ from her identity card. A three-member panel chaired by Court of Appeal judge Linton Alber …

A former investigating officer in Anwar Ibrahim’s second sodomy case has succeeded in his appeal to set aside a High Court decision which prevented his admission as an advocate and solicitor. A Court of Appeal three-member panel chaired by Justice Linton Albert unanimously allowed the appeal brought …

The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) today confirmed a Filipina nurse who returned from Saudi Arabia last week has tested positive for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) virus. The nurse reached the Philippines last Friday via Saudi Arabian Airlines flight SV870, Xinhua news agency rep …

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 3 (Bernama) — Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH17 steward, Sanjid Singh Sandhu, 41, was ‘laid to rest’ Wednesday when his ashes were released into the sea near Pulau Rimau, here. Sanjid’s ashes which were taken from his family’s home in Bukit Mertajam, Sebera …

The Department of Immigration has denied mistreating New Zealand anti-Lynas activist Natalie Lowrey while deporting her from Malaysia. “The Department of Immigration wishes to state that she (Lowrey) was well-treated throughout her custody under the immigration department, and deny claims by a news …

The goods and services tax (GST) that will be implemented in April next year and other possible price hikes of commodities will have an impact on the Malaysian economy, a chamber of commerce warned today. The possibilities of fuel subsidy abolition and a further increase in electricity tariffs would …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 (Bernama) — Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) is to permanently close Jalan Stor and Jalan Mahkamah Persekutuan in the city on Sept 16, it said in statement Wednesday. DBKL said this was to facilitate work in Precinct 7 on the Greater KL/Klang Valley River of Life project. It …

KiniBiz | Penang will have their very first Ikea by the end of 2015. Ikea anchors 1st phase of RM8 bil Penang project Penang-based developer, Aspen Group Holdings Sdn Bhd targets to start construction works for the first phase of Aspen Vision City in Batu Kawan by end-2015.