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BN minister backs Hadi on local government polls Abdul Rahman Dahlan too says 'no', citing higher risk of racial polarisation. BN minister backs Hadi on local government polls Malaysiakini’s Facebook Wall

BANGI, Jan 23 (Bernama) — Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today invited academicians honoured as distinguished professors to contribute ideas relevant to their expertise to the government. Muhyiddin, who is also the education minister, said these professors could attend governme …

IPOH, Jan 21 (Bernama) — The Perak government is to revise the 2015 state budget in responding to the changes in the global economic landscape, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said Wednesday. The revision would encompass various aspects and it was important to ensure that the bu …

The Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal by the police and government against the High Court decision that the arrest of five lawyers providing legal aid to 14 participants of a candlelight vigil six years ago was unlawful. Court of Appeal: Detention of lawyers illegalwww.malaysiakini.comUPDAT …

If the Malaysian government files an application in Australia to extradite Sirul Azhar Umar, his legal team will file a suit in Kuala Lumpur to challenge it. Lawyer: We'll challenge attempt to extradite Sirulwww.malaysiakini.comUPDATED 2.20PM His lawyer will file, locally, against bid to extrad …

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 (Bernama) — The Government of Malaysia will file an application to strike out a suit filed by two sons of a passenger on MAS Flight MH370 which has had to be traced since going missing on March 8 last year. Senior Federal Counsel Kamal Azira Hassan told this to reporters a …

Video | KiniTV: Menteri Besar Azmin Ali says the Selangor state government could consider giving Ahmad Zaidi a position after he was dismissed from duty for speaking to media about indelible ink without Armed Forces Council approval. MB: State could consider hiring Ahmad Zaidiwww.kinitv.comKiniNews: …

Solutions to the federal government introduced the Goods and Services Tax (GST) must address economic, geographical, ethical, moral and emotional concerns and issues. The state is a regulator, provider and protector. The state is bound by a social contract that binds the state to guarantee the provi …

The government must float RON95 petrol prices weekly otherwise the people could be overpaying as much as 40sen by end of January, said PKR vice president Rafizi Ramli. "Unfortunately, with the pricing system on a monthly basis that is being used now, Malaysians are continuing to pay RM1.91 a li …

Video | KiniTV: Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan says food aid was readily available for flood victims because the Malaysian National Security Council has been preparing to face El Niño. 'We were prepared for El Niño, but got hit with floods'www.ki …

Video | KiniTV Health Minister Dr S Subramaniam admitted that the government was not ready to face floods as intense as last year's, but is working to improve their preparedness for such disasters. Health Minister: We were not ready to face intense floodswww.kinitv.comKiniNews: Health Minister …

The government VIP jet tracked travelling across three continents last week used jet fuel worth close to half a million ringgit, estimated PKR's Semambu assemblyperson Lee Chean Chung. Instead of paying for the 64,232.36 gallon of fuel used, the PKR Youth information bureau chief said the money …

The Kelantan government has set up tents in Gua Musang as interim accommodation for those affected by the floods: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/285418 Kelantan Menteri Besar Ahmad Yakob in a statement today said that 224 tents had been set up, prepared by both the state government and the distric …

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 5 (Bernama) — The government will ensure that students in about 300 schools that were affected by the floods could begin their schooling session according to schedule, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. While hoping for efforts to repair the affected schools co …

Shabery moots gov't work on flood insurance He urges the government to work with insurance providers on this. Shabery moots gov't work on flood insurance