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The government’s refusal to detail Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s highly publicised vacation in the United States last December is akin to giving him a “blank cheque” to spend as much taxpayers’ money as he wants, an MP said today. Read more here: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/292128 PM has & …

PKR today questioned the government’s awarding of the Foreign Workers Centralised Management System (FWCMS) to a private company that has ties with a former minister. Why ex-minister given Home Ministry contract?www.malaysiakini.comPKR raises security issue too in foreign workers task for Azmi Khali …

Governor of Bangka Belitung Rustam Effendi supports the Indonesian government’s plan to build a nuclear power plant in the province to overcome power shortages, Antara news agency reported. The Bangka and Belitung islands form a province which is located off Sumatra. Bangka Belitung governor backs n …

PAS secretary general Mustafa Ali said that the Kelantan state government’s proposal to amend the the Hudud Act on 29 Dec does not go against the agreements in Pakatan Rakyat. “In principle, this issue (of differences of opinion on hudud) has been agreed upon. “The only thing now is that the strateg …

Video | KiniTV DAP strongman Lim Kit Siang hopes that the government’s probe into 1MDB will be serious and not just a show. The investment arm came under fire yesterday as a Penang UMNO leader lodged a police report against it, stating his concerns about the lack of transparency in the financial man …

The tariff hike was due in July 2014, and the government’s decision has saved consumers from paying an additional 3.11 cents per kilowatt. No tariff hike until mid-2015 at least, says ministerwww.kinibiz.comThis is after both the government and Petronas agreed to pay RM1.6 billion in energy producti …

The government’s proposal to disburse the Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) in grocery coupons instead of cash is unlikely to help low income groups out of poverty, said a think tank. PKR-linked think tank Institut Rakyat said that instead, disbursing BR1M in food coupons is only likely to benefit pro …

The government’s announcement yesterday that two million Malaysian households earn RM3,000 a month in 2014 has left one researcher scratching his head. This is as this figure is three million households less than the number of households who received the Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia aid in 2012. Accordi …