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The High Court in George Town today allowed an appeal by a quantity surveyor who was sentenced to jail and fined for flashing obscene hand gestures at Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Haminah and a police officer last year. Judicial Commissioner Wong Teck Meng also ordered Leong Pei Koe, 30, to be retri …

PAS said today it will not heed any outside parties’ urgings for it to take discipline action on its central committee member Dr Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki, even though he has been recently called a racist and a traitor to Pakatan Rakyat’s cause. PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali stressed that this was an i …

PAS central committee member Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa today distanced the party from the controversial remarks of Islamic preacher Shahul Hamid, which were deemed insulting to Hindus. “His speech was made many years ago, about four years, in his series of lectures and a part taken and we don’t know the …

About 26 suspected illegal migrants were missing today after the boat they were in capsized in southern Malaysian waters, a regional maritime official said. A passing vessel rescued two people from the boat which sank off Tanjung Ketapang town in the state of Johor, according to Ibrahim Mohamed, a r …

KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 (Bernama) — Prospective trainees can now check their status and location for the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) Group 3 Series 11/2014 through www.khidmatnegara.gov.my starting Thursday. According to a statement from the National Service Training Department (J …

The leaders of rivals China and Taiwan expressed condolences today for victims of a TransAsia Airways turboprop plane that crashed during a thunderstorm the previous day killing 48 people including two French nationals. The plane, a 70-seat ATR 72, crashed near the runway while trying to land on the …

The Court of Appeal has today unanimously ordered the Kuala Lumpur High Court to hear the judicial review application by scholar Kassim Ahmad. In ruling the civil court has jurisdiction to hear matters pertaining to questionable actions by religious authorities, the appellate court ordered that the …

Selangor PAS Youth today said that Khalid Ibrahim should remain as the Selangor menteri besar, arguing that the excuses being given to replace him were "not good enough". More to follow: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/269729 S'gor PAS Youth wants Khalid to remain as MBwww.malaysiaki …

The Court of Appeal has today deferred the hearing of the application for the attorney-general to be an intervener in the S Deepa and M Indira Gandhi's custody battles after two judges recused themselves. This followed an objection by lawyer K Shanmuga representing both Deepa and Indira Gandhi …

Video | KiniTV A panel of religious leaders today visited Cadbury's manufacturing plant in Shah Alam, to review the chocolate maker's operations. Overall they were satisfied with what they saw, as all the ingredients used to make the chocolates were halal certified. Religious leaders satis …

VIDEO: KiniTV Paul Low said today that a Governance and Integrity Committee (Jitu) will be set up in every ministry and state government to push for transformation. When he stated that each group would be headed by the minister and MB, it drew sparks from a journalist who was concerned that the effi …

MCA Youth vice-chairperson Tan Kok Eng said today the “balik Tongsan” remark made by Umno Federal Territory Youth chief Mohd Razlan Muhammad Rafii was inappropriate. He said the slur ought to be lambasted as Razlan should have limited his criticism. In several tweets yesterday, directed at Tan Poh S …

Federal Territories Umno Youth chief Mohd Razlan Muhammad Rafii today denied that his "balik tongsan" jibe directed at the wife of a DAP parliamentarian was meant as an insult. He said that the remark was merely a response to Yuki Tan, the wife of Tanjong MP Ng Wei Aik, because she had ear …

Video | KiniTV Malaysia Airlines (MAS) today denied speculations that it had turned down pilots' proposals for alternative routes avoiding the troubled eastern Ukraine region, prior to the downing of Flight MH17. MAS director of operations Izham Ismail said there were never such proposals from …

Legality of Marina Park project in Miri questioned Sarawak PKR today questioned the legality of the construction of a multi-billion ringgit Marina Park City project in Miri by Samling Group, which is closely linked to those in political power. It also accused some Sarawak United People's Party …