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KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin has questioned the government’s justification for appointing former MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki as an adviser to the National Financial Crime Centre (NFCC).Hamzah, who is also the Larut MP, argued that the appointment was questionable when issues involving Azam remain under scrutiny.“On...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Five PKR MPs have urged the government to disclose all findings from investigations into former MACC chief Azam Baki’s shareholdings. Subang MP Wong Chen said that two investigations have taken place on the issue, but none of the findings has been made public. He argued that this should be remedied either through full public d...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman would have to wait for about two more weeks to learn of his fate over his criminal breach of trust, money laundering and funds misappropriation charges as the Federal Court postponed today’s proceedings. Court of Appeal president Abu Bakar Jais, who appeared on the bench alone this morning...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Parti Bersama Malaysia co-leader Rafizi Ramli has lauded his party's candidate, Boo Wei Han, for raising tough issues that actually matter to constituents. This is after Boo, in his speech, went on a brief tangent about backlash against pig farming. Meanwhile, in a separate story, Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman will...

[KiniNews] PAS insists that the party’s machinery will not be mobilised to help Bersatu campaign in the 16th Johor election. Its president Abdul Hadi Awang said the two parties will use separate machinery and different campaign strategies, even though they will use the Perikatan Nasional logo for the election on July 11. Meanwhile, in a separate story, former Umno supreme council member Puad Zarka...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi has quit the party over alleged royal interference in party matters, including alleged interference with the upcoming Johor polls. In response, Onn denied Puad's claims that the palace had instructed him to dissolve the legislature. He said that what he had informed Puad was that t...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Perikatan Nasional has concluded its negotiations to resolve overlapping seat claims in the Johor state election, with Bersatu contesting the majority of them. All original component parties of Perikatan Nasional - PAS, Bersatu, Gerakan, and MIPP - have been allocated seats to contest, in addition to their new ally Pejuang, de...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Bersatu’s position within Perikatan Nasional remains secure for now, with the coalition’s supreme council meeting last night making no mention of the matter.“We didn’t discuss it,” PN chairperson Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar told a press conference at the PAS headquarters in Kuala Lumpur when asked about Bersatu’s standing in the coa...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Bersatu has signalled that it is prepared to be forced out of Perikatan Nasional at the coalition’s meeting tonight. Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin said the party’s commitment to the coalition is unquestionable, but noted that there has been talk that some want to remove Bersatu from the coalition. With a possible axing in...

Three years ago, when Malaysia's first hung Parliament left the country without a clear government, the BN chairperson emerged as the kingmaker who helped decide who would govern. Today, with fresh state elections looming, Zahid is once again at the centre of the political chessboard. Meanwhile Perikatan Nasional is reshuffling its top leadership — with two key Bersatu figures dropped from the...

[KiniNews] Hamzah Zainudin is set to continue as Opposition Leader after Perikatan Nasional chief whip Takiyuddin Hassan confirmed that 61 opposition MPs back his appointment. Meanwhile, KiniTV also looks at the upcoming state elections in Johor and Negeri Sembilan, which are shaping up as an early test of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s coalition arrangement and its political stability.

[KiniNews] Bersatu will contest the upcoming state elections using the PN logo. Bersatu information chief Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz said that there was no issue with this as the party remains a member of the coalition. Meanwhile, in a separate story, former two-time prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad claimed there is a “feel of fear” in the nation. Without elaborating, he claimed that the nation is “...

[KiniNews] Subang MP Wong Chen has challenged PKR to take stronger disciplinary action against him, including expulsion from the party, amid an ongoing disciplinary probe. Wong revealed that he had responded to a show-cause letter issued by PKR but questioned the basis of the action and the professionalism of the party's disciplinary process. Meanwhile, in a separate story, former Bersatu lead...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said today that any decision on Bersatu’s status in PN will rest with fellow component parties Gerakan and MIPP.Speaking to reporters in Rusila, Terengganu, Hadi said any move concerning Bersatu’s position in PN following PAS’ decision to break ranks would require majority support from coalition...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Parti Bersama Malaysia co-de facto leader Rafizi Ramli has denied allegations that the party has a megadonor or received funds from Na’imah Abdul Khalid, widow of the late Daim Zainuddin. Instead, he said that the biggest funder of the party, for now, is himself. Besides himself, he said 27,000 Malaysians have also become Bers...

[KiniNews] PAS' decision to abandon its six-year political cooperation with Bersatu is expected to hit the latter hard, especially in facing the upcoming Johor and Negeri Sembilan state elections, according to political observers. Pointing to Bersatu's weakened state caused by a recent power tussle between its president Muhyiddin Yassin and his former deputy, Hamzah Zainudin, several analy...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] After six years of being together, PAS has decided to terminate its political cooperation with Bersatu. PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said the PAS central working committee made the decision in a special meeting held last night. Meanwhile, Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin expressed regret that the cooperation forged with PA...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Rafizi Ramli has predicted that PKR risks dying out after the Anwar Ibrahim era due to the party’s bureaucracy and its failure to reinvent itself. The former PKR deputy president, who now leads Parti Bersama Malaysia, said PKR’s focus on ensuring that Anwar gets a second term as prime minister after the 16th general election w...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has expressed his support for an election in Negeri Sembilan amid a royal crisis plaguing the state, stressing that the rule of law and customary practices must be adhered to at all times. Declaring that the federal government continues to uphold Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir’s position as the Yang...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Prime minister Anwar Ibrahim told reporters today that the decision to dissolve a state legislative assembly rests with the respective state government. He stressed that his focus remains on his job, adding that some people don't think about this. Anwar said this when asked whether potential state elections could disrupt t...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chean Chung has claimed that he is the second PKR lawmaker to lose access to the MyKhas online portal, which is used to manage constituency development allocations, among others."I would like to ask a very simple question: What exactly did I do wrong?” he said. Meanwhile, in a separate story, Parti Be...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Schools, underprivileged communities, rehabilitation centres, and government agencies are among those affected by the government’s move to suspend Subang MP Wong Chen’s access to the MyKhas portal. In a press conference today, Wong said his office has been denied access to the portal for more than a week without any official w...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts. [KiniNews] PKR veteran Hassan Abdul Karim painted a grim picture of his party’s future ahead of the next general election. However, Hassan expressed optimism that PKR could weather the coming political storm and survive. “There is still time to prepare and strengthen ourselves for the 16th general election. Never surrender before death...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has taken his legal battle over the DNAA in the Yayasan Akalbudi case to the Federal Court, seeking to challenge a Court of Appeal ruling that allowed the Malaysian Bar to proceed with its legal challenge against the Attorney-General’s decision. M...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] We look at the shifting dynamics in Malaysian politics - from escalating tensions between PAS and Bersatu within Perikatan Nasional, to growing questions surrounding the emergence of Parti Bersama Malaysia led by Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. Bersatu yesterday issued a five-point...