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KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] The MACC is reported to have deployed its special tactical squad and heightened security at an event featuring its chief commissioner Azam Baki today. The elite officers were stationed at every entrance of the Bangi Avenue Convention Centre, where Azam gave a convocation speech to civil servants who are now certified integrity...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi has hit out at Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli over his remarks on the possibility of a by-election in the Pandan constituency. Puad accused Rafizi of provoking the issue to gain sympathy and said it would only drag the country into wasting public funds. He said this in response to Rafizi's...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Former PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli has urged the party to sack him if it deems him in violation of disciplinary rules, following the party’s decision to serve him with a second show-cause letter. Rafizi said this while responding to a April 9 letter from PKR’s disciplinary board, which outlined several alleged infraction...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim this morning took a swipe at a certain “ulama with a huge following” for allegedly confusing the public with comments on the oil crisis. While he did not name names, it is believed Anwar’s criticism targeted PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, who yesterday claimed Malaysia had no reason to increase it...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] The Tangkap Azam Baki Secretariat has described the detention of three youths under investigation for allegedly disrupting MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki’s speech yesterday as an attempt by authorities to silence anti-corruption activists. Group spokesperson Alyaah Hani Anuar, responding to the arrest and three-day remand,...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] A small group of protesters disrupted a speech by MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki at an event in the Putra World Trade Centre today. They were seen waving “Tangkap Azam Baki” and “Azam Baki simbol reformati” during the MACC chief's speech at the Wacana Ilmiah Perdana event. Meanwhi...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim toured three states in as many days, attending political programmes alongside official duties. Meanwhile, Perikatan Nasional chief Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar joined a 10km motorcycle convoy with the menteris besar of Kelantan, Kedah, and Perlis. Yesterday, Anwar c...

[KiniNews] The Attorney-General’s Chambers’ (AGC) decision to charge a driver with murder doesn’t mean the accused will be acquitted if the prosecution fails to prove intent, a lawyer said. Arguing in favour of the murder charge, lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla said that even if the prosecution fails to make a case under Section 300 of the Penal Code stick, the law allows for a different charge to be...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar has defended the decision to bring murder and drug-related charges over the death of factory worker and delivery rider Amirul Hafiz Omar. The move comes amid questions over the difficulty of securing a murder conviction, which requires prosecutors to prove intent or that the accused knew their a...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the cabinet are committed to disclosing MACC-linked investigations, once both aspects are thoroughly probed, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. Fahmi said this in response to a question from a Bloomberg representative, who sought clarity on when the report on MACC chief commissioner Aza...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] The Kuala Lumpur High Court has ordered former premier Najib Abdul Razak to repay SRC International Sdn Bhd US$1.18 billion (RM4.77 billion) for losses the government-linked company had suffered. He was also directed to repay US$120 million of SRC funds that flowed into the former finance minister’s bank account. Judge Ahmad F...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] PAS has challenged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to take legal action against Bloomberg if claims in a report against his leadership is not true. The media agency’s latest report quoted unnamed sources claiming that Anwar had asked “key people” in a probe on MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki’s shareholdings to hold off from mak...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Rafizi Ramli has “revealed” the identity of one “Mr R” and name-drops Mr R’s boss. In a Youtube video posted last night, Rafizi alleged that Mr R acted as a middleman who worked closely with the “corporate mafia”. He also claimed Mr R reported to a former aide of Prime Minister Anwar Ibr...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC Businessperson Victor Chin claims the money he allegedly paid to a PKR MP was a “service fee” to protect himself and his family. In a statement today, he said the amount was not meant to shut down investigations against him. Instead, he claims he was under pressure and forced to surrender his sha...

Human Resources Minister R Ramanan has denied claims that he solicited RM10 million from businessperson Victor Chin over issues linked to the alleged “corporate mafia”. Ramanan, who is also a PKR vice-president, said he has never met Chin and insisted the accusations were being spread by “irresponsible parties”, adding that police reports will be lodged. Meanwhile, former PKR vice-president Sivara...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Rafizi Ramli has warned that the government could be hit with another series of "explosive leaks” if it only targets businessperson Victor Chin over the “corporate mafia” allegations. The Pandan MP said he believed Chin probably keeps records and proof of all transactions he made in the course of his business, just like b...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Larut MP Hamzah Zainudin has openly linked his expulsion from Bersatu to party president Muhyiddin Yassin, claiming that the latter may have intended the move to “teach him a lesson”, but ended up with the opposite result.“Perhaps my expulsion was something that people would say was meant to ‘teach Larut a lesson’, but he was...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Independent preacher Zamri Vinoth pleaded not guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates' Court this morning, to a charge under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code, which criminalises statements made with the intent to cause, or which may cause, disturbance to the public. He was accused of committing the offence through a Faceboo...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Khairy Jamaluddin has submitted an appeal to rejoin Umno, three years after the party expelled the former minister. The application was submitted last night to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who had axed Khairy amid an attempt to challenge him for control of the party in early 2023.Zahid said Khairy’s appeal exemplified th...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Businessperson Albert Tei, who exposed the Sabah mining scandal, today released to the media two images purportedly showing “armed” MACC officers at his residence during his arrest last November. The images, which are identical, showed what looked like two individuals in tactical gear and balaclavas standing on a staircase, wi...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Three lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have raised concerns that the MACC is involved in the multi-agency probe that the cabinet had ordered into the "corporate mafia" claims. They also opined that the multi-agency probe in itself is insufficient and should instead be part of an investigation led by a royal com...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] The lead prosecutor in Muhyiddin Yassin’s corruption trial has defended the use of edited videos in his case against the Bersatu president amid criticism levelled against perceived double standards by the MACC.This is after the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) yesterday urged MACC to clarify its position on...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Critics pushing for MACC reform remain unmoved by speculation that Putrajaya might not extend the service of its scandal-tainted chief, Azam Baki, after his term expires on May 12.Instead, their calls for establishing a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate recent damning allegations against the anti-graft agency ha...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s corruption trial began today with the defence questioning the prosecution’s first witness, MACC assistant enforcement officer Syawaludin Said, over the submission of edited TikTok videos as evidence. During cross-examination, Muhyiddin’s counsel, Amer Hamzah Arshad, grilled the witness...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has described the claim by Bersih that the MACC is becoming a political tool of the government as unfair and made without first examining the relevant reports. Anwar said any accusations should be made responsibly and based on facts, not sentiment or political whims.“If you want to make accusations...