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KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he will meet Transport Minister Anthony Loke to hear his explanation for the planned resignation from the cabinet, and would ask him to rescind the decision. Anwar acknowledged that DAP’s longstanding stance against corruption has made it difficult to deal with the Pardons Board’s decision to...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Thirty-seven organisations and 385 individuals are calling for the minutes of the Federal Territories Pardons Board meeting that paved the way for former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s house arrest to be made public. They are calling for the full meeting minutes, including the recorded justifications behind the board’s dec...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Umno is hoping that the court would consider unfreezing former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s assets to settle the RM50 million fine. Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki told reporterst that the party hopes the court will take this matter into consideration. Yesterday, lawyer Shafee Abdullah said that a “significant...

KiniNews is now also available at:  Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC [KiniNews] Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been acquitted of four charges involving RM200 million linked to Bukhary Equity and the Jana Wibawa programme. The High Court granted a full acquittal after prosecutors applied for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal, or DNAA, saying th...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook has urged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to convene a Pakatan Harapan presidential council meeting following recent remarks by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. In Penang, DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng urged the state government to “close the door” on Umno...

KiniNews is now also available at:  Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC [KiniNews] Former Tabung Haji chairman Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim has been charged with abusing his position and pleaded not guilty. He is accused of using his position as TH chairman to secure a corporate appointment and influence a proposed RM193.5 million investment in Putrajaya Perdana, in whic...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts. [KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is happy with how his cabinet is performing and dismissed any talk about there being a rift in Putrajaya. This is despite allegations of tensions between him and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, as well as the Anwar-led Finance Ministry releasing unflattering data about how Zahid has mana...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts. [KiniNews] PKR vice-president Chang Lih Kang has downplayed reported brewing tension between Pakatan Harapan and BN ministers, which allegedly led to shorter recent cabinet meetings. The science, technology and innovation minister told reporters that there have been no changes to the parties' relationship, nor was there any 'per...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that calls for an earlier general election will be considered. However, he added that the government's immediate focus is on efforts to revive the economy, improve the people’s well-being, and combat corruption and abuse of power. Meanwhile, in a separate story, former finance minister Lim...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] DAP’s RSN Rayer urged the attorney-general to review the discontinuation of Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s 47 corruption charges. The charges involved funds from Yayasan Akalbudi, a foundation chaired by Zahid. Rayer questioned why prosecution against the BN chairperson was discontinued following the government’s renewed...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Former religious affairs minister Jamil Khir Baharom has been remanded for five days to assist in an MACC investigation linked to the Tabung Haji royal commission of inquiry, according to his lawyer Hamidi Noh. Speaking to reporters in Putrajaya after the remand proceedings today, Hamidi said Jamil was being investigated under...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Former human resources minister M Saravanan pleaded not guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court this morning to three counts of receiving RM1,097,000 in bribes to approve foreign worker quotas for a company in 2022.In a press conference after the court proceedings, he hit out at his detractors, whom he accused of bringing th...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has claimed trial at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court this morning to a charge of not disclosing millions in assets, including five 1kg gold bars, one 100g silver bar and one 5g 999 gold coin, to MACC last year. The Umno leader pleaded not guilty to the charge before judge Suzana Hussin...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor says the decision on whether gambling activities can continue in Kedah now rests with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, following the Federal Court’s rejection of the state’s bid to challenge a ruling on gambling licences. Sanusi warned that Kedah r...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC [KiniNews] PKR and Pakatan Harapan once promised a “new dawn” for Malaysia, with sweeping reforms at the heart of their agenda. But with many promises still unmet, former PKR deputy president Chua Tian Chang says the party must acknowledge that some pledges were overly ambitious — and that admitt...

KiniNews is now also available at:  Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC [KiniNews] PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang says Perikatan Nasional could win more seats than Barisan Nasional in Malacca, but is willing to give up that advantage for the sake of Malay-Muslim unity and an electoral pact. In another development, the Tabung Haji RCI probe just moved closer to the t...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has stressed that Malaysia's stance on the One China policy was merely retained from the time of Abdul Razak Hussein, the second prime minister. Speaking to reporters, he said that his view, as well as Malaysia's position on the policy, remains consistent with that of the United Nations. Me...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has found himself in the middle of the continued geopolitical dispute between China and Taiwan. This was following his remarks in an interview with Al Jazeera on the One China policy, as well as China’s right to use force. In response, Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry accused Anwar of making “fals...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] DAP is urging Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to fulfil one of Pakatan Harapan’s election pledges and grant equal constituency development funds to all MPs. At present, only government MPs receive the funds, with funding in opposition states handled by government-appointed liaisons. The government has even withdrawn control of fu...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh has challenged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to name the Umno leaders who supposedly objected to Putrajaya allocating funds for Perikatan Nasional-led states. This followed the premier’s remarks during the PKR national congress in Malacca yesterday, where he claimed Umno disagreed with his decisi...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Nurul Izzah Anwar, commenting on her decision to step down from PKR’s number two post, referred to herself as the outgoing deputy president and said she could not “please everyone”.She noted that some viewed her defeat in Permatang Pauh - long regarded as her family’s stronghold - in the 15th general election as unacceptable,...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Former Subang MP Wong Chen has officially joined Bersama today after 17 years as a PKR member. Speaking at a press conference at Bersama’s party headquarters in Puchong, Wong described his decision to leave PKR and vacate the Subang parliamentary seat as “heartbreaking” but necessary under the anti-party hopping provisions. Me...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who recently underwent surgery, has accused the opposition of neglecting Tabung Haji depositors by refusing to participate in a special Dewan Rakyat debate on the royal commission of inquiry report into the pilgrimage fund. This came after opposition MPs walked out of the Dewan Rakyat when their r...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] PKR lawmaker Wong Chen has resigned as Subang MP, becoming the latest to quit the Dewan Rakyat after former Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli and Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad."On Aug 5, I met with the speaker and handed over my resignation letter as MP, effective Aug 10 at 5pm," he said, referring to Dewan Rakyat speaker...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts. [KiniNews] The court proceedings against former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, which were scheduled to take place this morning, have been postponed to Aug 27. The postponement came after the Bera MP was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Kuala Lumpur last night. Speaking to reporters after visiting Ismail Sabri at IJ...