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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...

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] DAP Youth has warned the MACC against political witch-hunting, saying that the method used in a recent high-profile investigation risks creating a climate of fear among the rakyat. In reference to MACC putting out a wanted alert against former economic minister Rafizi Ramli’s ex-aide James Chai, DAP Youth chief Woo Kah Leong s...

[KiniNews] One of the two lawyers named in a police report, which led to an investigation into an alleged attempt to topple the government, has rubbished the claims, describing them as the “mother of all lies”. Lawyer Nizamuddin Hamid said his client, Na’imah Abdul Khalid, had never given her legal team such instructions. “Throughout our duties as lawyers for Na’imah, there was absolutely no discu...

[KiniNews] Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli has clarified that he voted in favour of the bill to limit the prime minister’s term to 10 years. This came amid rife speculation about who the eight government MPs absent during the vote were. The constitutional amendment was just two votes short of being passed. Meanwhile, in a separate story, opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin questioned those blaming the opposi...

[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has condemned the Israel-US strikes in Iran as well as the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He warned that the act places the Middle East on the edge of grave and sustained instability.  He also tabled a motion in the Dewan Rakyat today condemning the attacks, which received support from both backbenchers and opposition MPs. Anwar said Malaysi...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Former DAP MP Tony Pua has drawn parallels between the police investigation into an alleged conspiracy to topple the government and his own persecution during the 1MDB era, calling on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to put a stop to what he described as "ridiculous nonsense".Pua,...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's handling of various issues, including corruption cases and matters important to progressives and non-Malays, have led to increasing disillusionment among Pakatan Harapan's core supporters. Anwar's disenfranchised former protégé, Rafizi Ramli, ho...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] DAP has doubled down on its demand for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) in the wake of MACC’s insistence that its alleged involvement in a “corporate mafia” scheme is merely a smear campaign aimed at sullying the commission’s name. Party chairperson Gobind Singh Deo said the commissio...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] As the controversy involving the MACC continues to escalate, the DAP will propose at this Friday's cabinet meeting the establishment of a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate the alleged "corporate mafia" scheme. In an interview with Malaysiakini, DAP secretary-...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Malaysia is no longer tied to the 19 percent US' reciprocal tariff deal that the countries signed in October, claimed former investment, trade and industry minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz. This followed a ruling by the US Supreme Court on Feb 20, he said, which struck down most of...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang says leaders from both rival Bersatu factions have met him following the sacking of Hamzah Zainudin and 16 others. Hadi confirmed that both Hamzah’s camp and those aligned with Muhyiddin Yassin had presented their side, stressing that PAS’ priority is to ke...

[KiniNews] Putra president Ibrahim Ali has slammed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for defending the MACC against public criticisms. “If principles change when power is obtained, those are not principles, but hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. "Putra does not play double standards or have two, three or four faces. If it is wrong, it remains wrong. Principles do not bow to positions or power,” he st...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar has warned that more parties are on his “radar” in his uncompromising mission against corruption, and the MACC has not gone undetected. His Majesty said that corruption is a betrayal of the people’s trust, which will not be tolerated i...

[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has signalled that MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki need not be placed on leave even as the government establishes a task force to probe his shareholding scandal. Asked whether Azam should step aside, Anwar replied: "Let the (task force) examine the case first, we need to know if it is serious, if there is a basis, only then, we move forward." Mea...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Public Accounts Committee chairperson Mas Ermieyati Samsudin has told Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim that being a hardworking civil servant does not exempt anyone, not even MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki, from investigation. She stressed that it is dangerous because it involves institut...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki today claimed that he has divested all shareholdings in any company since last year. This is after Bloomberg reported yesterday that Azam had owned 17.7 million shares in the financial services company Velocity Capital Partner Berhad. In a press conferen...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Former Umno vice-president Isa Samad will begin serving his jail term today after the Federal Court reinstated his corruption convictions and imprisonment sentence this morning. The Kuala Lumpur High Court convicted the former Felda chairperson in 2021, sentencing him to six years’ impri...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Bersatu infighting is heating up as the divide between those supporting either party president Muhyiddin Yassin or his deputy Hamzah Zainudin threatens to become an irreparable gulf. Hamzah's allies are rallying to defend him amid speculation that groundwork is being laid to have the...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil slammed opposition chief whip Takiyuddin Hassan for purportedly questioning International Islamic University Malaysia's (IIUM) competence in conducting a feasibility study on mayoral polls in Kuala Lumpur. Fahmi claimed that Takiyuddin was looking...