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KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] The suspect in the stabbing of a 16-year-old female student at a school in Petaling Jaya yesterday did not express his romantic feelings toward the victim, according to Selangor police chief Shazeli Kahar. He said that based on current investigations, police believe the suspect had feeli...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Bersatu has sacked its supreme council member Wan Saiful Wan Jan as well as four party division chiefs, and suspended Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal for one term. According to a Bersatu disciplinary board, it found the leaders guilty of violating the party constitution and...

[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has applied to strike out a suit filed by Malaysian Advancement Party president P Waythamoorthy challenging the legality of his election and premiership. Anwar described the suit as a form of harassment and an attempt to gain political mileage. The suit claimed that Anwar’s disqualification as an MP was never revoked by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong when he was...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC [KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today tabled a slightly smaller RM419.2 billion Budget 2026, which included initiatives to ease living costs and strengthen the public sector. Among the announcements made was a RM500 special aid for civil servants in Grade 56 and below, as well as RM250 fo...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Tiong King Sing has acknowledged that he erred in not informing that Tourism Malaysia’s Global Travel Meet event on Oct 1 was handled by the private sector, not the government. This, he said, had contributed to the misunderstanding which led the public...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Israeli forces intercepted the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) humanitarian mission to Gaza at 10.50am Malaysian time today. In a press conference, Humanitarian Care Malaysia (MyCare), which is leading the Malaysian delegation, said nine vessels, including the Conscience and Umm Saad, w...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC [KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has given a stern reminder to Tourism, Arts, and Culture Minister Tiong King Sing over an industry dinner that the latter attended, which served alcohol. Anwar also indicated that he did not accept Tiong's explanation that the gala dinner was not a &quo...

[KiniNews] The Foreign Ministry has told Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal (PN-Machang) not to "be more Hamas than Hamas itself". This came after the Bersatu leader kept pressing Putrajaya to cancel Malaysia's invitation to US President Donald Trump to the 47th Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur. "Hamas has accepted the 20-point (peace) plan proposed by Trump. This is Hamas. So why do...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has slammed Israel’s labelling of Global Sumud Flotilla activists as terrorists. Anwar pointed out that GSF’s voyage to Gaza was a humanitarian mission aimed at helping the Palestinian people and they had no weapons. He said this when asked for comments on Is...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for foreign intervention and action to secure the release of all activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla. In a video posted on his Facebook page, Anwar said he had been in contact with several leaders since being informed that several Malaysians h...

[KiniNews] PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan has responded to an audio recording claiming his party wants Bersatu deputy president Hamzah Zainudin as Perikatan Nasional's prime minister candidate. When asked whether PAS wanted Hamzah as the PM candidate for PN, Takiyuddin highlighted how PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang had made it clear that they would not name a PM candidate until they w...

They claimed the offensive on Azmin, who is Bersatu secretary-general, was only an attempt to deflect attention from Wan Saiful's failed attempt to bring down party president Muhyiddin Yassin. Yesterday, Wan Saiful and several other Bersatu leaders held a press conference to deny allegations that they were trying to force Muhyiddin into handing over the party leadership to deputy president Ham...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Bersatu supreme council member Wan Saiful Wan Jan today denied claims of a move to topple party president Muhyiddin Yassin, insisting that statutory declarations (SDs) signed by 120 division chiefs were in support of a succession plan agreed last year. He said the SD was being twisted to...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Jeffrey Kitingan said his attention is now on the public and the upcoming state election, after spending more than five hours giving a statement to anti-corruption investigators. The Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) president and Sabah deputy chief minister I arrived at the MACC offic...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC [KiniNews] Sabah Deputy Chief Minister I Jeffrey Kitingan has denied businessperson Albert Tei's accusation that he had received bribes in connection with mineral exploration licences in the state. According to the Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) president, he could not "really recal...

[KiniNews] Businessperson Albert Tei, frustrated with what he perceives as the authorities’ inaction against politicians named in the Sabah mining scandal, has dropped another bombshell. This time, Tei released a video recording of his conversation with Sabah Deputy Chief Minister I and Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) president Jeffrey Kitingan. Tei told Malaysiakini that the sum purportedly g...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Businessperson Albert Tei has accused the MACC of harbouring “rats” who leaked his confidential testimony to Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor. Tei said he was stunned when Hajiji referred to the contents of his MACC statement during a Christmas luncheon at the Hyatt Regency in Kota Kinab...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] The government will not be imposing an income cap on RON95 subsidies once the targeted mechanism is in place on Sept 30.Instead, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced that all Malaysians with a valid driver's licence can buy RON95 at RM1.99 per litre. He also clarified that there wi...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] Umno Secretary-General Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki has claimed that PAS had previously sent representatives to meet Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. According to him, this was done without Bersatu leaders knowing. He added that it was the same group of p...

[KiniNews] PAS is not the only party that has received funds from Bersatu, claimed the latter’s information chief, said Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz. He said that during the Sabah state election in 2020, Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin - who was prime minister at the time - also gave RM10 million to Umno. “When Muhyiddin was prime minister and Bersatu was part of the government, he offered financial...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJApple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC[KiniNews] As parties in the opposition scramble to name their prime minister candidates, former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad has dismissed the move as pointless without securing a simple majority in Parliament.“I don’t quite understand why so many are scrambling to be named as prime ministerial can...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC #KiniNews: PAS has chosen to bide its time on the issue of naming Perikatan Nasional’s prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming 16th general election. The opposition party’s deputy president, Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, said the party will instead be focusing on strengthening PN’s machinery to fac...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC #KiniNews: Dang Wangi district police chief Suzilme Affendy Sulaiman has sustained injuries to his head during an eviction operation against defiant Kampung Sungai Baru residents in Kuala Lumpur. The police officer is understood to have been hurt when chaos broke out after several disgruntled res...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC [KiniNews] MCA president Wee Ka Siong has fired back at the Higher Education Ministry — this time questioning its numbers. He pointed out a mismatch between the ministry’s claim that UM only offers 85 accounting spots, and the university’s own data on graduate numbers. Meanwhile Umno Youth chief...

KiniNews is now also available at: Spotify: https://mk.my/sH14qeJ Apple podcast: https://mk.my/jPylPZC [KiniNews] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s former aide Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak has been cleared of alleged links to the Sabah mining scandal, after investigations revealed that no exploration licence was issued to a company owned by the businessperson. MACC chief Azam Baki told a press...