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Kota Kinabalu: Sabahans should put their heads together regardless of political alliance and stand together when facing problems which degrade Sabah. Sabah Progressive Party Deputy President Amde Sidik said it is general knowledge that Sabah was a nation before it was demoted to a mere state under Malaysia.
Malaysian protesters staged a rally in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday , calling on authorities to take action against an official linked to the corruption scandal surrounding the 1Malaysia Development Berhad state fund. The "#TangkapMO1" rally was called to urge authorities to arrest "Malaysian Official 1", an unidentified high ranking official mentioned in the United States Department of Justice's civil lawsuit last month.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian airport authorities should invest and upgrade its screening technology for passengers instead of frisking them like "common criminals", said Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents . Its president Datuk Hamzah Rahmat said he had observed such practices at Malaysian airports, which he claimed were not leaving a good impression of the country on visitors.
Labuan: The panel set up by the Federal Government to identify is sues of non-compliance to the terms in the Malaysia Agreement 1963, which bestows special rights to Sabah and Sarawak, should set a date on when its findings will be completed and whether its recommendations will be implemented without delay. "Such declarations will help avoid adverse public perceptions that the new committee is not an eyewash that would end up with no outcome like several other panels or committees formed before to study various issues affecting Sabah," he said.
An Evening with Aliran 2016 was held on 23 July 2016 in the KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall with the theme Justice, Freedom, Solidarity. It was an engaging, even exhilarating evening that mixed serious political discussion with exciting entertainment.
The federal government of Malaysia is not named as a defendant in the US Department of Justice's civil lawsuit over state-owned investment firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad assets, de facto law minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said today. Azalina also said the lawsuit is a "private" matter which she believed did not require the Malaysian government to step in.
A coalition of youth and student groups today announced efforts to mobilise a #TangkapMalaysianOfficial1 campaign in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 27. At a press conference at a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur today, the groups referred to the individual identified as 'Malaysian Official 1' in the United States Department of Justice's civil suit to recover billions of assets linked to state-investor 1MDB. Group spokesperson Anis Syariah Mohd Yusuf said their campaign aimed to put pressure on local authorities to arrest and charge the Malaysian Official 1. "Leading up to the peaceful assembly, students and youths will be carrying out briefing sessions for other students and those residing outside of the Klang Valley.
ANIFAH SHOCKER: SABAH MINISTER AIMS SHARP BARBS AT ROSMAH & NAJIB OVER RIZA - 'I GO & RETURN ON COMMERCIAL FLIGHT, I DON'T HAVE PRIVATE JET' Foreign Minister Anifah Aman has denied attempts to bring "businessman" Riza Aziz, reported the BN Backbenchers Council's website today. The report citing a blogger Zaharin Mohd Yasin known as 'Sang Kelembai' quoted Anifah saying the US Department of Justice suit is not the business of the Foreign Ministry.
AG's Chambers had acknowledged "Malaysian Official 1" is PM Najib in its Q&A today on its Internet portal on the DOJ suit, but it has failed to rebut DOJ case that US$681 million in Najib's personal account was from 1MDB through Tancore account and not from any Arab royalty One year ago on 25th July 2015, Kuala Lumpur was awash with rumours that the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak was about to be charged in court for corruption arising from 1MDB and RM2.6 billion "donation" twin mega scandals. I found such rumours quite incredulous as how the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak with his intelligence networks could be unaware of such rampant grapevine talk and was doing nothing about the situation.
WE are living in a time of great ironies. In a mismatched world - of the holier than thou robed mullahs and suited men preaching all things good and godly but together stole billions of ringgit from the people.
Kota Kinabalu: A 36-year-old government servant will on June 22 get to know whether he has to answer to a charge of asking a bribe of RM6,000 from a man. Sessions Court Judge Dato Ishak Bakri fixed the date for Mohd Rithwan Mohd Salleh during clarification and submissions from both parties.
Kota Kinabalu: A 58-year-old rental car driver, who allowed six Filipino illegal immigrants to be in his vehicle in Pitas, was sentenced to nine months' jail and fined a total of RM30,000. High Court Judge Ravinthran N. Paramaguru meted out the sentence to Mohd Abbas Mohamad, a local, after he pleaded guilty to committing the offence in a van at 9.20am on Jan 24 this year along Jalan Kampung Pias, Pitas.