PETALING JAYA, 7 Dec — Malaysia has made notable progress in its human rights journey but must now summon “collective courage” to advance, Chief Justice Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh said today. Speaking at the Human Rights Festival 2025, he said meaningful improvement requires action not only from institutions but from society as […]
DEC 6 — “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” The above are the first two lines of a speech by Mark Antony in the play Julius Caesar (Act III, Scene II) by William Shakespeare – one of the most famous lines in all of Shakespeare’s
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PORT DICKSON, Dec 4 — No shortcomings have been detected in the Malaysian Armed Forces’ (MAF) standard operating procedures (SOP) for training, including those for the Reserve Officers Training Unit (Palapes), said Chief of Defence Force Gen Tan Sri Mohd Nizam Jaffar. He said the MAF ensures that all SOPs are fully complied with, including
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KOTA KINABALU, Dec 3 — Sabah Bersatu secretary Yunus Nurdin today blamed the party’s crushing defeat in the 17th Sabah state election on what he described as weaknesses in the leadership of party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Yunus said Sabah Bersatu’s machinery had been preparing intensively for the polls but was hampered by internal
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 3 — Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Hashim Hamzah today took the oath of office and allegiance as the Chief Judge of Malaya. Hashim, 64, was sworn in as the country’s 15th Chief Judge of Malaya (CJM) in a ceremony at the Palace of Justice here. Hashim fills in the role following Tan
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KOTA KINABALU, Dec 2 — Sabah Umno should not be treated as a junior partner or “beggar” in the formation of the new state government, as the party holds the decisive numbers to determine who governs Sabah, said its Lahad Datu division chief Sharif Musa Sharif Mabul. He said Umno’s six seats have placed the
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — Misconduct in public agencies is on the rise, with 50 cases investigated by the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) as of last month, up from 36 in the same period last year. EAIC chairman Tan Sri Ismail Bakar said agencies with the most cases included the Immigration Department, Road Transport
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KOTA KINABALU, Nov 30 — Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) chairman Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor will issue a written statement on the current developments of forming a new Sabah government following the 17th Sabah state election. He said he would issue the statement after returning from Istana Seri Kinabalu. “I have made a written statement, I
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KOTA KINABALU, Nov 28 — Former chief justice of Malaysia Tun Richard Malanjum has, for the first time, publicly endorsed a Parti Warisan candidate in this election. The retired judge openly stumped for Warisan’s Tandek candidate Datuk Jilid Kuminding, saying the latter was not only an asset to the Kadazandusun and Murut (KDM) community but also
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KOTA KINABALU, Nov 25 — Calls from Kadazan, Dusun and Murut (KDM) based parties for unity is meaningless political rhetoric if parties insist on contesting elections independently, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) information chief Datuk Joniston Bangkuai said. He said that the various parties were already part of the localised alliance Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) in
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 — The retirements of two senior armed forces officers are not connected to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) Op Sohor investigation into a smuggling syndicate, MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said today. Azam said the investigation is ongoing and charges have already been brought in the case, the New
SANDAKAN, Nov 19 — DAP is pushing for a complete victory with all eight candidates winning in the state election to strengthen its position in potential coalition government negotiations. Sabah DAP chairman Datuk Phoong Jin Zhe said the political reality indicates that no single party can form a government alone, making a coalition government likely.
