REMBAU, March 24 — The federal Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership has the final say on whether Sabah BN will go it alone or team up with any other party in the next Sabah state election, said BN deputy chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. He said no decision has been taken on this matter yet and … Read more
PUTRAJAYA, March 18 — The Court of Appeal today issued the Attorney-General Chamber (AGC) an ultimatum to decide on Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s representation for the AGC’s consideration to discontinue its appeal in the latter’s acquittal in the foreign visa system (VLN) contract case. A three-member bench led by Court of … Read more
KAJANG, March 9 ― The decision on whether Malaysia is interested in hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games is expected to be made by the Cabinet soon. Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh said her ministry is preparing a Cabinet paper encompassing the results of studies on various aspects of organising the sport for the Cabinet. … Read more
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 29 — The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has yet to decide on Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s representation for the prosecution to drop its appeal against his acquittal of 40 charges of corruption in connection with the foreign visa system (VLN) contract. Deputy public prosecutor Abdul Malik Ayob informed the matter … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — The Malaysian government’s plans to bring “regressive” amendments to the country’s citizenship laws to Parliament means locally-born children would have their existing rights to automatically be citizens taken away, and will instead result in “Little Napoleons” having the power to decide if they should be registered as Malaysians, a lawyer … Read more
ISKANDAR PUTERI, Dec 16 — Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said it was Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad prerogative to decide if Malaysia should continue exploring the proposal to allow medicinal marijuana use in the country. Khairy said there was already research in this direction that the current health minister could use to aid in … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — Deputy Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Fuziah Salleh today said that Malaysians need to make informed decisions based on facts rather than emotions. Addressing the emotional sentiments surrounding the conflict Gaza and the recent spate of boycotts involving companies with purported links to Israel, she said Malaysians should … Read more
The Penang government will leave it to the High Court to decide whether four assemblymen who withdrew support for the state government in 2020 should vacate their seats.
Johor has the right to decide on whether to reduce the minimum age of election candidates for the State Legislative Assembly seats from 21 years to 18.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) will not rush into making a decision on which of the two sepak takraw national bodies they will accept as their affiliate moving forward. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
