Selangor Pakatan: Perikatan threatened to go to court over alleged vote-buying after realising it would lose in KKB

Selangor Pakatan: Perikatan threatened to go to court over alleged vote-buying after realising it would lose in KKB

HULU SELANGOR, May 11 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) had threatened that it would file a suit in the Election Court over alleged vote-buying by the government after realising it would lose in Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor Pakatan Harapan (PH) said today. Its chairman Amiruddin Shari again denied the allegation, saying PH had conducted a harmonious … Read more

A person being questioned by MACC need not be threatened — Hafiz Hassan

A person being questioned by MACC need not be threatened — Hafiz Hassan

JANUARY 25 — The power to investigate is vested in the officers of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Part V of the MACC Act 2009. Under section 29 of the Act, where an officer of the MACC has reason to suspect the commission of an offence under the Act following a report made orally … Read more

Fading colours: Bangladesh’s threatened rickshaw art

Fading colours: Bangladesh’s threatened rickshaw art

DHAKA, Dec 24 — Vibrant greens and swirling yellows, film stars, birds and architecture: Bangladesh’s bicycle rickshaw drivers have for decades used their transport as a unique moving canvas of urban folk art. But many fear that despite being added by the United Nations cultural agency this month to its list of intangible cultural heritage, … Read more

Saifuddin rebuke claims that Islam threatened, Malays sidelined under Unity Government

Saifuddin rebuke claims that Islam threatened, Malays sidelined under Unity Government

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 26 — Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail rebuked claims that Islam was under threat and Malays left behind under the Unity Government’s administration. Saifuddin also chided the action of some who issued opposing statements every time a government agenda or announcement is made and that touched on aspects … Read more