CANNES, May 14 — Film director Mohammad Rasoulof, who has secretly fled Iran for an undisclosed location in Europe, today urged the world film community to provide “strong support” to his colleagues. Rasoulof, who was sentenced to jail on national security charges, and whose latest movie is due to compete at this month’s Cannes film … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (Sime Darby Plantation) to be a supporter and pioneer of the government’s efforts to reduce dependency on foreign labour in the plantation sector. In his Facebook post tonight, Anwar said the approach and technological advancement used by the … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — The Women’s Aid Organisation must urgently elect a new leadership to replace interim appointments made in the wake of mass resignations, said a former executive director who warned that failure could lead to the group’s deregistration. Sumitra Visvanathan told Malay Mail the current exco was formed against the advice of … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — Former foreign minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah today urged the government to do more for the Palestinian people by speeding up their investigations into several NGOs whose accounts have been frozen. He said the government had frozen the bank accounts of three NGOs who had collected aid money for the … Read more
KUCHING, March 30 — Malaysians have been urged to use social media platforms by sharing positive content that does not play up racial issues, which will only undermine the harmony in the country. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said media practitioners are not exempted from playing a role through the writing of positive … Read more
KUCHING, March 21 — Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen today urged the state government to immediately agree with the proposed amendments to the Sarawak Labour Ordinance (SLO) without further delay. He said the state government should not have insisted on the inclusion of a provision that it must be consulted by the federal government … Read more
KUCHING, March 20 — Human rights activist Peter John Jaban today warned that Malaysia is at risk of sliding into a divided country along the racial and religious lines. He said issues such as the decision to gazette bak kut teh as a national heritage dish of Malaysia and issues surrounding vernacular schools have become … Read more
KUCHING, March 18 — Sarawak Minister of Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah today urged the federal government to accord automatic Malaysian citizenship to abandoned children under the proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution. She said in most cases, it is difficult to find out who their biological parents are as … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The Malaysian government must present a either Green Paper or White Paper for its planned amendments to citizenship laws in the Federal Constitution, and MPs should not support the “rushed” legal changes that could deny citizenship to stateless natives and further harm abandoned babies, advocacy group Projek SAMA said today. … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — The National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (Nufam) has reportedly urged the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) to also look into the handling of alcohol by Muslim cabin crew. News portal Malaysia Gazette quoted the group saying that the issue has allegedly been a significant concern for decades but … Read more
