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On the 16th of August, Malaysia’s 8th prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin and his cabinet, who came to power via a political coup in 2020, officially resigned. At the time of this recording, the next prime minister is being selected by a secret vote by members of parliament via statutory (...)
Only some 8.7 million Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributors will be able to take out up to RM5,000 (1,000 EUR) from the fund under the latest round of withdrawals allowed under the new i-Citra programme.
Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz today revealed that another 3.7 million (...)
When it was midnight, “T” sat back against the wall of his temporary cell at the Pengkalan Chepa Prison, listening to his roommates snore while waiting for his turn to sleep.
“I can’t sleep yet, I have to wait...,” he told himself and stared at the others who slept closely next to one another.
He (...)
The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) does not have oversight on what the Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) studies, said constitutional and syariah lawyers.
This came following tensions over Suhakam’s plans to research possible legislation to recognise the third gender.
“As it stands, (...)
COMMENT | I read with interest Liew Chin Tong’s article yesterday about how a return to Parliament is the solution for Malaysia right now, rejecting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s emergency government and Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s idea of forming a National Operations Council or Mageran.
I can say (...)
From the outset, the recent Malaysian labour law reform exercise was a result of Malaysia’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). In 2015, the Malaysian government signed a Malaysia-US Labour Consistency Plan. It promised to take steps to reform labour laws to conform with (...)
Amid ongoing move by several Government and Opposition backbenchers to get Istana Negara to revoke the Emergency, Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) urged both coalitions to set aside their petty differences and focus on the health crisis plaguing the nation.
“Yes, we do need some form of a movement (...)
Environmental activists and local residents have been waging a long-running campaign against a toxic rare-earths refinery in Malaysia run by Lynas Rare Earths, an Australian corporation.
They breathed a cautious sigh of relief when it was announced that Lynas’ application for a permanent toxic (...)
The promulgation of a resurrected “fake news” law by the Malaysian government in early March has drawn widespread condemnation from press freedom, civil society and human rights groups. This disquiet is magnified because the new law was not enacted by Parliament, which is currently suspended (...)
My secondary school essays about Wawasan 2020 were packed with a whole load of nonsense.
Aged 15 in 1991, when then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s plan for a developed Malaysia got hastily added to the syllabus just before exams, all I cared about was giving my teachers what they wanted - (...)
The most recently revised version of the Form Four history textbook does a better job of balancing different historical narratives than its previous editions, said former PKR deputy president and Universiti Malaya professor Syed Husin Ali.
“Some people are questioning the mention of Communists (...)
The vast majority of Malaysians agree that the movement control order (MCO) declared by the prime minister last week is necessary to curb the dangerous spike in new Covid cases. However, we have to recognise that around 10 -15 percent of the families in KL, Selangor, Johor and Sabah are (...)
The Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) World Report 2021 released yesterday said human rights in Malaysia deteriorated under the Perikatan Nasional government, which it said aggressively cracked down on freedom of speech and peaceful assembly as well as made attacks on the media.
“The ruling coalition (...)
Yubaraj Khadka said he felt wronged by how Top Glove terminated his employment after he shared photographs proving a lack of physical distancing among factory workers.
Despite the consequences, the 27-year-old believes he did the right thing by whistle-blowing the situation at his former (...)
Necessary to gazette native customary lands, boost community’s participation in development, says Suhakam
KUALA LUMPUR – When it comes to land rights, Malaysia’s aboriginal people – the Orang Asli – oftentimes have it rough.
In the peninsula, those residing in Perak, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang (...)
There has been no shortage of anecdotes of racism within the property market, with minority races often complaining that they are discriminated against by property owners who refuse to rent to them on the basis of ethnicity.
However, business intelligence analyst Pingalayen Rabinthra Kumar’s (...)
“DAP’s readiness to work with Umno proves two things: that DAP is magnanimous and willing to put the welfare of the people as the main agenda. Second, the accusation that DAP is anti-Malay or anti-Islam is not true at all”
- DAP deputy secretary-general and Teluk Intan MP Nga Kor Ming
Now that (...)
A workers’ union today calls for the government to initiate an independent committee to investigate the financial standing of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
This came as EPF said it would need to sell some assets to fund contributors’ withdrawals from their Account 1.
Union Network (...)
There are a few aspects of YB Tengku Zafrul’s 2021 Budget speech that I found disconcerting.
The first was that my wife and I are both going to receive one-off payments of RM300 each as we are government pensioners. Does the government have a surplus of funds such that it can reward people like (...)
We, the undersigned members of the CSO Platform for Reform, are concerned with the news of a possible declaration of a state of emergency by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on 23 October 2020.
The timing and political context of the announcement cannot come at a worse time. Just this week, (...)
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