Tag: Malaysia

PETITION FOR PARDON Constitutional law and human rights lawyer New Sin Yew explained that the second option - the petition for pardon by the king - is not a judicial, ...

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR AHMAD ZAHID? The UMNO president is also facing several graft charges in court.  Following a string of electoral successes at the state level, he has ...

Social media was abuzz with comments wondering about the treatment Najib would receive in the prison.  The said Facebook post alleged that VIP inmates have access to TV, Internet, air-conditioner ...

Mr Nizam said Najib’s SRC case was just one of many cases of abuse of power, breach of trust and corruption which had yet to be exposed, investigated and judged.  ...

Earlier in the day when Najib arrived in court, around 300 supporters mobbed his car chanting "bossku" - "my boss" in Malay - a rallying cry among his defenders. Just ...

WHAT ARE THE CASES AGAINST NAJIB? Malaysian authorities say Najib illegally received more than US$1 billion traceable to 1MDB. A person described in US lawsuits as "Malaysian Official 1" allegedly ...

Earlier this month, Sultan Ibrahim met with Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi where the ruler was presented with the state government’s findings for the streamlining of the weekend rest days ...

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak will serve his 12-year prison sentence after the Federal Court on Tuesday (Aug 23) upheld the guilty verdict against him in the SRC ...

PUTRAJAYA: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has filed an application to recuse Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat from presiding over his final appeal against a 12-year jail term ...

SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA LEADERS’ RETREAT POSSIBLY IN OCTOBER On bilateral ties with Singapore, Mr Ismail Sabri said he looks forward to meeting Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during the next leaders’ retreat. “It ...