2014-05-11

Malaysia News Headlines

Umno must woo ‘urban villagers’ to stay in power, says Najib

Umno must woo ‘urban villagers’ to stay in power, says Najib

The Malaysian Insider - 7 hours ago - As Umno celebrated its original founding anniversary today, its members were reminded …

Test out hudud on leaders and royals first, activist suggests

Test out hudud on leaders and royals first, activist suggests

The Malay Mail Online - 7 hours ago - KUALA …

Three things we learned from: the hudud controversy and Malaysia

Three things we learned from: the hudud controversy and Malaysia

The Malay Mail Online - 10 hours ago - KUALA…

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How GST Will Impact Home Prices & The Property Market Yahoo Newsroom - Fri, May 9, 2014
With the coming implementation of Goods & Service Tax (GST) in April 2015, many Malaysians are concerned with what this bodes for prices in general. It is inevitable that home prices will also be … More »


France opens probe into MH370 crash, says judicial source The Malaysian Insider -Sat, May 10, 2014
Paris prosecutors have launched a judicial investigation for involuntary homicide following the Malaysia Airlines plane crash, a judicial source said yesterday. The probe was launched on Wednesday. … More »


BN won’t contest Bukit Gelugor seat, says Najib The Malaysian Insider - 11 hours ago
Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pic) said BN will not field a candidate in the May 25 Bukit Gelugor parliamentary by-election, following MCA's decision not to contest the … More »

Isma lauds hudud bill postponement The Malaysian Insider - 14 hours ago
Muslim rights group Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma), which has campaigned for the implementation of hudud for all Malaysians, has welcomed PAS's decision to postpone tabling the private member's bill … More »

Test out hudud on leaders and royals first, activist suggests The Malay Mail Online - 7 hours ago
KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Hudud law should be first tried on the country’s elites and royals, Muslim activist Zainah Anwar suggested today as a way to prove that the Islamic penal code will be applied... … More »

Shut up, your comments hurting the country, Dr M tells Isma The Malaysian Insider -Fri, May 9, 2014
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has told Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) to pipe down, days after the Muslim NGO trained its guns on non-Muslims. The former prime minister said comments by Isma's leaders … More »

Pay taxes but leave Malaysia’s future to us, Isma tells ‘immigrant’ citizens The Malay Mail Online - Fri, May 9, 2014
BANGI, May 9 — Non-Muslims must continue to pay taxes but should just leave the Malays and Muslims to run the country, Islamist group Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) said today even as Putrajaya... … More »

PAS to postpone tabling private member’s bill on hudud The Malaysian Insider - 15 hours ago
PAS has decided to postpone the tabling of a private member's bill in Parliament, which is scheduled to sit again in June. The decision was announced by party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, … More »

Home Ministry officer arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than RM200,000 The Malaysian Insider- 15 hours ago
A Home Ministry officer was arrested by police recently for allegedly embezzling more than RM200,000 of public funds. The Malaysian Insider learnt that the 36-year-old woman was attached to the … More »

No hudud if Putrajaya does not amend Shariah law, says PAS The Malaysian Insider -23 hours ago
For all its rhetoric on imposing the Islamic penal code, or hudud, on Muslims in Kelantan, PAS has admitted that the state government cannot proceed with its plan if amendments are not made to … More »

Isma chief unperturbed by Dr M’s criticism, says up to people to judge The Malaysian Insider - Sat, May 10, 2014
Muslim NGO Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) is unperturbed by the stinging words of its latest critic, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who yesterday told the group to stop its provocative comments against … More »

Hudud in Malaysia can be applied to everyone, says Islamic scholar The Malaysian Insider - 16 hours ago
‎It is possible to enforce hudud in Malaysia as the country is not secular and already applies aspects of Islamic criminal law in the Penal Code, an Islamic scholar said today. Faculty of Sharia … More »

Three things we learned from: the hudud controversy and Malaysia The Malay Mail Online - 10 hours ago
KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — PAS today announced that it will delay — but not end — its plan to table two private members’ bills in Parliament that could pave way for the implementation of hudud in... … More »

Search for flight MH370 heads to site of first “ping” The Malaysian Insider - Sat, May 10, 2014
An Australian naval vessel carrying an underwater drone involved in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 left port on Saturday on its second mission to scan part of the Indian Ocean where … More »

Education system in need of drastic, radical change, says Ku Li The Malaysian Insider - Sat, May 10, 2014
Malaysia’s education system has failed, and is in need of a drastic and radical change, former finance minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said today. "The reality is... We have failed in … More »

Trust lost can never be regained, Anglican bishop tells Putrajaya amid religious strife The Malay Mail Online - 18 hours ago
KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Putrajaya’s continued silence over growing religious tensions could lead to an irrevocable break in Malaysians trust in each another, the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of... … More »

MCA’s changed tune titled ‘We’ll lose in Gelugor’ The Malaysian Insider - 11 hours ago
A day after saying it did not want to contest the  Bukit Gelugor by-election as it wanted to concentrate on the constitutional crisis triggered by PAS' plan to introduce hudud, the MCA today changed … More »

MCA’s reason for not contesting Bukit Gelugor contradicts Najib’s stand, says DAPThe Malaysian Insider - 17 hours ago
MCA's reason for not contesting the May 25 Bukit Gelugor by-election because it wants to focus on preventing a constitutional crisis is both false and self-contradictory, DAP said today. DAP … More »

Religious extremism will bring about distrust, bible group’s new president warns Putrajaya The Malaysian Insider - 19 hours ago
The new president of The Bible Society of Malaysia, Bishop Datuk Ng Moon Hing (pic), has warned Putrajaya that a generation of Malaysians is in danger of growing up distrusting each other in light of … More »

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