KUALA LUMPUR: Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said he was shocked at the change in the stand of former finance minister, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah maintaining that Kelantan had the right to receive oil royalty.
Rais said Tengku Razaleigh’s statement on Thursday that the Kelantan state government should now get the oil [...]

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang DAP-PKR tiff is catching fire with Penang DAP chief Chow Kon Yeow describing Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohd Hashim as being politically frustrated.
He said there was no doubt that the PKR Bayan Baru MP was unhappy over his removal as state party chairman and was now attempting to break up the Pakatan [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: PKR Bayan Baru MP Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim’s open criticism against Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is loaded with facts which must be investigated and acted upon by Pakatan Rakyat. PKR Kulim Bandar Baru member of parliament Zulkifli Noordin said Zahrain’s outburst was not without basis and that it was [...]

SHAH ALAM: Three police reports were lodged against Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim yesterday for his allegedly disparaging remarks about Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan (YBK). The reports were lodged by the poverty eradication foundation chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Sakom, chief executive officer Zulkhairi Jamaluddin and trustee Bing Selamat Amir at the [...]

PEKAN, Sat: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the political crisis faced by the opposition, particularly in Penang, is getting more serious as their leaders are now at loggerheads in implementing state policies. The Prime Minister said the opposition leaders were not only having differences of opinion but were also clearly rejecting the leadership [...]

The government has no plan to set up an Inter-faith Commission at the moment as the ongoing closed-door dialogues between religious groups are sufficient to address related issues, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.
He said the closed-door dialogues would enhance understanding and create a peaceful atmosphere as well as mutual respects among the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: The Pas disciplinary committee has suspended outspoken Shah Alam member of parliament Khalid Samad for six months while his colleague, Selangor Pas commissioner Datuk Dr Hasan Ali, got off with a warning.
Pas disciplinary committee chairman Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said Khalid was found guilty of criticising and demanding Hasan’s resignation over the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court yesterday granted a stay of execution of its ruling allowing the Catholic weekly Herald to use the word “Allah”. Judge Datuk Lau Bee Lan granted the stay after meeting the parties in her chambers yesterday afternoon. The Herald agreed to the stay on grounds of national interest.
Attorney-General Tan [...]

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government will take action against non-Muslim places of worship that misuse the word “Allah” to confuse Muslims. Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said while the state was not against the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims, the state could and would take action where [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: A bloody face-off between the Viva Palestina convoy and Egyptian riot police resulted in four activists being seriously injured and seven others, including a Malaysian student, arrested. The clash sparked riots across the Gaza border, with Palestinians throwing stones at Egyptian border guards.
One guard was killed while nine others [...]