GEORGE TOWN, Aug 16 — The postponement of vaccination dates in several vaccination administration centres (PPVs) in Penang only involved the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said the shortage....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — After tendering his resignation, caretaker prime minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin vowed again not to waiver in his refusal to work with unnamed “kleptocrats”. He has repeated the same motto in his previous addresses,...

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 16 — Police are looking for family members or relatives of the three individuals who were burnt to death when the car they were travelling in crashed into a tree and burst into flames at Jalan Masjid Negeri, here early today....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers took a slight dip over the past 24 hours, to 19,740 cases today. The new cases pushed the cumulative total to 1,424,639 since the pandemic arrived in Malaysia last year Health...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin claimed today he failed to save his Perikatan Nasional (PN) government as a result of the purported greed for power from certain quarters. In his national address today announcing his resignation as.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — With most state legislative constituencies still categorised as Covid-19 red zones, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today decreed that calling for a General Election would not...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Istana Negara confirmed today that Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has resigned as prime minister together with his Cabinet, in an earlier royal audience. In a statement, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin...

IPOH, Aug 16 — No semen stains were found on several items collected from Paul Yong’s house, a representative from the Chemistry Department told the High Court today. Director of DNA Forensic Division, Department of Chemistry, Nor Aidora Saedon,....

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 16 — The Penang state government has failed to perform its duty which has led to the temporary suspension of several Vaccination Administration Centres (PPVs) in the state, said DAP’s Lim Guan Eng. The Air Putih assemblyman told....

TELUK INTAN, Aug 16 —  A Perak Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) committee member was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with voluntarily causing hurt on the party’s Teluk Intan Women vice-chief at a hotel here last year. Safariza...

KOTA BARU, Aug 16 — The Sultan of Kelantan Sultan Muhammad V has expressed hope that the Covid-19 vaccination for members of the public, especially the people of Kelantan, can be expedited. Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Tengku Azmi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin became the country’s shortest ruling prime minister today amid a prolonged and fractious power struggle with Umno that has left the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition in tatters. Rembau MP Khairy...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali today confirmed that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had chaired his last Cabinet meeting this morning. The PAS minister took to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has arrived at Istana Negara for his royal audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. Escorted by at least 12 police outriders,...

JOHOR BARU, Aug 16 — Former Johor Baru City Council (MBJB) mayor Datuk Adib Azhari Daud, who was detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over a graft case, was released on bail today. In a statement, the Johor MACC said the...

KUCHING, Aug 16 — Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg today expressed his concern over the current power struggle and quarreling among political parties at the federal level that could affect efforts to stem the spread of the.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Vehicles believed to be ferrying Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun and Election Commission chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh were seen entering the Istana Negara this morning. The two black Toyota Vellfire MPVs were seen.....

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 16 — Fitch Solutions has warned of a stagnant economy for the rest of 2021 after revising its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for Malaysia in 2021 to zero per cent from 4.9 per cent. The research unit of Fitch Ratings....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Amid rumours of Umno taking over the premiership to replace Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Tan Sri Shahrir Abdul Samad said that the party has now broken into three factions. He claimed that there are two sides: one supporting...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — DAP's Lim Kit Siang today said that Malaysia needs his Pakatan Harapan (PH) counterpart Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to lead the country against the Covid-19 pandemic. The Iskandar Puteri MP said that the Opposition leader w...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Some 32.9 per cent of the country’s population, or  10,734,415 people, have completed two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine injections as of yesterday, said Minister of Health Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. Through...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Former health minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said both Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin and the Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) must continue their...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — As Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin clocked in for what is said to be his last day in office, MIC president Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran named sitting Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri as the only suitable...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Bursa Malaysia opened broadly lower on Monday amid weak sentiment due to the fluid political situation, with the key index falling below 1,500 points.   At 9.05am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) sh...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — DAP lawmakers Tony Pua and Ong Kian Ming have found themselves in hot water for their stance on the cross-party reform proposal made by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government in exchange for bipartisan support.  In a...

SINGAPORE, Aug 16 — The Malaysian ringgit fell to a one-year low on Monday and stocks in Kuala Lumpur slipped as an expectation that the prime minister will resign turned investors cautious. Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is...

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 16 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin has arrived at Perdana Putra to attend the special Cabinet meeting today. He arrived at the Perdana Putra compound at  about 8 am and waved at the media personnel who had gathered there....

COMMENTARY, Aug 16 — The nation’s attention will rest squarely on Istana Negara today, where Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin could be attending his final royal audience as the prime minister of Malaysia. Muhyiddin is expected to meet with Al-Sultan...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob contacted Pejuang chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to seek the latter’s support to be the next prime minister, Marzuki Yahya disclosed today. The Pejuang deputy president said Ismail Sabri...

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 15 — Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim has instructed that Covid-19 management in the state be improved with the outsourcing of non-Covid-19 patients to private hospitals in stages to ease the burden of the public...