UMNO Youth chief Akmal Saleh is against the proposal to introduce what has been dubbed as Madani rice, which aims to combine local white rice and imported rice under one category. According to Akmal, the proposal by Bukit Gantang MP …
Continue ReadingUMNO Youth has called for the shariah and civil courts to be placed on equal footing, days after the apex court struck out 16 provisions under the Kelantan shariah enactment. To accomplish this objective, the wing’s chief, Dr Akmal Saleh, …
Continue ReadingUMNO secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki today said the absolute power granted to the Yang di Pertuan Agong should not be questioned by anyone. He also expressed his gratitude to Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah for consistently defending and upholding …
Continue ReadingSECRETARY-General Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki today expressed his gratitude to Nga Kor Ming for dropping his plan to list Kampung Baru Cina as Unesco heritage sites. Asyraf described the decision by the Housing and Local Government Minister as a show of …
Continue ReadingUMNO vice-president Khaled Nordin has dismissed rumours of division leaders’ discontent with party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi over the failure to secure a full pardon for his predecessor Najib Razak. The rumours were said to have revolved around a letter …
Continue ReadingTHE Special Supreme Council meeting today respect and obliged by decision made by the Pardon Board on former premier Najib Razak. In a brief statement issued after the meeting which started at 11AM and ended at 2.45PM, it said Umno …
Continue ReadingHOUSING and local government minister Nga Kor Ming has invited the Umno leadership to discuss the proposal to nominate Chinese new villages in Selangor as a Unesco world heritage site. Nga, who is also DAP vice-chairman, said he has reached …
Continue ReadingBARISAN Nasional (BN) respects the decision of the Pardons Board in accordance with Article 42 of the Federal Constitution with regards to Datuk Seri Najib Razak's sentence reduction. Its secretary-general, Zambry Abdul Kadir in a statement following the coalition's supreme …
Continue ReadingMALAYSIA’s Pardons Board said Friday it cut in half the 12-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister Najib Razak who is incarcerated for corruption, a move analysts said could raise doubts about the sincerity of the Anwar Ibrahim government’s anti-graft …
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