Media Statement

PAS' proposal to revive cooperation between the two parties via Muafakat Nasional (MN) is insincere, says Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. "We doubt their sincerity in making this offer as it was them, not UMNO, who withdrew from MN. They …

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 …

UMNO 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, …

DEPUTY Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi described former Sarawak governor, the late Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud, as a progressive and dynamic leader. Speaking to the Malaysian media in Osaka Wednesday, Ahmad Zahid, currently in Japan for a …

SECRETARY-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 …

UMNO 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 …

JAPAN's Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) today conferred the honorary degree in science and engineering to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. It is a recognition for his contribution in the strengthening Malaysia-Japan technical education cooperation and effort in uplifting …

HOUSING 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 …

BARISAN 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 …