On March 4, former Menteri Besar of Perlis, Shahidan Kassim was finally present for his court hearing after failing to attend for the past three times. His trial was set to commence on March 18 and 19. Previously in October 2018, Shahidan was caught in the scandal of sexually harassing a minor. At that time,…
Education Minister Maszlee Malik has been one of the most active ministers in the media after GE-14. From September to November, Maszlee found himself in a bad position, facing backlash for his statements to the media regarding various issues from black shoes and black socks implementation, his appointment as IIUM president to usage of…
After GE-14, Khairy Jamaluddin tweeted that Najib Razak and his 1MDB scandal are the main cause of Barisan Nasional’s defeat. But a month before that, during the campaigning period, he was friendly with the former Prime Minister, coming out with a campaign video filmed at a mamak eatery. Nevertheless, he did not verbally assault…
Prime Minister Mahathir revealed that the government is planning to acquire 4 highways located in the Klang Valley. They are LDP, SPRINT Highway, KESAS Highway, and SMART Tunnel. Then, up to a 30% discount will be impose to those tolls during the off-peak hour, plus free pass in the midnight. Additionally, a congestion charge will…
UMNO and PAS has officiated their cooperation. One of the reasons behind their collaboration is to protect the Malays and Islam in Malaysia. Recently, numerous suspects have been apprehended by the law enforcer for insulting Prophet Muhammad in the social media. Despite that, UMNO and PAS are still not satisfied with the way Chief Justice…
MCA and MIC called a press conference seeking Barisan Nasional secretary-general Nazri Aziz to resign from his position. They also threaten to leave the coalition if Nazri remains. The whole issue sparked when Nazri went to campaign for Semenyih by-election. During his speech, he questioned the appointment of non-Malays in the nation top office,…
In September 2016, Tun M formed PPBM alongside Muhyiddin Yassin as President and Mukhriz Mahathir as the party’s Deputy President. Moving forward to 2019, Mukhriz appears on the 4th spot in the topic of “PPBM”, with 299 statements in the past month. This indicates that he is active in talking about matters relating to his…
Prior to GE-14, the PAS president sued Sarawak Report for libel after the article claiming PAS accepting RM90 million from UMNO was published. In mid-February of 2019, the RM90 million scandal gained notoriety in the media again. Sarawak Report editor-in-chief Clare Rewcastle Brown revealed that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang gave the press company a…
After Barisan Nasional won Semenyih by-election, MCA and MIC said that they will seek for a new political alliance. The drift after their victory is because UMNO has been using pro-Malay and pro-Islam narrative throughout their campaign for Semenyih. Recently, UMNO also has been closer to PAS than to MCA and MIC. Yet, this…
On February 17, PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said that there is plot of no-confidence motion against Tun Mahathir as Prime Minister. The statement was made during an event campaigning for Semenyih by-election. Consequently, top leaders of the component parties in Pakatan Harapan brushes off the baseless rumor. Interestingly, Anwar Ibrahim who was often reported…