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…
As Malaysia Indicator continues to monitor the Rantau by-election, it looks like this time around Utusan has already starting to make its move. On the March 4, 2019, the Election Commission (EC) secretary Datuk Mohamed Elias said a special meeting will be held on the 6th of March to decide the date for the Rantau…
In the midst of Semenyih by-election, a Facebook user named “Wai Foo Sing” insulted Prophet Muhammad in the social platform. Consequently, he was arrested by the authority. Yet, this is just a beginning. The act of insulting the Prophet angered numerous Muslims in the country. At the same time, it provides bullets for the…
In February 2019, Malaysia ranks first in the category of Best Health Care in the International Living Annual Global Retirement Index 2019. It is good as it places Malaysia in a positive light after the infamous 1MDB scandal and the unfortunate MH370 and MH12 tragedies. The amount of registered medical doctors in the nation recorded a major…
It is another victory for Barisan Nasional (BN) when Semenyih seat fell to the hands of UMNO’s Zakaria Hanafi. As reported by the media, Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) big blow in Semenyih was due to the Malay voters swinging back to UMNO. Plus, the increasingly ‘friendly’ relationship between PAS and UMNO also played a part in…
On the 23rd of February 2019, media reported that Minister of Education Maszlee Malik had rejected the proposal of abolishing the Malaysian University English Test (MUET). The examination is compulsory for students who seek to enter local tertiary education institutes. Looking at the top issues of Maszlee Malik, the MUET topic is one of the…
On February 24, Minister of Human Resources M. Kulasegaran announced that the government will be reviewing the minimum wage based on business sector. Back in 2018, when Kulasegaran became the Human Resources Minister, he increased the minimum wage in Malaysia from RM1,000 in the Peninsular and RM920 in East Malaysia to RM1,100 nationwide. The…
DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang my not be holding any position in the cabinet, but he sometimes can be more active other DAP ministers in the media. Due his long-term commitment in Malaysia politics, it is not an obstacle for him to gather the media attention. In February alone, he tackled on various issues such…