Najib Razak’s legal team was deeply disappointed by the refusal to stay the 15-year 1MDB sentence imposed by Justice Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah, but Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah says the defence will now take a fresh stay application to the Court of Appeal, where Najib’s substantive appeal is already pending — even as his separate house-arrest arrangement moves closer to reality.
The national unemployment rate may look steady, but for families in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur facing sudden job loss, the reality feels far less secure.
Remarks by Tony Pua may be constitutionally framed. But reducing the monarchy to its narrowest legal role risks misunderstanding the very Constitution he invokes.
The public break between Anwar and Rafizi exposes that the so-called reformist project by PKR died in government, leaving BN the only party offering coherence.
Eight years, and then some. GE14 toppled one government. Since then, we’ve had four prime ministers, BN is back in Cabinet, and reforms are stuck in committee.
In Malaysia, the phrases "kangaroo court" and "hanging judge" have taken on a chilling significance in the wake of controversial legal proceedings involving former Prime Minister Najib Razak.