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Rosmah Bangkit Melawan Fitnah: Maruah, Keluarga dan Hak Mendapatkan Keadilan

Di sebalik gelaran dan kontroversi, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor juga seorang isteri, ibu dan nenek yang terkesan apabila namanya serta keluarganya dikaitkan dengan dakwaan yang disifatkan sebagai fitnah. Tampil membuat laporan polis, beliau memilih untuk mempertahankan maruah dan mendapatkan keadilan melalui saluran undang-undang.

South China Sea Arbitration: 10 Years On, Why Malaysians Should Revisit The Legal Questions

As the tenth anniversary of the South China Sea arbitral award approaches, renewed efforts are underway to portray the ruling as the definitive legal framework for resolving disputes in the South China Sea. Some governments, advocacy groups and foreign policy commentators are expected to use the anniversary to reinforce a particular narrative about the dispute and its implications for the region. Yet, before Malaysians accept such narratives at face value, it is worth revisiting the legal questions that continue to surround the award ten years after it was issued. Lawyer Nor Hisham Mohd Nor writes in Part 1.
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How The Western Media Helped Build The Case For Genocide In Gaza

From obscuring the West’s role in starving Gaza to sensationalised accounts of mass rape by Hamas, journalists are playing the role of propagandists, not...

Bridging the Divide: RHB’s Raya Video 2024 Lights the Way in Malaysia’s 3R Crisis

In recent months, Malaysia has found itself in the throes of a societal conundrum, with racial, religious, and royalty-related tensions—collectively referred to as the...

Jasmine Loo Not Pursued For Charges, Has A Deal Been Struck?

Former 1MDB lawyer Jasmine Loo was first charged in absentia in December 2018 when she was accused of laundering US$5 million and US$999,975, being proceeds of unlawful activity received into the account of River Dee International SA (BVI) in Falcon Private Bank AG in Zurich, but to date the charges have yet to be pursued, giving rise to speculations about a possible deal with the authorities

PICKLEBALL, SPORT’S NEW RAGING FOREST FIRE

Time to innovate an elite racquet sports centre with pickleball at the forefront.

The NatWest Boss, The Missing Malaysian Billions And The Damning Email

Rick Haythornthwaite stonewalled investigator on the trail of ‘world’s biggest financial scandal’ On a summer’s day in 2009 on the sparkling waters of the French...

1MDB: Witness Statements Indicate A High-Level Conspiracy To Mislead Najib

From the number of statements made by Jasmine Loo during the course of her taking the witness stand, it is obvious that the top level management and certain parties involved with 1MDB would keep former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the dark about some of the dealings and used his name as purportedly giving approval to some of the project developments.

Sticks And Stones: The Kafir Conundrum That May Break Our Bones

The education ministry came under fire for mentioning “kafir” that upset many non-Muslims in the country. But that, alongside another K word that get the Malaysian Indians’ knickers twisted, would be less offensive if the context is understood properly.

1MDB Trial Halted For Today As Najib Is Unwell

Attending Medical Officer Dr Hafiz Husni said under oath that the former Prime Minister suffers low blood pressure and pulse, as well as diarrhoea and severe abdominal pain, and is giving him medical leave for two days. However, the attending judge for the 1MDB trial will only accept leave for today (Tuesday)

Jasmine Loo Admits That 1MDB-PSI Joint Venture Was A Fraud

After much prodding from defence counsel Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah, former 1MDB general counsel Jasmine Loo admits that the joint-venture agreement between 1MDB and PSI was purely a scam

The PADU Quagmire Leading To An Identity Crisis

What started out as a simple registration exercise turned out to be a public relations nightmare for the Minister of Economy, who may have no business collecting separate personal information for the PADU initiative.

SRC: Shahrol Shifts All Blame On Najib, Pleads Ignorance

In what is an obvious effort to minimise his error in neglecting to do further due diligence on the investments by SRC, Shahrol said he took things that were proposed to him by Nik Faisal at "face value", including the fact that the latter may be telling former Prime Minister Najib a different story altogether

1MDB Lessons Perhaps Still Not Learnt In Malaysia

Lessons not learnt . . . The reasons for the 1MDB global financial scandal remain widely known in the public domain but so far there has been very little evidence that Malaysia has taken steps against history repeating itself!