Malaysian tycoon Tan Sri Robert Kuok continues to maintain his lead position as Malaysia’s richest man in the latest Forbes Asia’s rich list. According to Forbes Asia, Kuok, 84, who has many businesses, including Hong Kong property and media interests, and most notably palm oil giant Wilmar, increased his net worth from US$2.4 billion last [...]

Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and veteran party man Tan Sri Sanusi Junid announced Monday that they are quitting Umno. Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced this on Monday at 12.35pm, citing a lack of confidence in the current leadership. “I am quitting Umno today,” he told about 1,000 people, mostly Kedah Umno members, at [...]

Suruhanjaya DiRaja yang menyiasat skandal klip video Lingam mengesyorkan supaya mantan perdana menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dan lima orang lagi disiasat berhubung peranan mereka dalam pelantikan hakim-hakim. Lima tokoh tersebut – dua bekas ketua hakim negara, Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim dan Tun Eusoff Chin, peguam kanan Datuk VK Lingam, bekas menteri pelancongan [...]

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Amirsham A. Aziz – a newbie in the administration – was caught with his pants down when he was spotted reading the answer to a supplementary question in Parliament today. Ironically, the topic was the New Economic Policy (NEP) – already a controversial subject – and the first [...]

Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin who was released on bail Friday said that he did not go on “hunger strike” in prison. He also vowed to continue updating his Malaysia Today news portal in a day or two. Raja Petra, 58, said he had refused to eat because “prison food is paid by [...]

Police slapped sedition charges on a blogger and an author, setting the stage for sensational trials later in the year. The two men are Malaysia Today webmaster Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin and businessman and writer Syed Akbar Ali who had allegedly posted seditious remarks on the former’s website. Both pleaded not guilty. Raja Petra was [...]