By Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet has never pressured nor played any role in the mass resignation of state investment arm Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah). Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the resignation of nine Khazanah Board of Directors was entirely their decision. "This was not...

By Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today called for an investigation into a government letter directed to US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) which was dated just days before the May 9 general elections took place. The letter had seek help from the US to support then...

[caption id="attachment_195919" align="aligncenter" width="460"] Photo from BERNAMA (2018)[/caption] By Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian employers need to quit the habit of relying too much on foreign workers to do 3D jobs (Dangerous, Difficult, Dirty). Human Resources Minister M Kula...

By Selangor Journal Staff KUALA LUMPUR: Sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah) today confirmed that all of its Board of Director members have tendered their resignation. Khazanah in a statement said that the resignation of the nine Board members, including Managing Director...

By Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: To this day, the Pakatan Harapan government has yet to set a specific date to the closing of Tabung Harapan, a government's donation drive in an attempt to reduce the RM1.087 trillion national debt. Deputy Finance Minister Amiruddin Hamzah said that there are still...

By Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Harapan government's promise to grant 20% royalty to all oil producing states will only be implemented once the Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA 1974) is amended. Economic Affairs minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said Putrajaya needs to also thoroughly study the...

By Syauqi Jamil KOTA RAJA: Opposition leader Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has never denied that the previous Barisan Nasional (BN) governance has caused damage to the country. Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said, rather than defending, the Bagan Datuk lawmaker on numerous occasions had...

By Syauqi Jamil KOTA RAJA: PKR MP Dr Xavier Jayakumar wants PAS to come clean on whether they are working together with Umno for the Sungai Kandis by-election. The Kuala Langat lawmaker said this is due to the fact that the Islamic party have stated that they will be supporting a Malay and Muslim...

By Syauqi Jamil KOTA RAJA: Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir condemns the remarks of a leader from 'the other side' which allegedly claimed that there will be more by-election taking place in the future. It gets more personal for Mukhriz as the remark then stated that other constituency that...

By Selangor Journal Staff KUALA LUMPUR: Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will maintain her post as the Deputy Prime Minister and Pakatan Harapan (PH) President even if she doesn't contest for the presidency post at the upcoming PKR party poll. Despite potentially dropping the PKR President position to...

By Selangor Journal Staff KUALA LUMPUR: The New Economic Policy (NEP) should cater to the people's needs rather than their races, Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali. He said Putrajaya are set to review NEP because any affirmative actions by the new policies must meet the demands of the...

By Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad will be organising a closed door dialogue session with junior doctors in an attempt to curb workplace bullying. He said that the session will be conducted hand in hand with the Graduate Training Committee (Jawatankuasa Latihan...

By Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia did not suffer with high national debt after taking a soft loan credit from Japan during in the 1980s and 1990s. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad implied that this is on contrary to the current financial situation faced today where the national debt had...

By Syauqi Jamil SHAH ALAM: The passing of the late DAP Balakong assemblyman Eddie Ng Tien Chee will leave a big void among the assemblyman and the people of Selangor. Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said this is mostly due to Ng's nature of being a friendly person who likes to joke around...

By Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: Chaos ensued in the Parliament today when the word 'gangster' was uttered by a lawmaker during the first day of the parliamentary proceeding. This ultimately lead to the maiden booting of this Parliament sitting when DAP Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh...

By Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: Previous Barisan Nasional government's costing for the Singapore-Malaysia High Speed Rail (HSR) of between RM55 to RM74 billion does not include 'hidden charges'. Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali said that the Pakatan Harapan government's estimated costing...

By Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali took a jab at opposition leader Ahmad Zahid Hamidi when he said that former Prime Minister Najib Razak makes a better opposition leader than the former. “I would like to thank Pekan (Najib) that is representing Bagan Datuk...

By: Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: Eight Senators were appointed to the Dewan Negara today after they took their oaths before Speaker SA Vigneswaran. However, the freshly minted appointees are keeping mum in regards to their respective portfolios for the time being. This includes DAP...

By: Syauqi Jamil KUALA LUMPUR: Albeit the tense mood  surrounding the first Parliamentary sitting after the elections, The Yang di-Pertuan Agong today dropped a one liner that instantly flipped the mood. Parliamentarians from both side of the divide broke in laughter...

KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today highlighted that 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) is the main reason for the scaling down of the Light Rail Transit 3 (LRT3) project.