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Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday that he would give full support to the government led by former rival Mahathir Mohamad, but would not immediately be part of it. "I have given my ...
Mahathir was visited by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei at the Perdana Leadership Foundation. [146] [147] He also said the government will first study whether to repeal the Anti-Fake News Act 2018. [148] May 16 – Mahathir announced that Putrajaya will lay off a total of 17,000 political appointees in an effort to reduce public expenditure ...
Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar or more commonly known as KJ is one of two co-founders and regular co-hosts of Keluar Sekejap.An Oxford graduate in philosophy, politics and economics who had a stint in journaling for The Economist, KJ acts as the main host of the podcast, notably as the main persona of the show where he often exerts his main views on Malaysian politics, government policies ...
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia's 98-year-old former Prime Minister of two decades, Mahathir Mohamad, has been admitted to hospital again to receive treatment for an undisclosed infection, his ...
Months before Anwar's arrest, Mahathir had been granting more responsibility for economic policy-making to Daim Zainuddin, a financial strongman, thus limiting Anwar's power. [5] Mahathir accused Anwar for being a "puppet" of foreign powers and institutions such as the International Monetary Fund [ 20 ] (IMF), out to re-colonize Malaysia and ...
Mahathir held a press conference on the day of his election victory Mahathir plays to public in first 100 days Mahathir stands in front of the Putrajaya sign at Putra Square on 31 December 2018 Mahathir promised to "restore the rule of law ", and reopen investigations into the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal , telling the press that Najib ...
On 9 November the same year, Syed Saddiq was convicted by the High Court of all the corruption charges, sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment, a RM 10 million fine and two strokes of the cane. [2] He immediately resigned as the MUDA president following his conviction and was replaced by his deputy, Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz as the acting president.
Following the elections, Mahathir secured a royal pardon for the jailed PH leader, Anwar Ibrahim, and indicated that he would give way to the latter within the next few years. [11] Meanwhile, Najib resigned as BN's chairman on 12 May and was succeeded as Leader of the Opposition by his party colleague, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi . [ 12 ]