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KUALA LUMPUR -- Menteri Pelancongan, Seni dan Budaya Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi menegaskan beliau tidak mempunyai sebarang aset untuk diisytiharkan kepada Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM).  Malah menurutnya beliau orang miskin yang tidak mempunyai aset lain selain pendapatan bulanannya sebagai seorang menteri.  “Mana ada (aset lain) saya dah bagi semua. Apa nak saya isytiharkan kalau tidak ada harta. Saya tiada harta, saya orang miskin.  “Jika pada masa depan saya ada harta saya akan isytiharkan, tetapi buat masa sekarang saya tiada apa hendak diisytiharkan,” katanya kepada pemberita di lobi Parlimen, di sini hari ini. Beliau mengulas paparan di Portal Pengisytiharan Harta SPRM yang menunjukkan namanya antara beberapa anggota Parlimen yang hanya mengisytiharkan pendapatan bulanan, bukan jumlah aset mereka.  Semalam, Timbalan Ketua Pesuruhjaya (...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Bukan mustahil untuk Harimau Malaya menewaskan Naga Emas sekali gus menjuarai Piala AFF Suzuki 2018, ​namun ia bakal menjadi satu cabaran besar buat skuad Negara. Keinginan menamatkan kemarau 10 tahun Vietnam untuk bergelar juara dan rekod 14 perlawanan tanpa kalah mereka dalam tempoh dua tahun adalah dua elemen yang menjadi motivasi terbaik skuad kendalian Park Hang-Seo dan dua perkara itu adalah fakta yang tidak boleh diabaikan skuad kebangsaan. Kali terakhir Vietnam tewas dalam aksi antarabangsa adalah pada 3 Dis 2016 ketika tunduk 1-2 kepada Indonesia dan selepas itu skuad ‘Naga Emas’ cemerlang meraih tujuh kemenangan termasuk menewaskan Malaysia 2-0 baru-baru ini diikuti tujuh keputusan seri sebelum itu. Edisi Piala AFF Suzuki 2018 juga menyaksikan Vietnam tampil cemerlang dengan sistem pertahanan menjadi kunci kekuatan pasukan dan ia dibuktikan apabila hanya dibolosi dua gol ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- The majority of opposition members of Parliament staged a walkout at Dewan Rakyat today after two of its members were expelled from the house for continuously disrupting proceedings. The two expelled members were Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) and Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (BN-Pasir Salak) who refused to budge from their demand for an apology from RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong) to Datuk C. Sivarraajh (BN-Camerons Highlands) after Sivarraajh was ordered out of the house last Wednesday. The commotion began as soon as the meeting resumed after the break when Bung Moktar stood up as the debate on the Finance Bill 2018 was going on, and accused Rayer of making false allegations against Sivarraajh last Wednesday which questioned his status as MP and called on Rayer to apologise.   “Point of order, according to Standing Order 36 (6) a member of the Parliamen...

PUTRAJAYA -- The government will ensure the price of RON95 petrol for consumers who are not eligible to receive targeted subsidies, won’t see a huge hike once it is floated based on the market rate. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said this was because a huge margin increase would have a direct impact on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), thereby causing inflation. "Say on the first day of execution (of the floating price system), the price difference is 30sen. We do not want that to happen. "Although it should be increased by 30 sen, it will be done gradually within a certain period of time, for example between six to eight months," he said during a press conference after the ministry's monthly gathering here today. He said the ministry also gained insight from the Statistics Department which simulated the impact of rising fuel prices at a certain rate on the increase in CPI, in order the set...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Bursa Malaysia closed trading at a nearly two-year low today with the key index slumping 1.025 per cent, as heightened US-China trade worries battered sentiment globally, dealers said.   At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 17.23 points to 1,663.31 after fluctuating between 1,662.81 and 1,674.67 throughout the day. The stock market barometer finished weaker at 1,663.03 on Jan 17 last year. Losses in Sime Darby Plantation and CIMB dragged the composite index down by a total of 4.744 points, after falling 21 sen to RM4.48 and 13 sen to RM5.65 respectively. On the broader market, losers hammered gainers 612 to 194, while 332 counters were unchanged, 731 untraded and 25 others suspended. Volume increased to 2.65 billion units valued at RM1.37 billion from 1.91 billion units valued at RM1.51 billion last Friday. A dealer said Bursa’s downtrend ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- The government has not set  a deadline for MPs to declare their assets, said Prime Minister  un Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “For now, we are not giving a deadline. But I hope they do so as soon as possible,” he told a  press conference ​after closing ​​​​​​the seminar “ Anti-Corruption Champions : Sharing Session with winners of the Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani International Anti-Corruption Award 2018, here today.  Also present were Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail,   Qatar Attorney-General Dr Ali Fetais Al Marri, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Mohd Shukri Abdull and Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Centre (GIACC) Director-General Abu Kassim Mohamed. Dr Mahathir was asked about 13 MPs who have yet to declare their assets  to the MACC as listed in its   https://mydeclaration.sprm.gov.my  website as at 5 pm. Meanwhi...