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Hold referendum on Najib, says Dr Mahathir

Support for Datuk Seri Najib Razak should be determined by a national referendum to settle "once and for all" if the public back him as prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today. The...

How DAP set foot in Sarawak

Carrying Sarawak DAP's minutes of its first meeting and a hardcover book celebrating its 30th anniversary, Chong Siew Chiang entered his office meeting room and sat in his usual leather...

Low starting pay for grads the result of old wage system

Mohd Daniel holds a Bachelor's degree in Aquatic Resource Science and Management and earns RM1,500 as a technical assistant in an environmental engineering firm. He doesn't mind starting from...

Censored by Putrajaya, Dr Mahathir prepared to give speeches on lorries

Now an "undesirable" in Putrajaya's eyes, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is prepared to deliver his speeches from the back of lorries if halls and hotels are no longer open to...

Lawyer to PI Bala’s widow in the dark over status of RM2 million suit

Lawyer Americk Sidhu will write to A. Santamil Selvi, the widow of a key witness in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial, whether to proceed with her suit over losses suffered by her family...

Azalina contradicted MACC on SRC probe, says Tony Pua

Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said must explain why she "contradicted" the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) with her claim that it did not find any corruption activities by the prime...

Farming can lower cost of living in city

Iskandar Ab Rasid, 53, lives in a double-storey terrace home with limited space but that has not stopped him from farming to provide for his large brood of nine children. His small farming...

Najib’s critics pay price for pursuing the truth

The Malaysian Insider will cease publication at midnight today after it was blocked by Putrajaya over reports on a scandal linked to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. The leading news...

Locals want factory jobs but lose out to foreigners, say Malaysian youth

Malaysian workers looking for factory jobs say it is increasingly difficult to get employment mainly because companies prefer foreign hands. Many youth said they lose out to foreign workers...

Economists say better technology, work conditions needed to fill 3D jobs with locals

Putrajaya's claim that Malaysians are not willing to work in dirty, difficult and dangerous jobs, also known as 3D jobs, may be true not because locals are fussy, but because of poor working...

Thank you, Malaysians

Before the lights go out on The Malaysian Insider at midnight, we say "Thank You" to our readers. TMI started on February 25, 2008. Today, after eight years and less than a month, we say good...

Azmin shrugs off PAS’s third force, says it’s extra option at GE14

PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali today shrugged off PAS’s new opposition pact as a threat to Pakatan Harapan, saying the Islamist party’s yet-to-be-announced third force was only an...

Elected PM can be removed before term ends, says Dr Mahathir

An elected prime minister can be removed through legal means, says former Umno supremo Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as he continues to defend his grassroots campaign to oust Datuk Seri...

54,000 Malaysians gave up citizenship since 2010, says Zahid

In the last five years, 54,406 Malaysians have renounced their citizenship, with 1,102 surrendering their passports in January this year alone, Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi...

Papagomo’s property to be seized, auctioned off to pay damages to Anwar

Pro-Umno blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris will soon see his property seized and auctioned off to pay damages to former opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Also known as “Papagomo”,...

Detained Aussie duo doing well, grateful for support

The Australian journalist and cameraman who were detained by the police on Saturday in Kuching after trying to ask Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak questions about a corruption scandal say...

More than RM600,000 spent on 1MDB, ‘red shirt’ rally booklets, says ministry

Putrajaya spent RM618,250 to print booklets explaining the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) controversy and the “red shirt” rally to the public, said the communications and multimedia...

National interests first, says Guan Eng on working with Dr Mahathir

The cooperation by some opposition leaders with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the Citizens’ Declaration and Save Malaysia movement is based on shared principles, not personal interests, DAP...

One year later, GST successful but still unpopular

The goods and services tax (GST) has been as successful as it is unpopular, say analysts, nearly a year after the consumption tax’s introduction. But at its core, the tax is also about the...

827,921 Malaysians on immigration blacklist since 2011

The Immigration Department has barred 827,921 Malaysians from leaving the country since 2011, with bankruptcy being the most popular reason for their blacklist, said Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid...