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SEREMBAN (Sept 24): Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Ismail Lasim dodged questions today regarding his police report over claims he was coerced into signing a proclamation on the position of Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, claiming the matter has been “overtaken by events”. Asked by reporters for an update on the investi

SEREMBAN (Sept 24): Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Ismail Lasim today rejected Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s description of his and the state executive council’s actions as “rude” and “uncivilised”, saying they had not made any decision to remove or appoint the Yang di-Pertuan Besar. Ismail said he respected Anwar’s concern fo

SEREMBAN (Sept 24): Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Ismail Lasim today said state executive councillors (exco) had been barred from entering their offices at Wisma Negeri and urged the relevant authorities to immediately review the directive. Ismail, who is also the Juasseh assemblyman, said he had been informed that the exco members were

KOTA KINABALU (Sept 24): The High Court here has sentenced a construction worker to 35 years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane for murdering his wife four years ago. Justice Datuk Celestina Stuel Galid convicted Nul Sadam Jemsi, 35, after a full trial. In her reserved decision, she held that the prosecution had proven [...] The post Constructio

KUCHING (Sept 24): The proposed addition of 17 state constituencies under Sarawak’s redelineation exercise is not expected to be completed in time for the next state election, said Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun. The Election Commission (EC) chairman said this is due to the term of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (DUN) expiring next February.

KUCHING (Sept 24): Three of Sarawak’s 21 air quality monitoring stations continued to record ‘Very Unhealthy’ readings at 1pm on Thursday, while another 12 remained at the ‘Unhealthy’ level, according to the Natural Resources and Environment Board’s (NREB) API Status for Sarawak. Lundu, Kanowit and Serian continued to record ‘Very Unhealthy’ a

KUCHING (Sept 24): The Election Commission (EC) has received 18 representations objecting to the proposed electoral boundaries under the 7th Sarawak Constituency Delimitation Review, with most concerning changes to polling districts between state constituencies, said chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun. He said the total representations as of yes