en-my-hotdailynews: 2015-08-22 Malaysia Malaysia

Crown prince: I back true leaders, not any party
Malaysiakini (subscription)
Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim has made it clear he does not back any particular political party and cautioned against attempts to counsel his father, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail, to advance their personal interests. In a Facebook posting ...
Johor Crown Prince: My loyalty lies with Sultan and state   The Star Online
Johor crown prince says he is non-partisan   The Malaysian Insider
'Don't treat Umno members like kids'   AsiaOne
Malay Mail Online
malaysiandigest.com
Malaysia Chronicle
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Swiss open criminal probe linked to 1MDB
Malaysiakini (subscription)
Switzerland's Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) has opened criminal proceedings relating to Malaysia's troubled state investment fund 1MDB, a spokesperson in Zurich said yesterday, according to Reuters. 1MDB, whose advisory board is chaired by Prime ...

Swiss open criminal proceedings linked to 1MDB   The Star Online
Swiss open criminal proceedings linked to Malaysia's 1MDB   Astro Awani
Switzerland begins probe against graft in M'sia   Free Malaysia Today

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Reuters

Malaysia excludes anti-corruption body in new team to probe 1MDB: report
Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's attorney-general has formed a new task force to investigate state fund 1MDB [TERRN.UL] but it excludes the country's anti-corruption body, local newspaper Sin Chew Daily reported on Friday. The task force comprises the central ...

MACC not in new AG's task force probing 1MDB   The Star Online
Malaysia's anti-graft body not in new task force probing 1MDB   The Straits Times
MACC left out in new team to probe 1MDB   The Borneo Post

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You're a bad example to kids, Umno man tells Education Ministry in Merdeka ...
Malay Mail Online
Global Movement of Moderates' chief executive officer, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, said the Education Ministry was being over-sensitive about the word 'Bersih'. — File pic PETALING JAYA, Aug 22 — A slogan that resulted in students being barred from the ...

Penang students in the lurch over N-Day theme   The Star Online
CURRYING FAVOR WITH NAJIB AT NATIONAL EXPENSE: You're a bad example to kids, Umno man tells Education ...   Malaysia Chronicle
Penang schools can't take part in state-level Merdeka do, says education minister   The Malaysian Insider
The Sun Daily
The Straits Times
Malaysiakini (subscription)
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MIC meet turns violent
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: The rivalry between the two opposing factions in the MIC descended into violence during the presidential nominations when hundreds of supporters from both sides verbally abused and threw missiles at one another at the party ...

Subramaniam wins MIC president post   The Sun Daily
Subra is new MIC president   New Straits Times Online
After brawl, Subra emerges as MIC president   Malaysiakini (subscription)
Malay Mail Online
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Selangor's DEIG set-up nothing like RM2.6b controversy, Pua tells Abdul Rahman
Malay Mail Online
Tony Pua said today that there was nothing wrong with the state's attempt to consolidate its assets under a single special purpose vehicle. — File picKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — Selangor's bid to set up the Darul Ehsan Investment Group (DEIG) cannot be ...

DEIG and the deafening silence of 1MDB critics   Free Malaysia Today
Abdul Rahman takes Azmin to task on DEIG   The Sun Daily
Take stern action against Azmin, MP urges MACC   Malaysiakini (subscription)
The Rakyat Post
Astro Awani
malaysiandigest.com
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Malaysian police arrest 10 suspected of IS links
Pakistan Today
Ten Malaysians have been arrested for fostering suspected links with the Islamic State group and planning attacks in the country, police said. Malaysia's national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said late Thursday that the 10 individuals were allegedly ...
Malaysian police arrest 10 IS suspects   Sky News Australia
Malaysian police arrest 10 suspected of Islamic State links   Channel News Asia

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RM30m fund allegedly used to pay Bersih rally participants
Malay Mail Online
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — Confederation of Malaysian NGOs chairman Datuk Jamal Md Yunos today claimed that he had strong evidence that the Bersih 4.0 participants had been paid to attend the rally next week through a RM30 million fund. He said the ...

NGO claims Bersih 4.0 organisers luring participants with cash   The Star Online
NGO: Individuals paid RM300 each to attend Bersih rally   Free Malaysia Today
Malay NGOs accuse Bersih of paying rally goers   The Malaysian Insider
The Rakyat Post
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Loved ones bid farewell to two Bangkok blast victims
The Star Online
BUTTERWORTH: It was a sorrowful time for family members and friends of Bangkok blast victims Lee Tze Siang and his four-year-old daughter Jing Xuan as the two were given a final send-off. It was a heartbreaking moment when Lee's wife Neoh Ee Ling, 33 ...

Bangkok blast: Bodies of two victims laid to rest   AsiaOne
Bangkok blast: Malaysian woman who survived, but lost husband and daughter ...   The Straits Times
Remains of Bangkok bomb blast victim, daughter cremated   The Sun Daily
New Straits Times Online
Astro Awani
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Glass room to be built for panda cub
Free Malaysia Today
KUALA LUMPUR: A glass room will be built to place the panda cub in so the public has an opportunity to take a closer look at her. Malaysian Zoological Society deputy chairman Rosly Rahmat Ahmat Lana said the room would be completed within 60 to 70 ...

Giant panda loaned from China gives birth in Malaysia zoo   iFreePress.com (blog)
Panda cub to be displayed in two months' time   Dispatch Times
Births to celebrate and decry   The Star Online
Bernama
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