Pakatan promises Sarawak religious freedom, more cash

KUCHING, April 5 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) pledged today to form a land reform commission, freedom of religion in any language and RM400 a month for senior citizens if the pact’s three parties of the DAP, PKR and PAS win next week’s Sarawak state election.

Wan Azizah: It's Not Anwar

By Sheridan Mahavera, The Malaysia Insider

KUCHING, April 5 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) pledged today to form a land reform commission, freedom of religion in any language and RM400 a month for senior citizens if the pact’s three parties of the DAP, PKR and PAS win next week’s Sarawak state election.

S’pore rejects drug mule’s death penalty appeal

Yong buried his face in his hands after the ruling was
announced before being led away by the police.

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s highest court on Monday affirmed a death sentence imposed on a Malaysian youth convicted of drug trafficking, which could pave the way for his execution by hanging.

17 missing years in Sabah’s history

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is missing a chunk of its history and, according to local historians, there is a lack of research and studies being conducted to rectify this.

Local history experts are of the view that there is still a grey area over how Sabah was developed before it entered into the Federation of Malaysia.

PKR names its cream of the crop for S’wak polls

KUCHING: Sarawak PKR today announced an assortment of candidates, described by PKR deputy president Azmin Ali as the “best” to fight the state BN.

Among the 48 candidates are medical doctors, PhD holders, lawyers, engineers, accountants, businessmen and former senior civil servants.