The government will consider a request from the Indian-Muslim community in Malaysia to be recognised as Bumiputera, Prime Minister Najib Razak said tonight. He said Bumiputera status could be applied to the group either “administratively or by gazette”. “I have…
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Malaysia’s Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said he is in discussions with his Philippine counterpart to send humanitarian aid to conflict-hit Marawi. “We want to make sure Islamic State (IS) doesn’t have a foothold in the region, whether it’s in Marawi…
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My father had promised me that he will take us shopping for Hari Raya. Eleven-year-old Mikhail Adam Riaz said his father, Major Yazmi Mohamed Yusof, one of the two Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) pilots who was killed today (15…
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Malaysia tidak berhasrat untuk membawa pulang jenazah ketua militan ISIS Asia Tenggara Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi yang disahkan terbunuh di Syria. Demikian menurut Timbalan Perdana Menteri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Bagaimanapun, beliau berkata keluarga Muhammad Wanndy boleh berbuat demikian dengan…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Security officials, reacting to a Facebook post by the wife of notorious Islamic State (IS) terrorist Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi that he is dead, doubt its accuracy. “This is probably a ruse by Muhammad Wanndy to escape from…
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