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MALAYSIANSKINI | It was 10pm local time when Elaine Lim finished her match inside Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Throughout the game, Malaysians were glued to their television watching her every move. It was the gold medal match between China and Japan in the women’s team table tennis event at the recent …

MALAYSIANSKINI | When Christine Nalina Das left her corporate job as a graphic designer in 2007, she never expected that years later she would be accepted into the world’s leading artist collective, Artists for Conservation. The Canadian-based international non-profit represents 500 artists from over 30 countries who are committed to …

MALAYSIANSKINI | When asked about his dreams for the future, actor and artist Ali Alasri explains how he imagines himself starting a school for creative thinkers and the displaced – which he describes as a space of refuge. “I enjoy teaching. I finished (my diploma) at Sunway (University). I appreciated …

MALAYSIANSKINI | Dr Vincent J Gnanapragasam was elated when Cambridge University approved to lift his title to professor this year. By then, he had been serving as a lecturer in urology at the university for 13 years. To satisfy his curiosity, Vincent went to the university’s library to see if …

The high population density in Shah Alam has posed a challenge for the police to evacuate stranded flood victims, according to Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani. “In Shah Alam, the victims live in the single-storey or double-storey terrace houses and high-rise apartments. “This is pretty much different from …

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun had erred in dismissing the demands from MPs to debate the recent floods during the parliamentary proceedings on Monday, lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla declared. Azhar had cited Order 18 of the Dewan Rakyat’s Standing Orders to back his decision, which stipulates that MPs must …

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 3,510 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,731,713. The new infections were surpassed by 4,998 Covid-19 patients who recovered today. This is expected to reduce the number of active cases. The national R-number as of yesterday was at 0.91, while all …

Apart from the potential adverse impact on marine life and the livelihood of fisherfolk, the AJA reclamation project in Klebang, Malacca, could also hamper the discovery of historical artefacts. The heritage impact assessment (HIA) report for the project cited how fisherman Rashid Mad Zain (above) found porcelain from China during …

The Armed Forces will not wait for instructions to save people from floods, said its chief Affendi Buang. However, he said the situation on the ground may slow down efforts. Media reports previously cited sources as saying that the Armed Forces wanted to act earlier in Selangor when floods hit …

Police are looking into a claim on social media that its officers allegedly swiped the food of flood victims. “I’m looking into it,” Selangor police chief Arjunaidi Mohamed told Malaysiakini briefly when asked about the claim.

Rosmah Mansor has described an alleged audio recording of her and her husband Najib Abdul Razak as not true and “utter rubbish”. The wife of the former prime minister was replying to cross-examination by DPP Gopal Sri Ram during today’s corruption trial against her. The prosecutor was questioning Rosmah in …

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has unsuccessfully sought to remove Twitter posts that are critical of the government’s handling of last weekend’s flash floods that have devastated communities, particularly in parts of Selangor and Pahang. A netizen posted yesterday that he had received an email from Twitter informing …

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Abdul Latiff Ahmad – who has purview over the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) – said he is willing to resign. This follows calls for him to step down over the government’s poor rescue response to the flood disaster last weekend.

Indonesia’s Health Ministry said it has confirmed three Covid-19 cases involving the Omicron variant, including among travellers arriving from Malaysia. “As with the five cases before, the three confirmed cases are imported cases. They involve international travellers from Congo and Malaysia.

Frustration and anger over the government’s poor rescue response towards the floods as well as some politicians’ perceived exploitation of the disaster for publicity are boiling over on social media. Netizens have posted various videos of flood victims reacting negatively to ministers visiting the affected areas or pointing out the …