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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-IDEAS calls for a multi-partisan push to discuss and finalise the fiscal responsibility measures that were announced in the budget. 

BANGKOK, Thailand-As the Covid-19 pandemic is becoming endemic, the actions and decisions made by key government members at the time, must be reviewed.

There cannot be rule of law if not everyone has equal access to justice. If only the rich and powerful can afford justice through the court system, it will be ruled by law. It would invariably lead to abuse of power and corruption, subjugating the have-nots.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-On Jan 26, Malaysians breathed a sigh of relief when the government announced that a court in Luxembourg has set aside an attachment order to seize two PETRONAS assets registered in Luxembourg. 

SACRAMENTO, U.S.--A legislative initiative to create a sovereign wealth fund to support President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s national development agenda has evoked widespread controversy.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at a press conference after his first Cabinet meeting on 5th December, announced that he has ordered the authorities to investigate claims that “RM600 billion of government funds have been misappropriated by the previous government”. 

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Consider this scenario, which many would have experienced but vow never to have to go through again.

GEORGETOWN, Malaysia--Pemimpin-pemimpin PAS seperti Presiden parti Abdul Hadi Awang dan AJK PAS pusat Mohamad Zuhdi Marsuki telah mengaitkan isu rasuah dengan kaum dan agama. Presiden PAS memulakan retorik ini dengan mendakwa bahawa orang bukan Islam dan bukan Bumiputera adalah punca kepada masalah rasuah di Malaysia. 

SACRAMENTO, U.S.--Malaysia’s legal system is under severe challenge from followers of former Prime Minister Najib, who want him freed via royal pardon from a sentence of 12 years in prison on seven counts of abuse of power, money laundering, and criminal breach of trust for steering millions of dollars into his own pockets from an offshoot of the failed 1Malaysia Development Bhd. investment fund, which collapsed in 2016 from mismanagement and corruption.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--The Malaysian judiciary delivered justice and advanced the rule of law on 23 August when the Federal Court upheld former prime minister Najib Razak's conviction and 12-year jail sentence for corruption in the SRC international trial, restoring public trust in that no one is above the law in our land.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--I was not surprised at last Tuesday’s decision and the sideshow that followed on Thursday and Friday.