KUALA LUMPUR: The Election Commission (EC) is studying the possibility of allowing young Sabahan and Sarawakian voters to cast their ballots in Peninsula Malaysia, says Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
KUALA LUMPUR: The election of a Deputy Speaker for the Dewan Rakyat to replace Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pic) that was scheduled for Monday (July 18) has been postponed again, the fourth time it has been deferred.
A French arbitration court in February ordered Malaysia to pay the sum to the descendents of the last Sultan of Sulu to settle a dispute over a colonial-era land deal.
The heirs of a 19th-century sultanate are attempting to take Malaysian government assets all over the world, despite a stay of the case issued by a French judge. Talking to Reuters their attorneys said that the heirs are merely attempting to execute a $14.9 billion arbitration verdict they had obtained against the Southeast Asian country.