SM Amin

SM Amin is a journalist with The Malaysian Insight.

E-mail: [email protected]


Friday, 14 Dec 2018 04:16 PM

6 Umno MPs quit party

They inform party secretary-general of departure in letter dated today.

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6 Umno MPs quit party

Friday, 14 Dec 2018 01:10 PM

Umno’s Tanah Merah MP latest to leave BN

Ikmal Hisham Abd Aziz becomes independent with speculation rife that another 6 MPs to resign today. 

Umno’s Tanah Merah MP latest to leave BN

Friday, 14 Dec 2018 12:00 PM

Dr Mahathir’s aide keeps mum over role in Isa Samad’s bribery case

PM’s political secretary admits he was investigated by MACC last year over Kuching hotel buy.

Dr Mahathir’s aide keeps mum over role in Isa Samad’s bribery case

Friday, 14 Dec 2018 07:00 AM

Move to oust Zahid gathers steam after news of DAP-PKR tie-up

Umno president running out of ideas on how to get BN lynchpin party back into power, forcing grassroots leaders to act. 

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Move to oust Zahid gathers steam after news of DAP-PKR tie-up

Thursday, 13 Dec 2018 06:17 PM

Zahid does not want Umno-DAP tie-up, says BN executive secretary

People with vested interest twisting facts to create political uproar, Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad remarks.

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Zahid does not want Umno-DAP tie-up, says BN executive secretary


Thursday, 13 Dec 2018 05:30 PM

Umno leader plans to forge unity government with DAP, PKR, say sources

Sources say the plan is led by the BN secretary-general Nazri Aziz.

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Umno leader plans to forge unity government with DAP, PKR, say sources

Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018 09:54 PM

I know who's trying to get Umno members to leave, says Zahid

Umno president declines to name him.

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I know who's trying to get Umno members to leave, says Zahid

Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018 07:00 AM

4 Sabah MPs to leave Umno today

State Umno liaison committee chairman also likely to announce the dissolution of party’s state chapter today.

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4 Sabah MPs to leave Umno today

Friday, 07 Dec 2018 04:05 PM

'Lazy' Malay stereotype harmful, irrelevant, academics tell Dr Mahathir

Prime minister still stuck in colonial mindset, they say.

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'Lazy' Malay stereotype harmful, irrelevant, academics tell Dr Mahathir

Wednesday, 05 Dec 2018 07:41 PM

Public holiday for anti-ICERD rally ‘strange’, says analyst

Kelantan's move not against the law, but inappropriate, says political science lecturer.

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Public holiday for anti-ICERD rally ‘strange’, says analyst

Tuesday, 04 Dec 2018 07:00 AM

No big deal, says Umno over ‘missing’ Sipitang MP

Party concentrating on GE15, not errant lawmakers and defectors.

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No big deal, says Umno over ‘missing’ Sipitang MP

Monday, 03 Dec 2018 01:46 PM

They should have called me before going to the cops, says ex-Tabung Haji chairman

Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim blasts the management of the fund for not giving him a chance to explain first.

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They should have called me before going to the cops, says ex-Tabung Haji chairman

Sunday, 02 Dec 2018 11:09 PM

Umno to go ahead with anti-ICERD rally

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says the rally will be to celebrate the scrapping of ICERD ratification.

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Umno to go ahead with anti-ICERD rally

Sunday, 02 Dec 2018 07:51 PM

BN has other alternatives if MCA leaves, says Zahid

The BN chairman, however, does not elaborate on which other Chinese-based parties BN can work with.

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BN has other alternatives if MCA leaves, says Zahid

Sunday, 02 Dec 2018 10:58 AM

Muslim groups split on anti-ICERD rally after Hindu temple riots

Some say rally must go on to show Muslim unity; others fear event may provoke, fracture racial ties.

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Muslim groups split on anti-ICERD rally after Hindu temple riots