US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will announce the site for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un within three days and it will not be held at the demilitarised zone along the border between the two Koreas.
KUALA LUMPUR: Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Fuzi Mohamad Fuzi Harun said he, along with the Army Chief, Chief Secretary to the Government and other leaders were also not spared from receiving non-stop calls.
He said the calls, from foreign numbers, had been coming in from last night.
Earlier, several Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders also said that their handphones had been under technical attack since early this morning.
BN Strategic Communications Director Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan said the coalition leaders had been receiving non-stop calls from overseas numbers.
He said it was obviously done to prevent communication among the party leadership and its election machinery.
“Calls from overseas keep coming in every few seconds!
“To prevent us from communicating with our machinery. This is dirty trick!,” he said in a Twitter posting.
Another BN leader, Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak also said that his mobile phone had been spammed from early morning.
The Communications and Multimedia Minister said he had been receiving non-stop calls from foreign numbers.
“I have been getting non stop calls from early this morning... it’s really strange,” he said in a twitter posting.
Others who also received such calls included Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, who posted that he realised all the missed calls from unknown numbers after he finished voting.
“Just finished voting and realised all these missed calls from unknown numbers. Strange,” he posted on his twitter handle.
Datuk Seri Azalina Othman said she too had been receiving strange calls from overseas numbers, especially from the United States.
She said many other BN leaders had also received the spam calls throughout the morning.
Petaling Jaya: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be sworn in as Malaysia’s seventh Prime Minister today (Thursday) at Istana Negara.
Dr Mahathir said the palace had contacted him after it was made known that Pakatan Harapan (PH) had achieved the majority in the 14th General Election although the Election Commission (EC) had yet to make the official announcement.
Dr Mahathir, who is the chairman of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM), said the opposition was informed by the EC that it can form the government after achieving 112 seats. According to him, this was achieved based on its own unofficial vote tally.
“We reached the majority and today, (I) will swear in at the palace and PKR will appoint Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as the deputy prime minister,” he said at a PH press conference here.
Mahathir Mohamad, former Malaysian prime minister and opposition candidate for Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) reacts during a news conference after general election, in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, May 9, 2018. REUTERS
Wan Azizah attended the press conference together with PPBM president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Parti Amanah Negara (PAN) president Mohamad Sabu and DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang.
Elaborating on what kind of cabinet PH will have, Dr Mahathir said it will comprise men, women and the youth.
“We have women, men and youth. At the moment, we have only decided on who will be the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and the Prime Minister after this (Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim).
“We will seek to secure the royal pardon for Anwar after he is released from jail on June 8 and then he can become the Prime Minister.
“But according to the legal process before becoming a Prime Minister, he (Anwar) will have to first contest in an election to become a member of Parliament,” he said.
Dr Mahathir said he has yet to be contacted by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Barisan Nasional’s defeat in the GE14.
"Najib’s gone ... we will not seek revenge but we will restore the laws of the country,” he said.
PENAMPANG: What do you do when you want to party at a Bruno Mars concert at night, but you still need to ‘balik kampung’ to cast your vote?
If you’re Daphne Iking, you do both in the same day.
The 40-year-old television personality, who resides in Kuala Lumpur, took a 7.25am flight for Kota Kinabalu, with her husband-manager Azmi Abdul Rahman and their two-year-old son Isidore Daniel.
Shortly after arriving at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport, the family immediately hailed a Grab ride to the SMK Limbanak polling station, in the Penampang constituency.
Daphne said this is her third time voting, and it still fills her with a sense of pride.
“I still have to hold back my tears as I’m about to cast my vote. There’s always that sense of huge pride and gratitude being Malaysian and having that opportunity to vote.
“Of all the elections I’ve witnessed, this has got to be the most exciting election of all,” she told NSTP.
For the 14th General Election, Daphne, who also has home in Penampang, decided to vote based on the candidate and not the party he or she represents.
She cast her vote for the Penampang parliament and Moyog state seats.
“I know most of the candidates in my constituency, some of whom have looked after me as a kid. So, today’s decision was a little challenging.
“People have been asking me ‘how do you choose?’ Start with knowing the parliament and state candidates once their names are announced. ‘Kena rajinlah sikit research’. If he or she is the incumbent, have they done their job? If not, goodbye,” she said.
Daphne also said it was important for leaders to find a common ground on how to improve the community even if they share different political views.
Asked on she is hoping for Penampang the next five years, Daphne spoke about a duck farm, which she said was contaminating the river that flows near her family property.
“Efforts to bring the matter up to the authorities by my kampung friends were set aside. Clean rivers and ensuring our environment is preserved has always been one of my main concerns.
“We can have development, but it must be done with safety and the environment in mind. I really hope, whatever the results are, our leaders can work together for the well-being of the rakyat and the community,” she said.
The mother of three was also contemplating changing her next voting centre to where she currently resides with her family over the past 15 years, as it makes more sense to vote there logistically as she gets to monitor the elected MP and assemblymen closely. She however did not state any particular constituency.
After casting her vote within just five minutes, Daphne and family enjoyed their favourite ngiu chap (beef noodles) for lunch before boarding a flight back to KL in order to catch the Bruno Mars concert later tonight.
