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People must trust their leaders in times of conflict to help achieve peace, says former Indonesian president Joko Widodo. Leaders play crucial roles in times of conflict, said Joko at a dinner here hosted by organisers of the inaugural Penang Peace Dialogue, an international forum being held over the weekend. “A leader is not only someone who understands strategy and power, but also someone who truly understands their people, listens to them, feels their concerns, and works for their future,” he said. Having good leaders alone was not enough, as they also needed society to understand their struggles and challenges. “When people understand, passion grows. When people trust, support follows. And when leaders and people truly understand each other, that is where the foundation of peace begins,” he said. Joko, who is known as Jokowi, said peace also comes from “hearts that are willing to listen, and from the courage to understand”. The Penang Peace Dialogue is an international forum to dis...

An MP has called for an investigation into the claim by PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang that a foreign power once offered assistance to the party to bring down the government. The public deserved to know what was discussed and whether a representative of a foreign government was involved in any attempt to “influence, destabilise or facilitate the removal of a duly elected Malaysian government”, said DAP’s Encik RSN Rayer, who is Jelutong MP. He said that if Hadi’s allegation was true, it would constitute a matter of national security and sovereignty. “What is even more disturbing is the apparent failure to report such an alleged meeting to the Malaysian authorities,” he wrote in a Facebook post tonight, as reported by FMT . Rayer said PAS could not demand transparency and accountability from others while remaining silent about an allegation of this magnitude involving a foreign government. Hadi had said earlier today that the offer of help to bring down the government was made a...

Amerika tawar PAS jatuhkan Najib, dakwa Hadi Merujuk ucapan penggulungan Presiden PAS di muktanar parti itu, portal berita terkenal Malaysiakini melaporkan Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang mendakwa wakil Amerika Syarikat (AS) pernah menawarkan bantuan kepada parti berjenama Islam itu untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan BN ketika Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak menjadi perdana menteri. Dalam ucapan penggulungannya pada Muktamar PAS ke-72 di Kota Bharu hari ini, Ahli Parlimen Marang itu berkata tawaran berkenaan dibuat ketika salah satu lawatan bekas presiden AS Encik Barack Obama ke Malaysia, apabila beberapa pemimpin PAS diundang menghadiri satu majlis di Kedutaan AS. Menurut Hadi, kejadian itu berlaku ketika PAS masih menjadi sebahagian daripada gabungan Pakatan Rakyat (dari April 2008 ke Jun 2015). Katanya, Setiausaha Agung PAS Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan dan Naib Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar yang menjadi setiausaha politiknya ketika itu, turut menghadiri majlis berkenaan....

AHMAD ZAHID HAMIDI DAN KKDW HARUS DIKENAKAN TINDAKAN KERANA MEMBENARKAN BERBELANJA MELEBIHI PERUNTUKAN YANG DILULUSKAN AGAR MENGHINDARI KEMENTERIAN LAIN MENGULANGI KESALAHAN SERUPA YANG BOLEH MEMUDARATKAN KHAZANAH DAN KESTABILAN KEWANGAN NEGARA Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi dan Kementerian Kemajuan Desa dan Wilayah (KKDW) harus dikenakan tindakan kerana membenarkan perbelanjaan melebihi peruntukan yang diluluskan agar menghindari Kementerian-kementerian lain mengulangi kesalahan serupa yang boleh memudaratkan khazanah dan kestabilan kewangan negara, demikian menurut pandangan Penasihat parti terbesar dalam kerajaan Madani, DAP, Encik Lim Guan Eng. "Perbuatan sedemikan oleh Ahmad Zahid Hamidi adalah tidak bertanggungjawab kerana melanggari prosedur dan tatacara kewangan sedia ada, yang boleh mengundang penguatkuasaan undang-undang berkaitan," kata Lim dengan tegas. Lim yang merupakan Ahli Parlimen dan serentak sebagai ADUN di Pulau Pinang itu berkata a...