Politics

Council votes, agency appointments and the paperwork that follows.

Politics

A late amendment rewrote three of eleven schedules in the Sungai Gadut Local Council budget

The Estimates Review Panel tabled a revised schedule on the sitting's second morning, hours before the vote. Members split along lines the agenda paper does not explain.

Hafiz Zulkarnain · 28 July 2026

Politics

The development corporation's third chief executive in four years takes the chair

Linggi Development Corporation, a Negeri Sembilan state development agency, confirmed a leadership change on 24 July. The appointment letter and the board minute give different starting dates.

Farhana Zaman · 24 July 2026

Politics

Three variation orders added 62 million ringgit to a highway interchange contract

The Negeri Sembilan Interchange Authority approved a third change order in June. The revised completion date has slipped twice since the contract was signed.

Serena Yeoh · 21 July 2026

Politics

Lembah Ria Municipal Council opens a review of how its appointed seats are filled

A working paper proposes new qualifying criteria for appointed councillors. The current criteria have not been revised since the council's last restructuring.

Haziq Noor · 17 July 2026

Politics

A quiet rewrite of the local council secretariat's briefing schedule drops three fixed sessions

Notices posted over three weeks moved or cancelled a run of regular press briefings. No single notice explains the change as a set.

Aida Mansor · 14 July 2026