KUALA NERUS, Aug 25 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today advised Umno leaders at all levels to have the winning mentality in facing political adversaries attempting to topple Umno and the Barisan Nasional in the next general election. Ahmad Zahid, who is an Umno vice-president discharging
BANGKOK, Aug 25 – Thailand’s Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the court said in a statement on Friday. The country’s deputy prime minister said earlier that it was possible Yingluck, who was ousted by a military coup in 2014, has fled the country. Thailand’s immigration
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 25 – Former Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) president Maimunah Mohd Sharif has been question by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here on the late afternoon today over an illegal carbon filter factory in Bukit Mertajam. Maimunah, 55, who has been mayor of the Penang Island City Council
HONG KONG, Aug 25 – Two Hong Kong independence activists saw their final bid to appeal the decision that ousted them from parliament thrown out by the city’s top court on Friday. Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung had won seats in citywide polls last September, but were ousted from Hong Kong’s legislative
SINGAPORE, Aug 25 – The Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) seized 3,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes at the Woodlands checkpoint from a Malaysia-registered truck early Thursday. The ICA said in a statement that during the course of checks, the cigarettes were found concealed among the consignment declared to contain assorted biscuits.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 – All Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTM) train services will be fully restored by Monday as repair works are being carried out between the KL Sentral and Kepong stations, due to a derailed cargo train incident recently. As such, KTM Berhad (KTMB) said its Komuter train service service
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 – The Education Ministry (KPM) has lodged a police report against two parties following allegations that went viral on social media that the ministry has altered Malaysian history by removing the picture of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad from a school textbook. The ministry, in
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 – Enhancing trade between Malaysia and the United States is one of the main topics for discussion at the meeting between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and US President Donald J. Trump at the White House on Sept 12. Najib, who disclosed this today, said other
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 – The 14th general election (GE14) can be held at any time and the Umno general assembly to be scheduled for Dec 5 to 9 can be postponed if there is a clash of dates, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, who is also Umno
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 24 – The issue of illegal factories in Penang will be included in the Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) manifesto for the 14th general election (GE14). State Gerakan vice-chairman, Oh Tong Keong said this would be proposed to Penang BN chairman Teng Chang Yeow for discussion at its meeting next
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – National athlete, Grace Wong Xiu Mei has set a new women’s SEA Games hammer throw record with a 59.24m heave at National Stadium here today erasing the old record of 56.57m set by Mingkamon Koomphon of Thailand in Singapore. Defending champion Mingkamon settled for the silver
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – Defending SEA Games gold medallist Indonesia overwhelmed Malaysia 3-0 in the men’s team badminton final at the Axiata Arena here today. Malaysia, playing without the elite players like Datuk Lee Chong Wei, were no match to the Indonesians who showed more urgency in their game compared with
KUANTAN, Aug 24 – There is no need for the setting up of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to re-investigate the Memali tragedy which occurred in 1985, according to the Socio-cultural Adviser to the Malaysian Government Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim. He said although the government had the power to
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – The Malaysian men’s sepak takraw squad lost to Thailand 0-2 in the semifinals of the quadrant event in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games at the Titiwangsa Indoor Stadium here today. The squad went down 16-21 and 13-21 to share the bronze with Indonesia, the other losing semi-finalists.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – The gold medal at stake at Hall 8, of the Malaysian International Trade and Exhibition Centre today was most meaningful as it was won by national boxer, Muhamad Fuad Mohd Redzuan who topped the light flyweight category (49 kg), thus ending the eight-year gold drought for
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 24 – A minister today advised civil servants against easily believing news of Malaysia being bankrupt circulated on social media. Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, the Rural and Regional Development Minister, said they should evaluate the real economic situation. Malaysia would be incapable of registering an extraordinary GDP growth of
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – The government’s move in ordering the police to launch an attack on a group of villagers in the remote Kampung Memali in Baling, Kedah, on Nov 19, 1985, has been described as a disproportionate and extreme move as the villagers were not terrorists. Tourism and Culture
LONDON, Aug 24 – The number of EU nationals leaving Britain rose sharply to 122,000 people in the 12 months to the end of March in the biggest increase in a decade, after the country voted to leave the European Union. The figure was 33,000 higher than the previous year, the Office
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 – Hillary Clinton calls Donald Trump a “creep” in her new memoir and describes how the now-president’s behaviour during one of their debates made her skin crawl, according to the excerpts released on Wednesday. “We were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed
SEPANG, Aug 24 – AirAsia X Berhad (“AAX” or “the Company”) today reported its financial results for the Second Quarter (“2Q17”) ended 30 June 2017. The Company recorded its seventh consecutive quarter profit with its RM47.4 million profit after tax recorded in 2Q17. Revenue grew 17% year-on-year (“YoY”) to RM1.0 billion mainly
