IPOH, Jul 27 – Twenty-seven passengers and the driver of a tour bus escaped death after it skidded at KM 19, Jalan Keramat Pulai here, Tuesday. In the 9am incident, the bus, believed on its way to Penang from Cameron Highlands, went out of control while descending a winding and hilly road. Perak
SEPANG, Jul 27 – The federal government administrative centre, Putrajaya, is one of the no-fly zone areas for drones for security reasons, said Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Director-general Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman. He said Putrajaya not only housed the official residence of the Prime Minister and his deputy, but also
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 27 – The High Court here was told that Pandan Member of Parliament Mohd Rafizi Ramli High Court had informed a journalist that he wanted to disclose a federal government official document at a media conference at Parliament lobby last March 24. Free Malaysia Today (FMT) journalist Nawar Firdaws
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 27 – PKR did not convinced by DAP to having a snap polls in Penang after held a Central Executive Council (CEC) meeting on Tuesday night. PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said after thorough few discussion, PKR is still not convinced by the proposal. She said PKR as
HONG KONG, Jul 26 – The 27th Hong Kong Book Fair ended today, after drawing record attendance of close to 1.02 million visitors. The week-long literary and cultural extravaganza, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, featured an
AMSTERDAM, Jul 26 – Despite the continued importance of cloud computing resources to organizations, companies are not adopting appropriate governance and security measures to protect sensitive data in the cloud. These are just a few findings of a Ponemon Institute study titled “The 2016 Global Cloud Data Security Study,” commissioned
PUTRAJAYA, Jul 26 – Blogger Papa Gomo has to pay RM800,000 in damages to former Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after losing his final bid to set aside the award. This was after the Federal Court today dismissed Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, also known as Papa Gomo’s leave to appeal
NARATHIWAT, Jul 26 – Police have widened their search for two suspects in the bomb explosion at an entertainment centre in Puchong in June, to southern Thailand. A reliable Thai authority spokesman in Sungai Golok said Malaysian police had enlisted the help and cooperation of its counterpart in Thailand. He said Thai police and
ALOR STAR, Jul 26 – A Thai masseuse was sentenced to death by hanging by the High Court here today after she was found guilty of trafficking in drug into the country two years ago. Judicial Commissioner Dr Choo Ka Sing handed down the sentence on Sarawannee Pisitsakunwong after finding that the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 26 – The Sessions Court was today told that the audit report on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) was classified as confidential after a leak was discovered in the 1MDB interim report which was sent to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in July last year. Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang,
KANGAR, Jul 26 – An Inspector at the Perlis Correctional Centre was detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Perlis on the charge of soliciting for a bribe concerning a case involving a detainee under the Dangerous Drugs Act, this afternoon. The Perlis MACC director, Yaacob Angah said in a
PUTRAJAYA, Jul 26 – Malaysia has neither objection nor restriction for the free mobile game application, Pokemon Go, to be released in the country, says Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak. He said even though some countries may restrict it, but in Malaysia they have not reached that
TOKYO, Jul 25 – On July 21, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) established the subsidiary MHI Technologies S.A.E (MHI Egypt) in the Egyptian city of New Cairo. In order to strengthen MHI’s economic, and industrial relationships with Egypt, which has the population of 90 million, and to serve as a
PUTRAJAYA, Jul 25 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has called for those whose names were mentioned by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) in the recent 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) saga to take the responsibility in clearing their names. He said this following lawsuits filed by the DoJ to
KOTA BARU, Jul 25 – Kelantan Umno Liaison has expressed its undivided support for Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in light of the challenges he is facing particularly in regards to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Its chairman Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said Kelantan Umno stands behind the Prime Minister and Umno president
KOTA BARU, Jul 25 – The Kelantan UMNO Liaison body has acquired 2.27 hectares of land costing RM420,550 in Manjor, Kuala Krai to build 50 more permanent homes for victims of the major flood in 2014. Its chairman Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said it was the last phase of the housing project planned
SABAK BERNAM, Jul 25 – Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) has yet to decide on the proposed snap election in Penang. Its President Mohamad Sabu said the matter was deliberated among party leaders Sunday morning and the party will hold a meeting again on Monday at the party’s headquarters in Selayang to discuss the matter. Asked
SUNGAI PETANI, Jul 25 – Police rescued four Indonesian women who were believed to be victims of human trafficking at Taman Mulia, Bakar Arang, near here, early Sunday. Kuala Muda District Police chief ACP Md Zukir Md Isa said a raid was carried out after a police report was lodged by the
SEPANG, Jul 24 – Much-awaited sensational songstress Selena Gomez finally arrived in Kuala Lumpur today as part of her Revival tour concert stop. Gomez who was considered a phenomenal teen singer when she started singing, arrived at 8pm and was greeted by hundreds of her fans at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jul 24 – The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry views seriously allegations by some quarters of fraud on the percentage of broken rice content by Padiberas Nasional Berhad (BERNAS) in its products as spread on social media. Its minister, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said the ministry had identified
