NEW YORK, Jul 23 – The pilot who flew missing in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which is believed to have been gone off route and crashed in the Indian Ocean, conducted a simulation of a similar path just weeks prior, New York magazine reported. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the highly respected airman at
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 23 – Minister of Communications and Multimedia Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak wants Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak to be brave and keep fighting the political barrage as the premier turns 63 today. He said there are many Malaysians who supported the prime minister but wished
TUMPAT, Jul 23 – The 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) issue will not affect tourist arrival to Malaysia, says Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz. He said tourists would be afraid to visit a country where there is war, as in Syria and Egypt. He said here in Malaysia,
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 23 – Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali today warned Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to stop commenting on the corruption charges that he is currently facing. Apandi said it was the final warning for Lim following the DAP secretary general’s action in doing so since the day
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 23 – Certain areas in Petaling Jaya will experience water supply disruption today following emergency repair works on the water distribution system. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) in a media statement said the repair works would begin at 12noon and expected to be completed at
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 23 – An unemployed woman claimed trial at the Magistrate’s Court Saturday for possessing 102 pieces of counterfeit currency valued at RM10,000, this month. Madina Hashim, 49, was accused of possessing 102 pieces of RM100 counterfeit notes with the intention of using them as genuine money. She was alleged
GEORGE TOWN, Jul 23 – Thirty-four foreign women believed to be working as guest relation officers (GROs) were detained in a raid on two entertainment outlets here, early Saturday morning. In the first raid at 1am, 14 Vietnamese nationals, seven Chinese and two Thais were detained at the premises in Jalan Perai 4,
ALOR GAJAH, Jul 23 – The Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) Project will help boost the people’s economy through the increase of tourist arrivals in the country, said Deputy Tourism and Culture Minister, Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin. She said the project would also bring a positive impact on efforts to
ALOR STAR, Jul 23 – Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) wants to be given a chance to contest in the Penang state election and is confident of achieving a better performance, said its president, Datuk Seri Mah Siew Kong. Mah said although in principle Gerakan did not agree with the proposal of
BALIK PULAU, Jul 22 – An Indonesian couple who joked that they had a bomb in their hand luggage paid for their folly which caused a two-hour delay of an AirAsia Indonesia flight from Penang to Jakarta yesterday. Kawan Tambunan, 48, and Wahyuningsih, 47, were arrested and charged in court today for
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 22 – A night market trader was sentenced to seven months’ jail and fined RM3,000, in default three months’ jail, by the Ampang Magistrate’s Court here today for stealing alcoholic drinks, worth RM692, from a retail outlet two days ago. Magistrate Haslinda A. Raof handed down the sentence
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 22 – A consultant was fined RM5,500, in default a month’s jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for displaying false registration numbers on her black Mini Cooper car. Magistrate Zuhair Rosli handed down the sentence on Aslizan Zabidin, 43, who pleaded guilty to the charge. Aslizan, a consultant,
TAIPING, Jul 22 – The Sessions Court here today ordered a retired army personnel to enter his defence on a charge of occupying land in a permanent reserved forest without a permit. Judge Mohd Sabri Ismail made the order after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing a prima facie case
KUALA NERUS, Jul 22 – The threat posed by Daesh militants to launch more attacks in the country is probably due to the fact that they are capable of obtaining explosives from neighbouring countries. Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Assistant Director Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the situation worries him
GEORGE TOWN, Jul 22 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today challenged Prime Minister Najib Razak to call for a General Election and seek a new mandate after United States Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday, filed lawsuits saying that over US$3.5 billion was misappropriated from 1MDB. “Since we are ready for
PUTRAJAYA, Jul 22 – The Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) received 1,551 complaints of misconduct in six years since its establishment in which 80% or 1,065 of them involved the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM). EAIC chairman Datuk Yaacob Md Sam said 28 complaints were referred to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), 52
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 22 – Malaysia has yet to receive any request from the United States to obtain any information or evidence for the filing of a civil suit seeking to recover the assets that allegedly linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman mentioned this in
COLOMBO, Jul 22 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is on a two-day working visit to Sri Lanka, is scheduled to make a courtesy call on Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe here this morning. He will made the call on Wickremesinghe at the latter’s office
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 22 – The first phase of the Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh-Kajang line (SBK) between Sungai Buloh and Semantan is expected to begin operations by December 2016. Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) operations and asset management director Mahmood Abdul Razak said all 24 trains
MELAKA, Jul 22 – Fifty-five per cent out of the 1,902 arrests made over corruption cases in the country since 2013 involved youths aged 40 and below. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Community Education director Datuk Shamshun Baharin Mohd Jamil said it showed that the number of youths involved with corruption
