KUCHING, April 22 – Sarawak PKR has long been under the state DAP’s thumb, claimed Boniface Willy Tumek who has resigned as PKR vice chairman after failing to be selected as the opposition’s candidate for Tasik Biru. According to him, PKR was always the underdog during meetings between both parties, particularly in
SEPANG, April 22 – Rayani Air staff are threatening to take legal action if salary arrears of RM1.5 million due to about 400 of its workers in March are not paid up by Tuesday (April 26). Rayani Air Operations Manager at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2), Zulkalnain Azdan, who
KUCHING, April 22 – Stick to the agreed allocation and don’t turn things ugly – that’s the message DAP has for PKR which today named 35 candidates and was still insisting on negotiating on five more seats in the upcoming state election. DAP state chief Chong Chieng Jen said the party
BALINGIAN, April 22 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today hailed Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem as an extraordinary leader. He said Adenan, fondly known as Tok Nan, was approachable and people-oriented, not greedy for position and had only asked to be the chief minister
KUCHING, April 22 – DAP rookie candidate Abdul Aziz Isa Marindo is not the great-grandson of Tun Abdul Rahman Yaakub as reported, although he is part of the extended family of the late Sarawak governor. Abdul Aziz is actually the great-grandson of Abdul Rahman’s sister, who is now deceased, according to
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 22 – Penang police chief Datuk Abdul Ghafar Rajab said police are not ruling out that the possibility of the two Indonesian robbers whose accomplices were shot dead near a cemetery at Jalan Mount Erskine earlier this week have fled back to their homeland. He said that the suspects could
KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 – Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) invites the public to attend the Water Treatment Plant Open Day at the Wangsa Maju water treatment plant here tomorrow. The open day, being held in conjunction with World Water Day 2016, aimed to raise awareness on the importance
KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 – All schools in the state of Perlis, districts of Jerantut and Temerloh in Pahang will close for one day today following the hot and dry weather. The Ministry of Education said in a statement that monitoring on the dry and hot weather faced by the country
KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 – Youth and Sports Ministry’s former finance division’s secretary and three others, including a husband and wife, were charged in the Sessions Court here today with 191 counts of money laundering totalling RM16.623 million. Otman Arshad, together with Halmi Khalid, Abdul Gafar Abdurahiman and his wife Siti Rohanah
KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 – The collection of loan repayment for the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) this year is expected to rise to RM2 billion, said Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh. To improve loan repayment performance, PTPTN has implemented various programmes including awareness campaigns, incentive reimbursement, enforcement actions
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 – Come April 30, consumers in parts of Klang, Shah Alam and Kuala Langat will face temporary water supply disruption due to replacement works to upgrade equipment to improve water distribution in the areas. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (SYABAS) Sdn Bhd said the replacement works from 4am
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 – The ringgit eased against the US dollar in the early session Thursday on profit-taking after recording gains for two consecutive days. As of 9.10 am, the domestic unit depreciated to 3.8900/8980 against the greenback from yesterday’s close at 3.8660/8720. Meanwhile, the ringgit was mostly lower versus other
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 – Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) can raise issues arising at the coming PAC meeting or during Parliament session. PAC chairman Datuk Hasan Arifin said PAC is a committee set up by Parliament, so if there is any dissatisfaction among PAC members, they can refer the
KOTA BAHARU, April 21 – PAS vice-president Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah said the party has no intention to merge or set up a coalition government with UMNO. He said the opinion of international preacher Dr Zakir Naik was his personal view and PAS accepted it in an open manner. “However, we
PUTRAJAYA, April 21 – A lawyer Wednesday handed over two new evidence to the Attorney-General’s Chambers concerning the issue on the disposal of the plot of land at Taman Manggis and the purchase of a bungalow below market price involving Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. The lawyer, Datuk Abu
PATTANI, April 21 – Thailand’s restive southern province was in turmoil when three bomb blasts were reported in Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat on yesterday evening leaving 10 policemen injured. Narathiwat police chief Maj Gen Pattanawut Angkanawin said, five local volunteer members in Takbai were injured when a bomb exploded at 4.30 pm. He
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 20 – An Indonesian woman has been remanded until Saturday to facilitate police investigations, in connection with abducting an 11-year-old dyslexic girl. Subang Jaya police chief, ACP Mohammad Azlin Sadari said the 20-year-old suspect was nabbed at 9.30 last night with the assistance of the Ar-Rahman mosque congregation
SHAH ALAM, April 20 – A man with eight children was sentenced to seven days’ jail and fined RM50,000 by the Sessions Court here today for corruption, involving RM10,000. Judge Zamri Bakar handed down the sentence on Cheong Hoong Wooi, 49, to be served from the date of arrest last April
KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has filed an application to strike out the suit filed by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and two others on the grounds that there were no elements of tort misfeasance as claimed by the three plaintiffs. Lawyer Wan Azmir
TAPAH, April 20 – The abolition of RON95 subsidy since December 2014 is not the main cause of fuel price hike as evident from the price movement, the prime minister said. Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the fuel price was RM1.90 per litre in January 2015, one month after the
