KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 – Authorities in Malaysia have seized RM250,000 (S$94,058) worth of imitation products of the popular Milo chocolate drink in Negeri Sembilan, prompting Nestle Malaysia to embark on a campaign to educate its customers on how to spot the fake from the real thing. Malay daily Utusan Malaysia reported
LANGKAWI, March 15 – Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussien and Indonesian defence minister General (RTD) Ryamizard Ryacudu took time off from their informal Asean Defence Ministers’ meeting (ADMM) here to visit the pilots of Jupiter aerobatics team who crashed during practice for the Langkawi International Maritime and Air 2015
LANGKAWI, March 15 – Two KT-1B aircraft of Indonesia’s Jupiter aerobatics team crashed about 2pm today when they grazed each other during practice for the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) 2015 exhibition. The fate of the four pilots aboard the aircraft is still unknown though witnesses reported that they were
KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 – The American Bar Association (ABA) has sent a letter to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, expressing concern over Malaysia’s use of the Sedition Act 1948 against a lawyer and law lecturer. The ABA also reminded Putrajaya that it was going against international law in clamping
IPOH, March 15 — The 1 Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) can be expected to return to the black by year end. Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah is confident 1MDB would be able to settle its financial woes in a few months’ time despite claims the state-owned investment
KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 – Malaysian Bar vice-president Steven Thiru was elected the new president after its annual general meeting (AGM) today. He takes over from Christopher Leong, who has served the maximum two terms as president. Former secretary George Varghese defeated three other candidates to secure the vice-president post, with a
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – Debt ridden state investor 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has used up RM600 million of the RM950 million standby credit provided by Putrajaya, news portal Astro Awani reported today. According to the report, Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said that 1MDB is expected to
Samsung might finally be kicked the curb when it comes to who gets the lion’s share of Apple’s chipmaking business. According to analysts Olivia and Rick Hsu from Daiwa Securities, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is likely to snap up 70 percent of all Apple’s A9 and A9X orders, leaving rival chipmaker Samsung out in the (relative) cold. The
GEORGETOWN, March 14 – The Malaysian state of Penang will be hosting the inaugural Penang Anime Matsuri – Summer Party, PAM2015, a family friendly festival (Matsuri) focusing on Anime, Cosplay, Game (ACG) and Japan pop culture set in the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Site of George Town on the 23rd and
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – The Bar Council’s annual general meeting (AGM) began this morning with an unprecedented attendance of some 1,600 members, believed to be due to a motion to censure outgoing president Christopher Leong for critical remarks against the judiciary over the Federal Court’s verdict on opposition leader
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – One week after the #KitaLawan rally in the capital Kuala Lumpur, police are still rounding up the organisers, with DAP youth chief Teo Kok Seng the latest to be caught in the dragnet. Teo, the Rasah MP, was detained after turning up at the Dang Wangi
KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 – Dr Mahathir’s popular blog is now accessible intermittently, three hours after it was suspended due to what was described as “high traffic volume”. His chedet.cc blog earlier carried a 403 code, which means denied access to the webserver. It was reported that the main page had displayed the
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – Selangor was never required to surrender land under the master agreement with Putrajaya on the restructuring of the state’s water industry, the Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry said tonight. The Selangor government only needed to grant access to the 26,000km of pipes for the federal
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – Police were at the home of Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah today, a move the PKR vice-president has described as being unnecessarily harsh given that she has already agreed to meet the police next week. The lawmaker, who is on the way to Kota Baru, Kelantan,
KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s popular blog is now inaccessible, hours after he wrote about the need for a forensic audit of debt-laden 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). His chedet.cc blog now carries a 403 code, which means denied access to the webserver. The main page earlier displayed, “the account
GEORGETOWN, March 13 – Penang aspires to be a liveable city that is cleaner, greener, healthier and safer. The Penang Green Council (PGC) was established to assist Penang’s objective of being the first green state in Malaysia that includes incentive programs to encourage sustainable development that protects the environment and
GEORGETOWN, March 13 – I refer to the decision by the George-town Magistrate’s Court on 11 March 2015, in relation to the guilty plea on an alternative charge under section 447 of the Penal Code, by 16 men accused of trespassing the State Legislative Assembly Building on 21 May 2014. The imposition
KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 – The White House has issued an official response to an online petition calling for the United States to make the release of Malaysian opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim from jail a priority in its policy towards Malaysia. The petition, which closed with 113,800 signatures, surpassing the 100,000
KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 – Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said Isis Malaysia had been widely known by the people within and outside the country for its important role in organising various activities since its inception on April 8, 1983. “The government is aware that the
SINGAPORE, March 12 – In its effort to control smoking, Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) is taking several initiatives includingbanning displayof tobacco products near cashier counters, said Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim. “We want to reduce the advertising effect of point of sale displays, particularly on our youth. When tobacco products
