KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 – The Sessions Court today fixed three days from December 17 for the trial of a bank officer and her husband over the alleged transfer and withdrawal of RM85,180 from the accounts of four people who had been on board the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Judge
TUMPAT, Sept 25 – Counting of votes in the Pengkalan Kubor by-election has started after all 11 polling stations closed at 5pm today. The Election Commission (EC) pegged voter turnout at 73%, although the total number of people who cast their ballots has yet to be announced. There are 24,097
TUMPAT, Sept 25 – Up to 73% of the 23,929 voters had cast their ballots at the 11 polling centres in the Pengkalan Kubor state by-election when polling closed at 5 pm today, according to the Election Commission (EC). The EC said the tallying of votes would be conducted at Sekolah
HONG KONG, Sept 30 – Huge crowds of pro-democracy protesters defy government calls to go home, bringing city’s key districts to a standstill. Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters have turned parts of Hong Kong into a massive street party on Monday night, with the mood turning festive just a day
As promised, Apple has released an update for OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks that patches a security flaw exploited by a hack called Shellshock. While Shellshock only affects Mac users who manually set up advanced UNIX services, it’s still a serious enough flaw for Apple to address. OS X
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 – Pakatan Rakyat will maintain the existing composition of each of the coalition’s exco members, says newly appointed Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali today. He said PAS will get four seats, while DAP and PKR will each get three. “There is no change to the composition.
HONG KONG, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Hong Kong democracy protesters defied volleys of tear gas and police baton charges to stand firm in the centre of the global financial hub on Monday, one of the biggest political challenges for China since the Tiananmen Square crackdown 25 years ago. The Communist government in
HONG KONG, Sept 29 – From New York, London, Berlin, Tokyo, San Francisco, Taipei and Sydney — even Ferguson, Mo. — a global movement in support of the Hong Kong democracy demonstrations is making itself felt in sympathy rallies or photographs posted on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. There’s
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 29 ― There are some 8,000 gang members in Penang and 12 active gangs, state police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi revealed this morning. He said the police have detained about 50 suspects believed to be involved in secret societies under the Prevention of Crime Act since
BEIJING, Sept 29 – Beijing has made it clear that the pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong will not be tolerated China is gearing up for the National Day holiday on Oct. 1, celebrating 65 years since Chairman Mao Zedong founded the communist People’s Republic of China. What better way
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today reaffirmed Malaysia’s commitment to bring home the remains of the last three Malaysian victims of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 tragedy. “We will continue our efforts to bring home the remains of the last three Malaysians, and gather
THAILAND, Sept 25 – Thailand is looking forward to expanding its business collaboration with Penang in areas such as construction and seafood. “There are a lot of opportunities and investments that we can achieve together with the Malaysian people. “We see that Penang is a very well-developed state, in Malaysia there
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 – The ringgit continued yesterday’s higher closing by opening higher against the US dollar on renewed buying interest in most of the currencies of emerging Asia. At 9am, the ringgit was quoted at 3.2385/2415 to the US dollar from 3.2415/2435 yesterday’s close. Meanwhile, the local unit was
HONG KONG, Sept 29 – The Hong Kong government said on Monday it has withdrawn riot police from city streets after pro-democracy protests began to calm down. In a statement, a Hong Kong government spokesman also called on protesters to leave protest areas as peacefully as possible. Hong Kong police
Instagram has been blocked in mainland China since Sunday, in what is believed to be an attempt to stop pro-democracy protest images in Hong Kong from spreading to the mainland. News of the student-led pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong have gripped headlines since its start last week, with the massive
NEW YORK, Sept 25 – Kiev cannot guarantee safe passage for an international investigation team to enter the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 went down in eastern Ukraine last July because it is unsafe, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Wednesday (Thursday in Malaysia). The Malaysian prime minister said this
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 – Petronas is not legally bound to make cash payments from petroleum in any state in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. This is because, as of today, no oil has been found in the east coast states of Peninsular Malaysia which include Pahang, Kelantan dan Terengganu.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today said although Mohamed Azmin Ali had been appointed as Selangor Menteri Besar instead of PKR’s preferred choice, he was still a puppet of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Malaysia’s longest serving prime minister was commenting on the failed attempt by PKR to
HONG KONG, Sept 29 – Pro-democracy protests brought widespread travel chaos toHong KongMonday with many schools and businesses shuttered but the city’s stock exchange said it would operate as usual. As commuters tried to make their way to work, crowds of defiant demonstrators controlled a number of major thoroughfares and intersections in
Hong Kong, Sept 29 — Hong Kong is in the midst of its longest series of political protests since the 1997 handover. Pro-democracy activists say they are making good on a long-threatened vow to try and paralyze the city’s financial district — a key business hub for the region and beyond
