BANGKOK, Jan 31 – Thai police arrested a 38-year-old Malaysian man who was suspected to have been hired by a call centre scam syndicate to withdraw money belonging to the victims. According to the deputy commander of Tourist Police Bureau Maj Gen Surachet Hakpan, the police began investigating the syndicate after three
BINTULU, Jan 31 – Three persons died including two family members and six students were hurt when a school bus rammed into the back of a lorry parked on the roadside at Km12, Jalan Pesisir Bintulu-Miri, yesterday morning. Bintulu Fire and Rescue Station chief Mohamad Meramit said in the 6.12am incident,
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 – Several areas around the capital will experience temporary water disruption from 10pm on Tuesday (Feb 6) to 8am on Wednesday (Feb 7). Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas), in a statement said the disruption was due to pipe diversion works at Jalan Pudu and Jalan Sarawak
SHAH ALAM, Jan 30 – Kim Chol or Kim Jong-nam, the North Korean leader’s half-brother, had met with an American spy five days before he was assassinated at the KL International Airport 2 (klia2). Investigating officer ASP Wan Azirul Nizam Che Wan Aziz said the meeting took place at an apartment in
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 30 – The magistrate’s court here today released an engineering consultancy firm chairman who was remanded since Thursday to assist the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in its probe into a three-highway and undersea tunnel project in Penang. Magistrate Khir Niam Zemari ordered the 62-year-old man, who is a ‘Datuk Seri’
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 – The total value of the tourism industry rose 10.3% per annum to RM166 billion in 2015, compared to RM101.8 billion in 2010. It involves 510,874 establishments operating in 2015 with an annual growth rate of 6.4% from 375,457 establishments in 2010. Based on a statement on a report of the 2016 Economic Census on tourism
JOHOR BARU, Jan 30 – State Tourism, Domestic Trade and Consumerism executive committee chairman Datuk Tee Siew Kiong denied claims that contaminated mandarin oranges were being sold to the public. “Mandarin oranges are relatively cheap, so it is illogical for traders to bring in poisoned fruits,” Tee said after inspecting festive
SHAH ALAM, Jan 30 – Selangor Pakatan Harapan has yet to finalise the distribution of the state seats among the component parties for the 14th General Election, according to chairman Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali. He said the pact needed more time to do that. Although the distribution of seats had yet
IPOH, Jan 29 – The police will close several major roads in the city in stages tomorrow and on Feb 1 in conjunction with the Thaipusam celebration, which will be centred at the Sri Subramaniar Temple in Gunung Cheroh on Jan 31. Ipoh District Police chief ACP Mohd Ali Tamby said
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 29 – Several areas from Kampung Binjai to Teluk Kumbar near here will experience a 12-hour water disruption on Saturday due to road upgrading works by the Public Works Department. Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd (PBAPP) chief executive officer, Datuk Jaseni Maidinsa said they had to
HONG KONG, Jan 29 – Protesters in Hong Kong gathered outside the government’s headquarters Sunday evening after a leading pro-democracy activist was barred from standing as a candidate in upcoming elections. The ban on 21-year-old Agnes Chow, who was at the forefront of mass 2014 Umbrella Movement rallies calling for political
SEREMBAN, Jan 29 – The Negri Sembilan Pakatan Harapan Convention here today descended into chaos after some 40 Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) members objected to the pact’s seat distribution in the state for the 14th General Election (GE14). They started protesting while Pakatan Harapan president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 28 – The magistrate’s court here today freed a woman consultant who was remanded since Wednesday to assist the Malaysian Anti-Coruption Commision’s (MACC) probe into a road and undersea tunnel project in Penang. Magistrate Nik Muhammad Azrin Hafiz Nik Mahmood ordered that the 50-year-old woman be released on bail of
KUCHING, Jan 28 – Three men were injured after they were shot by a male suspect armed with a shotgun at a restaurant at Kuching City Mall Commercial Centre. Sarawak CID chief Datuk Dev Kumar said, in the incident after midnight, a male suspect fired a shot into the restaurant wounding
KLUANG, Jan 28 – Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, has criticised Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for leading Pakatan Harapan (PH) in a meeting with ambassadors of European Union countries in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday. He said the move showed that the former prime minister had gone against his principles because
ALOR STAR, Jan 27 – Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) deputy president Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir’s patriotic spirit must be very brittle if he is ashamed to call himself a Malaysian when abroad, said Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek. The Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister said that
KUALA NERANG, Jan 27 – There is no urgent need to build more National Type Chinese Schools (SJKC), says Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid. He said building new schools in both urban and rural areas should be based on the growth of the local population density. “To construct a new school,
KEPALA BATAS, Jan 27 – The MP for Kepala Batas Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican has proposed that the Penang government’s undersea tunnel and paired highways project be publicly audited by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Reezal Merican, who is also the Deputy Foreign Minister, said this would enable the
BAGAN DATUK, Jan 27 – The public have been advised not to fall for the #SpoiltVote campaign slogan bandied about by certain quarters on social media which aims at ruining democracy in the country. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the move taken by the quarters trying
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – All actions taken by the Election Commission (EC) including the redelineation of electoral boundaries have been in accordance with the law. Former EC deputy chairman, Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Wan Omar stressed that the EC is an independent body, and not a puppet to serve any party’s
