KUCHING, Sept 15 – The Sessions Court here today found two DAP members of parliament not guilty of of involvement in an illegal street demonstration, two years ago. Bandar Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen and Stampin MP Julian Tan were accused of committing the offence on Aug 29, 2015. Judge Steve Ritikos
SINGAPORE, Sept 14 – Three crew of the Dominican-registered dredger JBB DE RONG 19 reported missing have yet to be found. On Wednesday, divers had recovered the bodies of two of the five missing crew following a collision with an Indonesian-registered tanker Kartika Segara in the Singapore territorial waters at about 12.40am
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – The students of Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah Religious Residential School were supposed to move to the original block which had been renovated at the end of this month, said its head Mohd Zahid Mahmod. He said the block where the fire broke out was a temporary building while
SYDNEY, Sept 14 – Controversial changes to Australia’s media laws passed the upper house Thursday, paving the way for a significant concentration of ownership, in a move welcomed by the industry. Under legislation introduced in the 1980s to protect diversity, media companies are blocked from owning television, radio, and newspaper assets in
BEIJING, Sept 14 – China has shared bikes, umbrellas, and basketballs, but one company is taking the country’s love affair with the “sharing economy” to an erotic extreme with a line of rentable sex dolls. Touch, a Chinese sex-products retailer, on Thursday launched its “Shared Girlfriend” service in Beijing, featuring Chinese, Russian,
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has sent an application to the Attorney-General’s Chambers for approval to take action against Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng over his refusal to apologise to the commission for his defamatory statement. MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad said the
SHAH ALAM, Sept 14 – Malaysia will have to play their 2019 Asia Cup Group B qualifying match against North Korea in Pyongyang on Oct 5, according to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) Secretary-General Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin said the AFC had decided to schedule the match
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – The ringgit closed lower in tandem with most Asian emerging currencies as the US dollar was holding steady ahead of the release of the US inflation data later today which will offer a guide on the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) action. At 6pm, the local unit was quoted
BANGKOK, Sept 14 – Violence coursing through western Myanmar has sparked an exodus of hundreds of thousands of stateless Muslim Rohingya, generating international alarm at the blistering animosity fuelling a cycle of bloodshed in the region. Here are the main players in the spiralling crisis. The refugees The United Nations says some
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – Bursa Malaysia extended yesterday’s losses to close lower today, in line with most regional peers, on continued profit-taking in selected heavyweights, consumer and technology counters, dealers said. At the close, the key FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 4.70 points weaker to end at 1,781.37 after
FRANKFURT, Sept 14 – The public should not be forced to pay to walk on Germany’s beaches or swim in the sea, a federal court ruled, calling into question private beaches along the North and Baltic Sea coasts. The coastal town of Wangerland, 170km west of Hamburg, was sued by two residents
MOSCOW, Sept 14 – The deputy head of Russia’s prison service has been arrested and charged with embezzling some US$2.8 million (RM11.76 million), investigators said Thursday, the latest eye-catching graft case in the country. Oleg Korshunov is accused of syphoning off funds from a major state contract to supply fuel and
YANGON, Sept 14 – Rohingya militants, whose raids in western Myanmar provoked an army crackdown that spurred a humanitarian crisis, denied any links to global terror groups on Thursday, days after Al-Qaeda urged Muslims to rally to their cause. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) says it is trying to defend the
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – The Prime Minister’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) have applied to strike out a suit filed against them by former Batu Kawan Umno vice-chief Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan. Khairuddin filed the suit to seek an order for Rosmah and businessman Low
KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 14 – A fire that blocked the only exit to an Islamic religious (tahfiz) school dormitory killed twenty-four students and two teachers, who were trapped behind barred windows, mostly teenagers, at Jalan Datuk Keramat here this morning. TThe Star news portal cited the Fire and Rescue Department receiving a call
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 14 – The High Court here today allowed an injunction application by Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd to stop Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM) vice-president Datuk Huan Cheng Guan from issuing any statement on the Penang undersea tunnel project. Judge Datuk Rosilah Yop made the decision in chambers in
KUALA TERENGGANU, Sept 14 – The remand against 10 Indonesian pirates and another person, believed to be the mastermind, for investigation into the attempted hijack of a tanker, MT MGT1 in waters off Terengganu recently, has been extended until Sept 21. The order to extend the remand was issued by Sessions/Magistare’s
SIBU, Sept 14 – The government is deeply concerned with the level of security involving children studying at schools, be it public or private schools said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. “This is not the first time, we are very concerned, we know that every two or three
KUCHING, Sept 14 – Muara Tuang state assemblyman Datuk Idris Buang said he accepted the decision by the state government to not accept Rohingya refugees. “I accept the decision especially that of the Chief Minister and his cabinet members,” said Idris who had suggested that Rohingya refugees be given temporary shelter (refugee
WASHINGTON DC, Sept 14 – With various possible dates being bandied about, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has yet to give any indication of when the 14th general election will be held. Queried on the matter by a reporter at the end of his three-day working visit here on Wednesday,
