ALOR GAJAH, Jul 23 – The Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) Project will help boost the people’s economy through the increase of tourist arrivals in the country, said Deputy Tourism and Culture Minister, Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin. She said the project would also bring a positive impact on efforts to
ALOR STAR, Jul 23 – Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) wants to be given a chance to contest in the Penang state election and is confident of achieving a better performance, said its president, Datuk Seri Mah Siew Kong. Mah said although in principle Gerakan did not agree with the proposal of
BALIK PULAU, Jul 22 – An Indonesian couple who joked that they had a bomb in their hand luggage paid for their folly which caused a two-hour delay of an AirAsia Indonesia flight from Penang to Jakarta yesterday. Kawan Tambunan, 48, and Wahyuningsih, 47, were arrested and charged in court today for
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 22 – A night market trader was sentenced to seven months’ jail and fined RM3,000, in default three months’ jail, by the Ampang Magistrate’s Court here today for stealing alcoholic drinks, worth RM692, from a retail outlet two days ago. Magistrate Haslinda A. Raof handed down the sentence
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 22 – A consultant was fined RM5,500, in default a month’s jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for displaying false registration numbers on her black Mini Cooper car. Magistrate Zuhair Rosli handed down the sentence on Aslizan Zabidin, 43, who pleaded guilty to the charge. Aslizan, a consultant,
TAIPING, Jul 22 – The Sessions Court here today ordered a retired army personnel to enter his defence on a charge of occupying land in a permanent reserved forest without a permit. Judge Mohd Sabri Ismail made the order after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing a prima facie case
KUALA NERUS, Jul 22 – The threat posed by Daesh militants to launch more attacks in the country is probably due to the fact that they are capable of obtaining explosives from neighbouring countries. Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Assistant Director Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the situation worries him
GEORGE TOWN, Jul 22 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today challenged Prime Minister Najib Razak to call for a General Election and seek a new mandate after United States Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday, filed lawsuits saying that over US$3.5 billion was misappropriated from 1MDB. “Since we are ready for
PUTRAJAYA, Jul 22 – The Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) received 1,551 complaints of misconduct in six years since its establishment in which 80% or 1,065 of them involved the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM). EAIC chairman Datuk Yaacob Md Sam said 28 complaints were referred to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), 52
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 22 – Malaysia has yet to receive any request from the United States to obtain any information or evidence for the filing of a civil suit seeking to recover the assets that allegedly linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman mentioned this in
COLOMBO, Jul 22 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is on a two-day working visit to Sri Lanka, is scheduled to make a courtesy call on Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe here this morning. He will made the call on Wickremesinghe at the latter’s office
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 22 – The first phase of the Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh-Kajang line (SBK) between Sungai Buloh and Semantan is expected to begin operations by December 2016. Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) operations and asset management director Mahmood Abdul Razak said all 24 trains
MELAKA, Jul 22 – Fifty-five per cent out of the 1,902 arrests made over corruption cases in the country since 2013 involved youths aged 40 and below. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Community Education director Datuk Shamshun Baharin Mohd Jamil said it showed that the number of youths involved with corruption
KUCHING, Jul 22 – A soldier checking in to a flight from Kuching to Kota Baharu this morning with a bag which containing layered cakes, salted milkfish and clothing and joking around saying he was carrying a bomb, will now face legal action over the prank. Kuching police chief ACP
ANKARA, Jul 22 – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters on Thursday that there were significant failures in intelligence ahead of last Friday’s attempted military coup and that the armed forces would quickly be restructured and have fresh blood. Following are comments from the interview on topics including the events of Friday night, the network
TOKYO, Jul 22 – Japan isn’t taking any chances when it comes to the safety of impatient fans awaiting the release of Pokemon Go in the country where the cutesy monsters were born. Tokyo has issued a nine-point safety guide warning of dangers gamers could face, including heat stroke, online scams and
LARUT, Jul 22 – Forty-five men, believed to be drug addicts, were detained in a raid at an oil palm plantation in Kampung Sungai Star, Sg Bayor, Selama on Wednesday. Selama police chief DSP Loo Lian Lay said those detained in the operation which began at 6.30am to 2pm were aged between
KOTA KINABALU, Jul 22 – A police corporal was found dead Thursday at an apartment in Cyber City here with a gunshot wound in the chest. Sabah CID chief Datuk Salehhudin Abdul Rahman said the body of the 31-year-old policeman from Johor was found lying in the living room by policemen who
SELANGOR, Jul 21 – A computer model that can “learn” similarly to the human brain could help water resource managers mitigate damage in cases of extreme flooding, according to research published in the Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are a biologically-inspired method of computing that can
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