KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) — The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) are to search for a missing Malaysian airliner by deploying their assets in the so-called southern corridor, acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Monday. The southern corridor stretches from Indonesia
SEPANG, March 17 — As a multi-national search for a missing Malaysian airliner entered its 10th day Monday, senior officials of the Malaysian authorities involved in the search held a meeting at the Sama-Sama Hotel here. It is learnt that Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin and Chief of Defence Forces
KAJANG, March 16 – The results of the full review on the School-Based Assessment (PBS) system will be announced on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. He said one of the significant improvements to be made on the system was to spare teachers from having to key in
16 MARCH 2014 5.30PM I know many of you have submitted questions, and I will try to answer some of those questions in my statement today. Every day brings new angles, especially as we are refocusing and expanding the search area – and as always, we have a responsibility to release
Kiev, Ukraine – Polls opened Sunday morning in a referendum on the peninsula of Crimea, in which voters are to voice their wish to either join Russia or become an effectively independent state connected to Ukraine. The vote will have a strong determination on its future and a strong influence on
NEW DELHI: India on Sunday suspended its search for a Malaysia Airlines plane around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in the Bay of Bengal and is awaiting a new request from Malaysia, a defence official said. “The entire operation is on hold for now. We are awaiting fresh instructions from
KUALA LUMPUR: A PKR top leader complained Sunday that there were those attempting to unfairly implicate its party leaders and the Pakatan Rakyat political partners in the mystery of the missing MH370. “Recent allegations in certain media that the pilots had a role in the disappearance of MH370 plane are totally speculative
CYBERJAYA, March 16 — Family members of MH370 passengers from China were said to be calm after listening to the press conference given by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak via television Saturday afternoon. A Malaysia Airlines (MAS) officer who declined to be named said about 30 family members were
KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) — The search and rescue (SAR) operations of the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 enters its second week, with a confirmation that the unknown flight traced by the primary radar was Flight MH370. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak told a news conference at
SHAH ALAM: Police were seen arriving at the residence of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the pilot of the Flight MH370 at about 2.42pm on Saturday. This followed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s press conference on the development of the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) aircraft. A check by Bernama noted that three plain clothed police
Washington — U.S. intelligence officials are leaning toward the theory that “those in the cockpit” — the pilots of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — were deliberately responsible for the mysterious disappearance of the commercial jetliner, a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the latest thinking told on Saturday. The revelation followed news
KUALA LUMPUR: The containers were labelled “machinery” or “water bottles” and Customs officers at the port did not suspect they could be holding anything else. Inside, however, were stolen cars. The police, investigating a car smuggling syndicate last month were led to a warehouse in Westport, Port Klang, where they found
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have advised the organisers of Future Music Festival Asia 2014 to cancel Saturday’s event after five people died, with another four in critical condition due to methamphetamine overdose. City police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Mohmad Salleh said nine people collapsed during Friday’s event after consuming drugs at
KUALA LUMPUR: Seven days ago Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared. We realise this is an excruciating time for the families of those on board. No words can describe the pain they must be going through. Our thoughts and our prayers are with them. I have been appraised of the on-going search
Washington: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 made drastic changes in altitude and direction after disappearing from civilian radar, U.S. officials told on Friday, raising questions for investigators about just who was at the controls of the commercial jetliner that went missing one week ago with 239 people on board. The more the United
KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian government official has confirmed that investigators have concluded that one of the pilots or someone else with flying experience hijacked the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370, wire services are reporting. No one would able to confirm yet, but the possibility of hijacked is higher. The official,
KUCHING: A powerful explosion rocked Serian town, about 60km from here on Friday afternoon. The explosion shattered glass panels of many business premises including a petrol kiosk some 500 metres away. It also toppled electric poles and damaged some vehicles. Hundreds of people were sent running for cover in all directions. Unconfirmed
Penang has been told to be on alert and to set up bases to assist in the search and rescue operations of the missing Malaysia Airline MH370 airplane that vanished seven days ago en route to Beijing, China, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said today. He said these were instructions from
PUTRAJAYA: Police have mobilised a six-member team including three forensic personnel from the Putrajaya District Police Headquarters (IPD) to investigate the disappearance of the bag belonging to the journalist from Hong Kong. The team, which arrived at about 8.30pm, carried out a check for about 30 minutes at the lobby of the
Two U.S. officials tell ABC News the U.S. believes that the shutdown of two communication systems happened separately on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. One source said this indicates the plane did not come out of the sky because of a catastrophic failure. The data reporting system, they believe, was shut
