Travels

PUTRAJAYA: The government has announced a 50% toll discount to help ease the cost of travelling home for Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Government spokesperson Fahmi Fadzil said the discount will begin at 12.01am on March 18 and end at 11.59pm on March 19. “This initiative aims to reduce travel costs for the public returning to their […]

MELAKA: A 44-year-old female soldier has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by the Sessions Court in Ayer Keroh here after pleading guilty to sexually abusing her own son. Judge Raja Noor Adilla Raja Mahyaldin handed down the sentence after the accused pleaded guilty on Tuesday (March 17). The offence took place at a house […]

PETALING JAYA: Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran has denied being present in court when activist Arun Dorasamy was charged at the Jawi Magistrate’s Court in Penang on Tuesday (March 17). Kulasegaran, who is also the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms), said he had only briefly met the activist outside […]

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign students are being urged to exercise caution when dealing with online money changers to avoid falling victim to scams. MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong said a recent case involved a Chinese MBA student who lost RM20,580 in a currency exchange scam. “The scammer used social media […]

KUALA LUMPUR: Two men were killed and another seriously injured after falling from a skylift while performing maintenance work at an apartment in Subang Jaya yesterday. Subang Jaya Police chief ACP Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said a team from the USJ 8 station was dispatched to the scene shortly after receiving a distress call at […]