KOTA KINABALU: Sabah STAR wants the Election Commission (EC) to expand postal voting rights to Sabahans living and working in Peninsular Malaysia, arguing that the credibility and fairness of Malaysia’s electoral process depended on it. The party's information chief Anuar Ghani said the current system, which allows Malaysians abroad to vote by post but denies the...
KUALA LUMPUR: A drag racing circuit will be built in Sepang next year as part of efforts to strengthen the development of motorsports in the country, says Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Adam Adli Abd Halim. He said the project would be implemented with an allocation of RM2mil using internal funds from the Sepang International Circuit...
KUALA KANGSAR: Five 17-year-old male students were brought before the Kuala Kangsar Magistrate's Court on Wednesday (Oct 29) after a viral video showed them obstructing an ambulance on the North-South Expressway, Sinar Harian reports. The Malay language daily reported that they were charged with riding motorcycles in a manner dangerous to the public at KM249 on...
KUALA LUMPUR: The nation’s arts fraternity is mourning the loss of traditional orchestra conductor Mohd Yazid Zakaria, who led the performance during the recent Asean gala dinner, following his passing on Wednesday (Oct 29), says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister expressed his sadness in a Facebook post Wednesday, saying it was a major loss...
PUTRAJAYA: The Home Ministry has confirmed that the passport of Datuk Seri Muhammad Adlan Berhan has been revoked. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the revocation was carried out following a request made earlier by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to the Immigration Department. “I have been informed by the Immigration Department that the MACC...
KUALA LUMPUR: The failure of a sewer pipe structure, corroded by chemical reactions and affected by soil instability, has been identified as the main cause of the sinkhole incident at Jalan Masjid India in August last year. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa said a special task force led...
Sarah Ferguson is officially a duchess no more – and she knows it. The ex-wife of Britain’s Prince Andrew removed the royal moniker from her social media, days after Buckingham Palace announced her former spouse would be giving up his titles. Fergie, as she’s popularly known, has since changed her Twitter handle from “@SarahTheDuchess” to “@sarahMFergie15.” Even though...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 10,170 officers and personnel from the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) have been deployed to maintain security and ensure the smooth running of the 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits, making it the force's largest operation this year. Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail said the deployment involves various departments...
SEOUL: As of September, there have been 11 cases of South Koreans being kidnapped in Thailand, one of the most popular tourism destinations for people here, South Korean media reported on Wednesday (Oct 22). According to South Korean media outlet The Korea Economic Daily, the number of kidnapping reports in Thailand rose from zero in 2021...
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah police seized over RM1.5mil worth of drugs and arrested seven people in a series of raids in Semporna and around the city over the past week. In the first raid in Semporna, a 29-year unemployed Filipino was arrested when police saw him carting four large boxes using a trolley near a water village...
