KUALA LUMPUR: The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) will investigate the AirAsia flight which made an emergency landing after an engine caught fire mid-flight on Wednesday night (March 26). Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that he was briefed by the authority on the incident the same night but would reserve comment pending the investigation. "I do...
KUALA LUMPUR: A two-tier system involving the use of MyKad is likely to be adopted when the targeted RON95 subsidy is implemented this June, says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan. While the Finance Minister II did not want to divulge details about the mechanism, he hinted that the MyKad may be used by those eligible for...
SHAH ALAM: Police have detained a woman and her daughter on suspicion of involvement in the discovery of a baby boy's body in a toilet bowl at a petrol station in Sungai Haji Dorani, Sabak Bernam, on Sunday (March 23). Sabak Bernam OCPD Supt Md Yusof Ahmad said that the 41-year-old woman was arrested at around...
A Hong Kong father has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering his three-year-old daughter by shaking her to death in 2020, with a judge slamming him for using aggravated violence against a defenceless child. Madam Justice Anna Lai Yuen-kee passed the mandatory life sentence for murder on Lau Kai-ping, 42, after...
KUALA LUMPUR: Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd has announced the resignation of its director/group managing director, Ho Kong Soon, effective April 1. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the property developer said Ho, 58, resigned to pursue personal endeavours. Ho joined Matrix Concepts as director and general manager in 1997. He was promoted to group deputy managing director...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry said he was "in shock" after quitting as a patron of Sentebale, a British charity he set up to help young people with HIV and Aids in Lesotho and Botswana, following a row between trustees and the chair of the board. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, co-founded Sentebale...
KUALA LUMPUR: The cause of death of Private Muhammad Muqriz Aseri from the 20th Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment (20 RAMD), Kem Sri Miri, Sarawak, on Monday (March 24) was due to blunt trauma to the chest. The Malaysian Army, in a statement Wednesday (March 26) confirming it had received the report on the soldier's...
KUALA LUMPUR: An unemployed man was fined RM5,000 by a Magistrate's Court here on Wednesday (March 26) for making false statements regarding the birth registration of his two children and submitting false information when applying for an identity card with the National Registration Department (NRD). Magistrate Amira Abd Aziz imposed the sentence on the 62-year-old after...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,751 premises across the country have been inspected by enforcement officers from the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry within the first three days of implementing the Festive Season Maximum Price Scheme (SHMMP) for Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2025. The Ministry's enforcement director-general Datuk Azman Adam said that 119 actions were...
Before Gene Hackman died, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, was the 95-year-old’s primary caregiver. Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming, has been the Die Hard star’s primary caregiver since he stepped away from acting in March 2022. The deaths of Arakawa and Hackman, one after the other over the course of a week or so in February, are why Heming is...
