KUALA LUMPUR: Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy has told the High Court here that he met fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, in Abu Dhabi, four years before he joined the company. The first defendant was responding to a question from 1MDB's counsel Datuk Lim Chee Wee during...
BEIJING: Chinese singer, actor and former South Korean boy band EXO member Lu Han was banned from accepting new followers on major social media platforms, allegedly because he behaved inappropriately during a live-stream. Users on the platforms discovered that they were unable to follow Lu on Jan 6, because his account had “violated laws and regulations...
PETALING JAYA: Companies employing expatriates will soon be required to hire at least three interns under the latest policy by the Human Resources Ministry. The ministry said the policy’s pilot phase would start on Feb 15 until Dec 31 this year, while full implementation would take place in January 2026. “The ministry, through Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad...
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS) has issued a yellow alert after discovering pink-coloured water flowing in Sungai Kabul at Beranang On Tuesday (Jan 14). In a statement Wednesday (Jan 15), LUAS said this follows concerns that the polluted flow, which stretched for 500m, could impact the Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant (LRA) located...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia plunged into negative territory again on Wednesday, with almost 1,000 counters closing in the red as investors continued to offload shares amidst weak market sentiment. The FBM KLCI slid 14.34 points, or 0.91%, to 1,562.12, its lowest level since August 2024. All indices ended lower, with the construction sector hit the hardest,...
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak told the High Court that he sought Low Taek Jho's assistance for dealings in China in 2016 despite the fugitive businessman's bad reputation due to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal. Najib had earlier testified that he sent his former special officer Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin to China on a trip...
PETALING JAYA: A well-known Kelantanese female singer and five Malaysians who were caught with 6,000 pills of syabu in Golok arrived at the Narathiwat district court on Tuesday. All of them arrived at 9.10am in a truck to face drug charges against them. The family members of the six Malaysians were nowhere to be seen. According to Sinar...
SUNGAI BULOH: Entrepreneurship funds for the Indian community have increased to RM100mil, says Datuk Seri R. Ramanan. The Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister said the increased allocation is for the Indian Community Entrepreneur Financing Scheme (Spumi) and Spumi Goes Big Financing Scheme. Funding applications may be made from Tuesday (Jan 14) through the National Entrepreneur Group...
A MESSAGE has been circulating widely on WhatsApp since last week with a photo of a slip of paper reminding the recipient to pay a parking compound. There is also a QR code printed on the slip. The message warns recipients not to scan the QR code as it is a scam, claiming that a friend's employee...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must urgently implement comprehensive political financing legislation to mitigate corruption risks and enhance transparency, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. Speaking at the Political Financing International Conference on Tuesday (Jan 14), Azalina highlighted that the absence of specific laws governing political financing in...
