KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat has passed the Audit (Amendment) Bill 2024, aimed at giving greater authority to the Auditor-General to enhance governance and accountability in the public sector. The Bill to amend the Audit Act 1957 (Act 62), was passed by a voice vote after being debated by 26 MPs from both sides of the...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 3,472 individuals are currently serving time in prison for drug abuse offences under Section 15(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 283), says Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah According to Shamsul, another 2,978 individuals were being remanded for abusing drugs. “Inmates who completed their sentence or paid...
IPOH: The Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department caught a male tiger in Jalong, Sungai Siput. The department’s director, Yusoff Shariff, said the animal, named "Yop Jalong", was two years old and had entered a trap they set up on Wednesday morning (July 3). "We set up the trap on June 20 following complaints from the villagers...
MOTORISTS travelling along the Federal Highway are to take note of lane closures and traffic diversion. Starting July 5 to July 20, from 11pm to 5am, the closures will take place in three stages opposite the Petronas and Shell petrol stations for Kuala Lumpur and Klang bound traffic to facilitate LRT3 project-related works. For Stage 1, the...
KUCHING: Sarawak will review existing laws to impose heavier penalties on buyers of stolen scrap metal as the existing law is too lenient. "I will consult the Sarawak Attorney General (Datu Saferi Ali) regarding the law on second-hand goods as the present penalty of RM5,000 is too low," said Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. Speaking...
AMPANG: Four foreigners, including a woman, were detained in connection with stealing almost RM400,000 cash following a bogus gold purchase transaction. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the 45-year-old victim, who is an engineer, was driven to Jalan Sulaiman 1 in Ampang by a man on the pretext of concluding a transaction to...
KUALA LUMPUR: National sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi has been granted the sole universality ticket, also known as wild card, for the Paris Olympics. The Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) selection panel today picked the 20-year-old to go for his Olympic debut in Paris over track queen Shereen Samson Vallabouy. ALSO READ: Azeem and Shereen won’t go wild over who...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) denies that its chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki had spread accusations involving government agencies that went viral recently. MACC in a statement on Tuesday (July 2) said the dissemination of allegations involving a director-general of an enforcement department to several media and government agencies was from a fake...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian authorities are working closely with the Chinese Embassy to provide support and assistance to the families of victims of the bus crash that claimed the lives of two tourists from China, says Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. The Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister said the government is committed to conducting a thorough review. He...
Popular Malaysian singer Marsha Milan Londoh has received praised from netizens for her cover version of Islands In The Stream with Canadian duo Music Travel Love. Music Travel Love comprises twin brothers Bob and Clint Moffat, 40, who were members of the 1990s pop-country band The Moffats. The very same one who gave us the hit...
