Author - James Lim

Ex-manager held in alleged RM77mil fake contracts case

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) detained a former company manager on suspicion of submitting fake employment contracts to apply for foreign worker quotas worth RM77mil. MACC sources said the suspect, a man in his early 40s, was detained at around 6pm on Monday (June 24) while giving his statement at the MACC office in...

Complete oil spill clean-up at Singapore’s Sentosa beaches to take three months

SINGAPORE (Bernama--Agencies): It will take three months to complete the oil spill clean-up in the Tanjong and Palawan beaches at Singapore's resort Sentosa, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Grace Fu has announced. The spill happened on June 14 after a collision between a Netherlands-flagged dredger and a Singapore-flagged bunker vessel. The oil spread to Singapore's...

Nvidia short sellers make $5 billion from three-day selloff, data shows

(Reuters) - Nvidia short sellers have raked in nearly $5 billion in paper profits from the AI chip designer's sharp selloff over the past three sessions, according to data analytics firm Ortex Technologies. The stock has slumped 13% and lost $430 billion in market capitalization since June 18, when it briefly became the world's most valuable...

Ten-year-old boy drowns while fishing with friends in JB

JOHOR BARU: A ten-year-old boy drowned after falling into a drain while fishing with his friends here. Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat said the boy was found at about 3.40pm on Tuesday (June 25) in a drain at Desa Mutiara here. "The victim was fishing with four others, including his brother, when he slipped...

Bank manager confirms RM78,800 transfer in Wan Saiful case

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here was told on Tuesday (June 25) about a transaction of RM78,800 from Wan Saiful & Associates Sdn Bhd to an automobile company two years ago. Banking Services Manager Low Mong Tuan, 44, from Public Bank Berhad, Jalan Sultan Sulaiman confirmed the transaction to Tagami Auto Enterprise Sdn Bhd occurred on...

HK actor Ng Siu Hin recalls supernatural encounter at hotel in Malaysia: ‘Felt like someone was looking at my phone with me’

Hong Kong actor Ng Siu Hin recently visited Malaysia to shoot a movie. However, it seems like his stay had been marred by a series of unfortunate events. In a recent update on the social networking service Threads, the 30-year-old revealed that he had changed his hotel room three times over the past week. His first move...

QuickCheck: Is an insurance fraud syndicate linked to a Johor murder probe?

WHEN it comes to crime syndicates, it is not unheard of for insurance fraud to be one of the ways for these groups to make money through illegal means. That said, it is rarer - and consequently more shocking - for such syndicates to kill unwitting people as part of their modus operandi. It was claimed recently...

Highway concessionaire CEO among eight nabbed for bribery involving projects worth RM1.6bil

PUTRAJAYA: Eight people, including a chief executive officer and two senior management of a highway concessionaire, have been remanded, for allegedly accepting bribes involving the construction of two highways in Klang Valley, valued at RM1.6bil. It is learnt that the CEO, who is a Datuk and the two senior management have been remanded for four days...

Selangor to appeal RM100,000 fine for pulling out of Charity Shield match

PETALING JAYA: Selangor will appeal the decision of the Malaysian Football League (MFL) to impose a RM100,000 fine and deduct three points from the team for their refusal to play the May 10 Charity Shield match against Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT). The Red Giants said they take note of the decision and will do the necessary...

Vietnam state media says Heineken plans to close one of its breweries due to weaker demand

HANOI (Reuters): Heineken Vietnam, a unit of the world's second-largest brewer Heineken, has informed authorities about plans to close of one of its breweries in the South-East Asian country due to weak demand, state media reported on Monday. The facility being shut down is located in the central province of Quang Nam province, the Quang Nam...