JAKARTA: A senior aide to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has denied an allegation that the outgoing president had resorted to using law enforcement agencies to intimidate politicians within and outside of his government into supporting his agendas. Coordinator of President Jokowi's special aides Ari Dwipayana said in a press statement published on Saturday (Aug 17) that...
ISLAMABAD: (Bernama-dpa) Pakistani authorities are continuing their search operation on Sunday (Aug 18) to rescue three Russian climbers who went missing on Gasherbrum IV - the 17th highest mountain on earth, reported German news agency (dpa). A five-member team of Russian climbers led by Sergei Nilov, who survived a tragic accident last summer, was on a...
BANGKOK: Two people were killed and two injured when a jet ski collided with a long-tail boat on Saturday (Aug 17) night in the Chao Phraya River. The accident occurred between Rama III and the Phra Pradaeng shore, near the Bang Kra Jao Pier. Rescuers found a damaged jet ski, and two injured women, identified as a...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Paetongtarn Shinawatra was endorsed as prime minister by Thailand's king on Sunday, two days after parliament elected her, paving the way for her to form a cabinet in the coming weeks. Paetongtarn, 37, becomes Thailand's youngest prime minister just days after ally Srettha Thavisin was dismissed as premier by the Constitutional Court, a judiciary...
KUALA NERANG: Receding water levels at Pedu Lake have exposed an old cemetery in Kampung Mong Gajah. This has allowed approximately 300 next-of-kin from the village, as well as local residents, to visit the graves and hold prayers for those interred there. According to Ismail Md Daud, 62, his late grandfather is among those buried in the...
SUNGAI SIPUT: The 10-year-old Orang Asli girl who was found dead in a swamp in Kampung Bersah in Pos Kuala Mu on Saturday is believed to have been raped and murdered. Sungai Siput OCPD Supt Mohd Khaizam Ahmad Shahabudin said a post-mortem report revealed that there were bruises on her neck and tears on her private...
KUALA LUMPUR: The disciplinary action taken against the policeman suspected of assaulting a disabled ehailing driver was over undeclared assets, says Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. The Inspector-General of Police said the disciplinary action taken was not over the alleged assault. "It (failure to declare assets) is a breach of the Inspector-General of Police's standing orders," he said. He...
TOKYO: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, Digital Minister Taro Kono and former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba have decided to announce their candidacies for the LDP presidential election scheduled for September, according to multiple sources close to the ruling party. The situation surrounding the presidential election is quite extraordinary as more than 10 lawmakers,...
IPOH: Negligent parents and guardians should be held accountable for failing to care for underage motorcyclists who are killed in road accidents, says a national human rights institute. "The deaths of these children were not merely accidents or matters of fate; they could have been prevented if their parents and guardians had exercised proper vigilance," said...
GUA MUSANG: The voter turnout for the Nenggiri state by-election as of 3pm was 68.21%, exceeding the Election Commission's (EC) expectations of 60% It also exceeded the voter turnout recorded in the 15th state election in August last year which was 61.09% There are 20,216 ordinary voters in Nenggiri out of a total of 20,259 registered voters, A...
