KUALA LUMPUR: A whistleblower incentive programme and the use of advanced data analytics are among efforts that should be considered to curb cases of malfeasance by officials in ministries, departments, agencies and government-linked companies, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. The Integrity Institute of Malaysia member said since traditional checks and balances have failed to produce...
VIENTIANE: A freight train launched as part of the Asean Express, an international rail freight system connecting Malaysia to Thailand, Laos and China, arrived at the Thanaleng Dry Port in Vientiane on Friday (July 5), marking a significant step in boosting trade among these countries. The cargo wagons departed Malaysia’s Selangor state on June 27 and...
JAKARTA: A landslide at a small gold mine in Indonesia has left at least eight dead and dozens more missing, Kompas newspaper reported on Monday (July 8), citing the search and rescue agency. Heavy rain triggered a landslide (pic) that hit the site in the Gorontalo province on the island of Sulawesi, the National Disaster Mitigation...
PHNOM PENH: A recent parliamentary exchange in Singapore has sparked debate over the deportation of seven convicted money-launderers to Cambodia. The discussions centred on the decision to send the criminals to the Kingdom, in spite of the fact that some of them do not hold Khmer citizenship. In August last year, Singaporean police concluded a years-long...
KOTA KINABALU: A four-metre-long python was captured Sunday night (July 8) after it slithered into a cat's pen at a house in Taman Pulatan in Manggatal. Kota Kinabalu Civil Defence Force officer Captain Aizex Junior said they received a distress call from the house owner at 7.14pm. "On arrival, the owner of the house informed that the...
Bitcoin is under pressure again on concerns about possible sales of the token by creditors of the failed Mt. Gox exchange, which has begun returning a roughly $8 billion hoard of the largest digital asset. The original cryptocurrency slid about 5% to trade at $54,400 as of 9:25 a.m. Monday in Singapore, some $19,000 below March’s...
Singapore: Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Candy Ko, 32, overcame multiple challenges, such as building up her fitness after piling on 27kg during her second pregnancy and raising a child who had kidney cancer, to become the first and only woman to join the Police Tactical Unit (PTU). The PTU responds to public order and public...
SUBANG JAYA: Over 15 house break-ins cases have been solved with the arrest of five suspects in Klang Valley. In a statement on Monday (July 8), Subang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said that investigations into a house break-in on July 4 led to the arrest of the five. Previously, a complainant came home...
JELI: Umno will finalise its candidate for the Nenggiri state by-election next week, says party president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, said Gua Musang Umno has compiled a shortlist of potential candidates for the polls fixed for Aug 17. "I appreciate the names of potential candidates submitted...
Hong Kong actress Joyce Chen recently surprised fans when she revealed that she secretly gave birth to a daughter three years ago. Rumours of her having a daughter surfaced on Tuesday (July 2), when she was photographed picking up a young girl from kindergarten. The former TVB star confirmed the speculations the following day in a Facebook...
