ALOR SETAR: PAS' youth wing has announced it's new committee line-up on Friday (Sept 12). The announcement was made after the conclusion of the youth wing election on Thursday (Sept 11) night. The decision was announced by the chairman of party elections for the 71th Muktamar, Wan Rohimi Wan Daud. The new youth working committee line-up for 2025...
KLANG: The Visit Selangor Year 2025 may be extended up to the end of next year due to its "immense success", says state Government and Tourism Committee Chairman Datuk Ng Suee Lim. He said 2026 was a significant year for Selangor as it was the state ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s silver jubilee reign celebrations, on...
SEREMBAN: An operations director of a transport company with a fleet of 160 trucks has been arrested by police for allegedly using hacked Touch n Go cards. Negri Sembilan police chief Dep Comm Datuk Alzafny Ahmad said the suspect’s wife, who is a foreigner, was also detained in an operation. "We seized 304 Touch n Go cards...
PASIR MAS: A headmaster or "mudir” of a "pondok” school was charged in the Sessions Court here today with seven counts of physical sexual assault on a male student and possession of obscene images. Muhammad Aswadi Yah, 46, pleaded not guilty to all the charges before Judge Zulkpli Abdullah. On the first to sixth charges, the man is...
PETALING JAYA: The government will launch a new franchise-related initiative aimed at supporting the development of the Indian community, said Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Seri R. Ramanan. He said the programme, the first of its kind, was crafted by his ministry under Perbadanan Nasional Bhd (Pernas) and is scheduled to be launched later this month. He...
PETALING JAYA: Women’s doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah continued their fine form by reaching the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open. World Championships silver medallists Pearly-Thinaah were composed as they defeated Indonesia’s newly formed pair Febriana Dwipuji and Meilysa Trias 21-18, 21-17 at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Kowloon on Thursday (Sept 11). Pearly-Thinaah, who...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry is optimistic that aerospace industry revenue will reach RM30 billion this year, up from RM25.1 billion recorded in 2024. Its Minister, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the confidence was based on the current prospects and positive developments in existing projects and pipelines. "The aerospace industry is...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed in his bid to recuse High Court judge Justice Alice Loke Yee Ching from presiding over his judicial review relating to the royal addendum order that he claimed would allow him to go under house arrest. Lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah made an oral application for the...
PETALING JAYA: While the government respects the right to peaceful assembly, the violent incident during a court-ordered eviction at Kampung Sungai Baru cannot be condoned, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says. “The government respects the right to gather peacefully and to express one’s stance, and this has consistently been proven through various assemblies before. "However, principles...
KUALA LUMPUR: Eighteen of the 27 individuals detained by graft busters for alleged involvement in counter setting are Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) officers, says Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain. The AKPS director-general said the officers detained were stationed at Terminal 1 and 2 of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). "We will give...
