SUBANG JAYA: The Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, departed for home on Wednesday (Aug 27) after his three-day state visit to Malaysia, which began on Monday (Aug 25). The special aircraft carrying Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and his delegation, including Prince Abdul Mateen Bolkiah, Cabinet ministers and senior government officials, departed from the Royal Malaysian Air...
ISKANDAR PUTERI: There will be no compromise if bullying cases are detected among Johor athletes, says Mohd Hairi Mad Shah. The state youth, sports, entrepreneur development and cooperatives committee chairman said firm action would be taken against offenders regardless of their background or status. "Whoever is involved, no matter whose child, we will ensure that they face...
JOHOR BAHRU: A mild 3.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Segamat this morning has been confirmed by the Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) as an aftershock of the 4.8 magnitude quake on Aug 24. MetMalaysia director-general Dr Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip said the tremor occurred at 8.59am on Wednesday (Aug 27) at a depth of 10 kilometres, with its...
KUALA LUMPUR: The police are still investigating the alleged involvement of a prominent individual linked to the recent attack on the son of former economy minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli. The incident took place at a shopping mall in Putrajaya on Aug 13, when Rafizi’s 12-year-old son was reportedly assaulted by two men on a motorcycle,...
KUALA LUMPUR: A group of protestors gathered outside the gates of Parliament over the Urban Renewal Act (URA) on Tuesday (Aug 26). Chants of “Reject URA” echoed as the protesters moved towards the Parliament gates before being stopped by police. The protestors also carried various sign boards displaying the message “Kill the Bill”. The protesters comprised members from...
JOHOR BARU: Two security guards claimed trial in two separate Magistrate’s Courts here to charges of impersonating policemen and extorting a couple at Taman Kota Masai in Pasir Gudang last week. The accused, Mohamad Syafiq Zakaria, 29, and Mohamad Sulaiman Ab Rahman, 29, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read before magistrates Nabilah Nizam and...
SEPANG: A retail assistant has been fined RM14,000 here for producing and sharing videos with offensive content on her Twitter account three years ago. Sessions judge Ahmad Fuad Othman handed down the sentence on Siti Amiza Baharuddin, 28, on Monday (Aug 25) after she admitted to two charges. The court fined her RM7,000 in default six months'...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat erupted in laughter after a lighthearted exchange when a curious MP posed a question on Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said’s "round-neck outfit." Citing the Standing Orders on dress code for MPs, Datuk Rosol Wahid, the Hulu Terengganu MP from Perikatan, questioned if Azalina’s outfit met the required dress code, noting that...
KUALA LUMPUR: Two female e-hailing drivers were on Monday (Aug 25) fined RM30,000 each by the Sessions Court here after pleading guilty to three counts of fraudulent payment using Near Field Communication (NFC) via their mobile phones at several shopping centres in June. Judge Suhaila Haron imposed a fine of RM10,000, in default four months’ imprisonment,...
BENGALURU: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck near the Myanmar-India border on Friday (Aug 22), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km, EMSC said. - Reuters
