SEREMBAN: A 63-year-old senior citizen pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here to a charge of committing physical sexual assault on a nine-year-old girl. Noor Aini Ismail did not contest the charge after it was read to him before judge N. Kanageswari on Friday (Dec 12). The accused was charged with committing the offence in a garage...
SUBANG: Batik Air launches multiple new routes, including four operating from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang. The new services include Singapore and Jakarta, followed by Johor Baru and Langkawi which start operations this month. Batik Air chief executive officer Datuk Chandran Rama Muthy said this strategic expansion further strengthens Subang’s role as a modern, convenient city...
PORT DICKSON: A 67-year-old motorcyclist was killed after he was run over by two vehicles along km29 of the Seremban-Port Dickson Highway on Friday morning (Dec 12). Port Dickson OCPD Supt Maslan Udin said the victim was heading towards the resort town from Seremban around 6.15am when a car driven by a 23-year-old man crashed into...
KOTA KINABALU: Plans to better protect marine mammals in the country are afoot, with Malaysia’s first-ever National Plan of Action (NPOA) set to be finalised soon. When finalised, enforcement authorities, industry players, and the public can expect stronger laws and enforcement, measures to reduce bycatch and deaths of marine mammals caused by fishing activities, and protection...
SHAH ALAM: Padang Serai MP Datuk Azman Nasrudin has claimed that the corruption charge against him is politically motivated. Azman, who was charged in court on Monday (Dec 8) for abetting corruption, said the charge against him was to divert attention away from the recent ongoing graft case against former senior political secretary to the Prime...
Apple’s head of user interface design, Alan Dye, is leaving the Cupertino, California-based company. While losing key executive talent is usually bad news for a company, some industry voices have welcomed the news of Dye’s departure. “Dye’s decadelong stint running Apple’s software design team has been, on the whole, terrible – and rather than getting better, the problems...
BANGKOK: Shuttler Wong Ling Ching pulled off a stunning win over world No. 10 Gregoria Mariska but could not prevent Malaysia from going down 2-3 to Indonesia in the women’s team semi-finals in the SEA Games. World No. 44 Ling Ching, who was playing in the second singles, fought brilliantly to beat Gregoria 22-20, 15-21, 21-16...
BANGKOK: The Royal Thai Army (RTA) has confirmed one soldier has been killed and reports a second is feared dead in clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border. In addition to the potential two fatalities, eight other Thai soldiers have been wounded in the attacks. The casualties resulted from what the RTA described as prepared Cambodian military operations involving...
KUALA LUMPUR: Mydin Mohamed Holdings Bhd expects to reduce its dependency on foreign workers with the development of its new automated national distribution centre (MDC) in Elmina, Selangor. Managing director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin said the new facility, which will operate with 70 per cent automation, requires only 132 employees compared to its current Shah Alam...
IPOH: An airline's launch of direct flights here from Singapore is a significant step towards establishing the city as a hub for short-haul international travel, says a Perak state exco member. Singaporeans now have an additional, affordable weekend destination as well as another medical tourism option following the launch by Batik Air, added Loh Sze Yee. The...
