KUALA LUMPUR: The Court of Appeal will deliver its decision on Wednesday (June 25) on the appeal by Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman against his conviction and sentence for abetting in criminal breach of trust, misappropriation of property and money laundering involving Angkatan Bersatu Anak Muda (Armada) funds. The decision on the appeal would...
TELUK INTAN: A Magistrate's Court here has issued an arrest warrant for the owner of the lorry company involved in a fatal accident involving nine members of the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) on May 13. DPP Izzuddin Fakri Hamdan filed the arrest warrant application on Tuesday (June 24) after the individual failed to appear for proceedings...
MELAKA: Four policemen have been remanded for five days at a Magistrate's Court in Ayer Keroh here for allegedly soliciting and receiving a bribe amounting to RM2,000 as an inducement not to take action against an individual for being in close proximity with his lover inside a car. The remand order until June 28 against the...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) marked a historic milestone today as Mejar Jeneral Datuk Johnny Lim Eng Seng was promoted to the rank of Leftenan Jeneral — making him the first Chinese senior officer to attain the prestigious three-star rank in the country’s military. The Melaka-born officer received his new rank in a ceremony...
PUTRAJAYA: The plot of land known as the "Duta Enclave" belongs to the government, the Court of Appeal has ruled. This came after it allowed an appeal by the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Land Registrar in a dispute between the government and Semantan Estate Sdn Bhd (SESB), involving the land that spans 106.54ha (263.272 acres)...
PETALING JAYA: The target to complete the much-touted East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project by December next year is facing an unexpected obstacle – theft of signalling equipment and communication cables. The contractors have a fight on their hands with over 1,200m of signalling cables reported stolen along its alignment, with 81 outdoor transformer units also...
VIENNA (Reuters) -Entrances to tunnels used to store part of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile at the sprawling Isfahan nuclear complex were hit in U.S. military strikes overnight, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday. "We have established that entrances to underground tunnels at the site were impacted," the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement. Officials...
NEW DELHI: Air India said on Sunday (June 22) it is temporarily reducing less than five per cent of its narrowbody jet routes for "operational stability", its second such reduction following a plane crash earlier this month that killed all but one of the 242 people on board. The airline, reeling from the deadliest crash in...
KUCHING: Puan Sri Juma'ani Tuanku Bujang, the wife of Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg, passed away early Monday (June 23) morning. She breathed her last at 3.34am at Normah Medical Specialist Centre here, according to a short statement shared with the media. She was 76. Final respects will be held at Masjid Jamek in Petra Jaya...
Malaysia is on its way to becoming one of the leading regional hubs for film production. The country has successfully attracted foreign creative investments through the Film in Malaysia Incentive (Fimi), which is creating jobs and upskilling the local workforce. National Film Development Corporation (Finas) chief executive officer Datuk Azmir Saifuddin Mutalib revealed that among the latest...
