SINGAPORE: A 51-year-old Australian woman has been arrested for her suspected involvement in a case of shop theft in Changi Airport, said the police on Nov 11. The police were alerted on May 7 at about 2.45pm to a case of shop theft after a box of supplements, valued at S$507.30, was found to be missing...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed deep sadness over the explosion near the Red Fort in Delhi on Monday (Nov 10) evening, which claimed several lives and left many others injured. "My heartfelt condolences go to the victims’ families and to the people of India as they mourn this senseless tragedy. "If confirmed...
RAWANG: Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) will launch its first electric vehicle (EV) that meets national requirements at the end of this month, according to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said the launch of Perodua’s fully Malaysian-made EV will be part of the national agenda. "The EV to be launched...
KUALA TERENGGANU: A total of 851 temporary relief centres have been completed in preparation for the North-East Monsoon season which is expected to begin in the middle of this month. State disaster management committee deputy chairman Datuk Hanafiah Mat said the centres have a total capacity of 214,392 evacuees. Hanafiah, who is also the state infrastructure, utilities and...
SHAH ALAM: All the 230 money laundering cases, involving more than RM24.1mil, facing GISB Sdn Bhd (GISB) chief executive officer Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and three former accountants, will be jointly heard before Sessions Court Fatimah Zahari. Judge Awang Kerisnada Awang Mahmud (Criminal Sessions Court 2) made the order after allowing an application by the prosecution for all the cases,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Tensions flared in the Dewan Rakyat after an Opposition MP compared the allocation of constituency funds to an “apartheid" policy. The heated exchange broke out on Wednesday (Nov 5) after Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim (PN–Arau) had expressed his dissatisfaction over what he claimed was the continued denial of allocations to opposition MPs, saying...
KOTA KINABALU: A teenager has been arrested for allegedly raping his underage girlfriend until she got pregnant. The girl, 15, had been feeling unwell and was taken to a private clinic for medical checkup where the doctor told her that she was six months pregnant. Following this, her 19-year-old boyfriend was identified and hauled in for police...
Late Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers was found dead in a blood-stained bathroom earlier last month, according to a new report on Oct 30. Per a recording of the 911 call obtained by TMZ, a woman identified only as Keely told a dispatcher she discovered Rivers “face first in a pile of blood” in a bathroom...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has granted leave to the family of the late Tun Daim Zainuddin to commence a judicial review against the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) order to freeze their bank accounts and assets. Justice Aliza Sulaiman allowed the application on grounds that it had met the necessary threshold for leave to be granted. She...
SANDAKAN: Sabah is the biggest recipient of federal funds for oil palm replanting this year, receiving RM61mil under a scheme to help smallholders replace ageing trees, says Deputy Plantation and Commodities Minister Chan Foong Hin. The allocation, channelled through the Smallholders Oil Palm Replanting Financing Incentive Scheme (TSBKS 2.0), is nearly double the RM41mil disbursed last...
