Malaysia’s former finance minister Lim Guan Eng was arrested on Thursday in connection with corruption allegations over a $1.5 billion (S$ 21 billion) undersea tunnel project, state news agency Bernama reported. Lim, a senior opposition leader, will face one charge in court on Friday and two others next week, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said in a...
Singapore has charged a director of Citadelle Corporate Services Pte Ltd for falsifying letters related to Wirecard, the collapsed German payments firm. R Shanmugaratnam was charged with “wilfully and with intent to defraud” falsifying letters from Citadelle to Wirecard representing that it held money in escrow accounts, though the accounts did not hold such balances, according...
Congratulations are in order for Awal Ashaari and Scha Alyahya, who are expanding their family! The actor took to Instagram last night (Thursday, 6th August) to announce that his baby mama is currently pregnant with their second child. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDjJrP_AqEe/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Awal posted a video of their eldest daughter, Lara Alana, smiling excitedly while holding a pregnancy test kit. Interestingly,...
Dato’ Seri Vida’s daughter, Cik B (full name Edlynn Zamilleen Muhammad Amin) caught everyone’s attention with her stunning appearance recently. The Qu Puteh owner updated her followers with a photo of her child on her Instagram. She accompanied the post by writing, “Peek-a-boo! Your smile is so sweet,” praising Cik B’s beauty. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDiPcQQgws4/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet But what caught the attention of the...
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Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd is seeking protection from creditors in the United States under Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code, which allows a foreign debtor to shield assets in this country, according to a court filing on Tuesday. Virgin Atlantic’s filing in US bankruptcy court in the southern district of New York said it has negotiated...
China’s growing influence in Hollywood is forcing the US to grapple with fundamental questions involving values, artistic integrity and self-censorship as economic and political tensions rise between the two giants, film industry analysts say. US Attorney General William Barr last month assailed US media and entertainment companies for being too willing to collaborate with China. “I suspect...
A new coronavirus outbreak in Vietnam spread to two more provinces on Wednesday (Aug 5), the country's Health Minister said, as the Covid-19 task force declared the contagion "under control" in the central city where the outbreak began. Aggressive contact-tracing, targeted testing and strict quarantining had helped Vietnam contain earlier outbreaks, but it is now battling...
Different from most women in their 20s, Zhang Wanting chose to work with farmers instead of taking a position as a college lecturer after gaining her master's degree in finance from overseas. Now her eco farm has become one of the most famous agricultural tourist attractions in the city of Shenyang, Liaoning province, demonstrating the nation's...
Broadcaster Al Jazeera said Malaysian police had raided its office in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, amid an investigation into a programme it aired on the country’s treatment of undocumented foreign workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The July 3 programme, entitled “Locked up in Malaysia’s lockdown”, prompted a backlash in the Southeast Asia nation, with authorities branding...
