KUALA LUMPUR: Help University says its emergency protocols, including immediate evacuation, were activated after an explosion at its Bukit Damansara campus. "An incident occurred in the kitchen of an F&B outlet located on the fourth floor of one of Help University's campus building at Bukit Damansara. "Students and staff on campus were immediately evacuated in accordance with...
KUALA LUMPUR: The widow of Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin has submitted a representation seeking to drop charges of conspiring with her late husband to receive RM2.8mil in bribes. The bribes were allegedly for securing approval for Felcra Berhad to invest RM150mil in Public Mutual Berhad unit trust products. Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad's lawyer, Datuk...
PETALING JAYA: Selangor's Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has decreed for firm action to be taken against any activities in the state with lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender (LGBT) elements. In a joint statement on Monday (Jan 12), Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) chairman Datuk Salehuddin Saidin and Selangor Mufti Datuk Dr Anhar Opir said the Selangor Ruler...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court has heard that Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad demanded a RM19mil 'lump sum' payment from Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd (NSB) after it secured a maintenance and spare parts tender for the police. NSB chief operating officer Azman Kamaruddin, 45, testified that the company's managing director, Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof, informed him...
The singer suffered another onstage scare during their Chengdu concert. Ashin, leader of Taiwanese rock band Mayday, seems to be accident-prone lately. The singer suffered another onstage scare on January 11 during the Chengdu stop of the F✦FOREVER Stellar City concert tour, with F4 members Jerry Yan, Vanness Wu, and Vic Chou. While performing the high-energy hit Leave The Earth’s Surface, Ashin, 50, was dancing and jumping along with...
PETALING JAYA: Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has decreed that there should be no more pig farming operations in Tanjong Sepat, Kuala Langat, with existing farms to be shut down in stages and fully relocated to Bukit Tagar. In a statement issued by Istana Alam Shah on Monday (Jan 12), His Royal Highness said he...
ROME, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Venezuela has released Italian citizens Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlo from prison, Italy said on Monday, pledging to upgrade relations with Caracas in response. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said no other citizens with solely Italian nationality remained in prison, after Venezuela freed two other Italian nationals, journalist Biagio Pilieri and businessman...
KULAI: Police have detained a Chinese national believed to have installed the Jalur Gemilang upside down at a premises in Taman Eko Perniagaan 2, Senai Airport City, here on Sunday (Jan 12). Johor police chief Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad said that the 38-year-old man was arrested at approximately 4pm and later remanded. "We also seized one Malaysian...
BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - NATO member countries are discussing and working on the next steps for how to collectively keep the Arctic safe, alliance chief Mark Rutte said on Monday. The alliance has previously discussed how to work together to make sure that the Arctic stay safe, Rutte told reporters in a news conference in...
The 71-year-old has apparently been keeping up with his daughter’s activities. For the longest time, Jackie Chan has been known to be estranged from Etta Ng, his daughter who was born out of wedlock to his former mistress, ex-Hong Kong actress Elaine Ng. But have things quietly improved between father and daughter? During a recent livestream, the 26-year-old Etta was once again...
